V. Selvaganesh

V. Selvaganesh
V. Selvaganesh
	V. Selvaganesh
Background information
Born	Chennai, India
Origin	India
Genres	Indian classical music
Occupation(s)	percussion
Instruments	percussion

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V. Selvaganesh is an Indian percussionist working in the Carnatic tradition and one of the leading kanjira (south Indian frame drum) players of his generation.^[1] He is also known as "Chella S. Ganesh."

Career[edit]

Selvaganesh gained world fame through tours with John McLaughlin's group, Remember Shakti.^[2] He helps his father, Grammy-Nominated T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram, to run the Sri JGTV school and train a new generation of Carnatic percussionists. He has also composed and produced albums and played with the Swedish bass player Jonas Hellborg and American guitar virtuoso Shawn Lane.

In 2012, Selvaganesh made his film directorial debut with Bodhai,^[3] a short film in Tamil. He also composed the four-track soundtrack which was released in digital format by Saregama.^[4]

Film career[edit]

V. Selvaganesh made his debut composing for films with the Tamil movie Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (2008).

Discography[edit]

Solo Albums

Soukha (2006)
Kanjourney (2016)

With Jonas Hellborg

Good People in Times of Evil (2000)
Icon: A Transcontinental Gathering (2003)
Kali's Son (2006)
Art Metal (2007)

With John Mclaughlin

Remember Shakti - The Believer (2000)
Remember Shakti – Saturday Night in Bombay (2001)

As film composer

Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (2008)
Kola Kolaya Mundhirika (2009)
Drohi (2010)
Nil Gavani Sellathey (2010)
Kullanari Koottam (2011)
Pilla Zamindar (2011) (Telugu)
Shiva Manasulo Shruti (2012) (Telugu)
Nirnayam (2013) (also producer)
Rettai Vaalu (2013)
Arthanari (2016)
Chitrangada (2017) (Telugu)
Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu 2 (2019)

References[edit]

↑ NavdeepSandhu (25 August 2008). "Merging music". Express India. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
↑ Salkar, Tanvi (3 December 2009). "Hart beat". The Indian Express.
↑ "Raising the tempo". The Hindu. 3 March 2012.
↑ "Saregama album page". Retrieved 23 May 2013.

External links[edit]

V. Selvaganesh on IMDb

[1] NavdeepSandhu (25 August 2008). "Merging music". Express India. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

[2] Salkar, Tanvi (3 December 2009). "Hart beat". The Indian Express.

[3] "Raising the tempo". The Hindu. 3 March 2012.

[4] "Saregama album page". Retrieved 23 May 2013.

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