Harris Jayaraj

Quick Facts

Full Name	Harris Jayaraj
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Jan 8, 1975(1975-01-08)
Age	49
Birthplace	Chennai
Country	India
Birth City	Tamil Nadu
Horoscope	Capricorn

Harris Jayaraj Biography

Harris Jayaraj is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on January 8, 1975 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Jayaraj is well-known for his film scores in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. He also won five Filmfare Awards from 2001 to 2009, and a SIIMA Award for the Tamil thriller Thuppakki.

Three music awards were won for his work in the Tamil film Ayan (2009 Tamil film starring He won three music awards for his work on the 2009 Tamil film Ayan, which starred Suriya.).

He started his music career as a guitarist in 1987 at age twelve. He started playing keyboard and developed interest over synthesizers. He then started programming with his Roland MC-500 and went on to work as a programmer under more than twenty five music directors in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam, working in more than 600 projects till the year 2000. He worked under noted composers including Raj-Koti, A. R. Rahman, Sadhu Kokila, Mani Sharma, Karthik Raja, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Vidyasagar. While working as an additional programmer under Rahman, he composed music for various television commercials including a Coca-Cola commercial featuring actor Vijay. In his early years, he admired music composers M. S. Viswanathan, A. R. Rahman and Hans Zimmer.

He composed music for various television commercials including a Coca-Cola commercial featuring Vijay. In 2008, he composed for Herova? Zerova? ad campaign which Suriya initiated under the Agaram Foundation, working to help children who drop out of school early in Tamil Nadu. With the Ministry of Education in Tamil Nadu, he created a short commercial video outlining child poverty, labour and lack of education, titled Herova? Zerova?. The film was written and produced by Sivakumar and also starred Suriya, Vijay, R. Madhavan and Jyothika.

He is the son of S. M. Jayakumar (cinematic musician), and was born in Chennai, India.

Harris Jayaraj Net Worth

Harris Jayaraj is one of the richest Composer from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Harris Jayaraj 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began his training as a classical guitarist in his youth. His professional debut was made on the instrument in 1987. Minnale was his first film.

In 2011, he toured the globe with his film music program “Harris on The Edge”.

Harris Jayaraj (born 8 January 1975) is an Indian film composer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He composes soundtracks predominantly for Tamil films, while also having composed for a few films in Telugu and two films in Hindi. He has won 6 Filmfare Awards South and since 2001, has received 18 Filmfare Awards South nominations. He has also won 6 Mirchi Music Awards, 5 Vijay Awards, 3 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, 3 International Tamil Film Awards and Big FM Awards. He has been honoured with Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu and Life Time Achievement Award from Konijeti Rosaiah, the Governor of Tamil Nadu.

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Who is Harris Jayaraj Dating?

According to our records, Harris Jayaraj married to Suma Jayaraj. As of December 1, 2023, Harris Jayaraj’s is not dating anyone.

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In Anegan, Harris’s “Danga Maari Oodhari”, featuring lyrics in North Madras slang become an instant chart-buster. After a hiatus of 6 years, Harris collaborated with Gautham Vasudev Menon for the action cop film Yennai Arindhaal. The soundtrack received positive reviews from critics and according to Behindwoods, it was the most played album of 2015 in Chennai radio stations.

Facts & Trivia

Harris Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Harris Jayaraj celebrates birthday on January 8 of every year.

Is Harris Jayaraj a good music director?

He received the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil for his work in Minnale, breaking the 9 years continuous record of A. R. Rahman.

Who is Harris Jayaraj father?

S. M. Jayakumar

How old is Harris Jayaraj?

47 years (January 8, 1975)

Who is the music director of anniyan movie?

Harris Jayaraj

Who is the melody king of Tamil Nadu?

After working with several composers as assistant and conductor, Vidyasagar made his debut as a film composer in the 1989 Tamil film Poo Manam and nicknamed as Melody King Working for over 225 feature films, he is the recipient of the National Award and five Filmfare Awards.