Santhosh photographed with Rajinikanth and Meenakshi Iyer. (Image Courtesy: iflickz.com
Chennai:
A 29-year-old youngster made his debut in 2012 with a delightfully unorthodox album Attakathi, which had everything from whacky gaanas to earthy melodies. His name was Santhosh Narayanan. He followed it up, the same year with background scores in Pizza and Soodhu Kavvum, which both incidentally had some of the best pop beats ever used in Tamil cinema.
Santhosh has consistently created magic with his signature crossover style with the poignant Cuckoo, the eclectic Jigarthanda, the rustic Madras, the funky Enakul Oruvan and the restrained 36 Vayadhinile albums. With less than ten films in 4 years, Santhosh seemed to be in no hurry to climb the ladder of success.
But come 2016, the man who composes music for Rajinikanth's Kabali, might come out all-guns blazing with ten prestigious projects lined up continuously for release.
Irudhi Suttru/ Saala Khadoos
This bilingual sports drama featuring Madhavan as the boxing coach has hit the right notes with the music-buffs, as a couple of tracks have already gone viral online. Santhosh will also make his debut in Bollywood with Saala Khadoos, with both the versions releasing next week.
Image Courtesy: iflickz.com
Iraivi
Karthik Subbaraj's Iraivi, which comes with the tagline 'The story of few women,' would be Santhosh's third association with the maverick director after Pizza and Jigarthanda. That's quite enough to send all expectations soaring.
Image Courtesy: iflickz.com
Manithan
A remake of Subhash Kapoor's 2013 Hindi film Jolly LLB, Manithan is directed by Ahmed, who earlier made Endendrum Punnagai. It would be interesting to see the difference how Santhosh's background score makes to a court room drama.
Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum
A romantic comedy directed by Nalan Kumarasamy, the film is already in the news for its youthful teaser. Would we get another quirky anthem like Kaasu Panam?
Image Courtesy: iflickz.com
Kashmora
Insightfully named as the House of Spirits, Director Gokul's next film after Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara would a supernatural horror thriller. Now, that's one genre Santhosh hasn't experimented yet.
Image Courtesy: iflickz.com
Kabali
The biggest film of all, Rajinikanth's Kabali might well be Santhosh's one-way-ticket to the big league. Director Ranjith is known for extracting the best from the musician, and we can't wait to watch what Santhosh has in store for superstar.
Image Courtesy: iflickz.com
Kodi
Kodi, directed by Durai Senthilkumar, would be Santhosh's first association with Dhanush. Billed to be a political thriller, Kodi might be yet another addition to the musician's rustic albums.
Image Courtesy: iflickz.com
Server Sundaram
Santhanam in a Santhosh Naryanan musical. Named after the superhit K Balachander movie starring Nagesh, Server Sundaram is directed by newcomer Anand Balki.
Untitled Vijay-Bharathan Project/ Vijay 60
After superstar, it's Vijay for the talented musician in 2016. The star's 60th film, to be directed by Bharathan of Azhagiya Thamizh Magan fame would be a realistic thriller, according to sources.
Image Courtesy: iflickz.com
Untitled Selvaraghavan - SJ Surya- Gautham Menon project
Selvaraghavan and Santhosh Narayanan are said to be teaming up for a yet-untitled horror film, which would feature SJ Surya in the lead. This project is believed to be funded by Gautham Menon under his own banner. This would be the musician's second tryst with horror after Kashmora.
Image Courtesy: iflickz.com
With such infinite opportunities for radically brilliant soundtracks, it's surely an exciting time ahead for Santhosh Narayanan and Tamil cinema.
Santhosh has consistently created magic with his signature crossover style with the poignant Cuckoo, the eclectic Jigarthanda, the rustic Madras, the funky Enakul Oruvan and the restrained 36 Vayadhinile albums. With less than ten films in 4 years, Santhosh seemed to be in no hurry to climb the ladder of success.
But come 2016, the man who composes music for Rajinikanth's Kabali, might come out all-guns blazing with ten prestigious projects lined up continuously for release.
Irudhi Suttru/ Saala Khadoos
This bilingual sports drama featuring Madhavan as the boxing coach has hit the right notes with the music-buffs, as a couple of tracks have already gone viral online. Santhosh will also make his debut in Bollywood with Saala Khadoos, with both the versions releasing next week.
Image Courtesy: iflickz.com
Iraivi
Karthik Subbaraj's Iraivi, which comes with the tagline 'The story of few women,' would be Santhosh's third association with the maverick director after Pizza and Jigarthanda. That's quite enough to send all expectations soaring.
Image Courtesy: iflickz.com
Manithan
A remake of Subhash Kapoor's 2013 Hindi film Jolly LLB, Manithan is directed by Ahmed, who earlier made Endendrum Punnagai. It would be interesting to see the difference how Santhosh's background score makes to a court room drama.
Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum
A romantic comedy directed by Nalan Kumarasamy, the film is already in the news for its youthful teaser. Would we get another quirky anthem like Kaasu Panam?
Image Courtesy: iflickz.com
Kashmora
Insightfully named as the House of Spirits, Director Gokul's next film after Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara would a supernatural horror thriller. Now, that's one genre Santhosh hasn't experimented yet.
Image Courtesy: iflickz.com
Kabali
The biggest film of all, Rajinikanth's Kabali might well be Santhosh's one-way-ticket to the big league. Director Ranjith is known for extracting the best from the musician, and we can't wait to watch what Santhosh has in store for superstar.
Image Courtesy: iflickz.com
Kodi
Kodi, directed by Durai Senthilkumar, would be Santhosh's first association with Dhanush. Billed to be a political thriller, Kodi might be yet another addition to the musician's rustic albums.
Image Courtesy: iflickz.com
Server Sundaram
Santhanam in a Santhosh Naryanan musical. Named after the superhit K Balachander movie starring Nagesh, Server Sundaram is directed by newcomer Anand Balki.
Untitled Vijay-Bharathan Project/ Vijay 60
After superstar, it's Vijay for the talented musician in 2016. The star's 60th film, to be directed by Bharathan of Azhagiya Thamizh Magan fame would be a realistic thriller, according to sources.
Image Courtesy: iflickz.com
Untitled Selvaraghavan - SJ Surya- Gautham Menon project
Selvaraghavan and Santhosh Narayanan are said to be teaming up for a yet-untitled horror film, which would feature SJ Surya in the lead. This project is believed to be funded by Gautham Menon under his own banner. This would be the musician's second tryst with horror after Kashmora.
Image Courtesy: iflickz.com
With such infinite opportunities for radically brilliant soundtracks, it's surely an exciting time ahead for Santhosh Narayanan and Tamil cinema.
