Achu Rajamani

Achu is the grandson of music director B. A. Chidambaranath who is considered to be one among the pioneers of the Malayalam music industry. His father, Rajamani, was also a music director and was widely known as the king of background score. Rajamani has scored for more than 1000 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam languages. He is a graduate from Loyola College, Chennai. ^{[citation needed]}

Hailing from a musical family, Achu's natural interest was to become a pilot. He chose music over aviation and became a full-fledged musician. He also assisted prominent music director M. M. Keeravani for few years, before he became an independent music composer.^[1]

Achu has worked as a keyboard programmer for 410 songs and has programmed background music for over 175 films. He is also a professional pianist and has accompanied his father playing the piano to many of his compositions. He first played keyboard for Bollywood film Chup Chup Ke (2006) directed by Priyadarshan. He was the called upon to score the background music for the Malayalam film Keerthi Chakra's sequel film Kurukshetra (2008). Achu's background music was well appreciated. ^{[citation needed]}

Following this short stint, Achu got his major break when he got to compose the songs and background score for the Telugu film Nenu Meeku Telusa? (2008). His next work was for the Telugu remake of the Tamil film Polladhavan, named Kurradu (2009). ^{[citation needed]}

Apart from composing, Achu also worked as a playback singer. His song "Take It Easy" for the Malayalam film Happy Husbands composed by M. Jayachandran was among the major hits of 2010. ^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, Achu released his first full-fledged Tamil soundtrack for the film Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey. The album was very well received by critics and received the Album of the Year Award. His Telugu songs Bujji Pilla and Devatha from Potugadu and Padipoya from DK Bose were the biggest hits of 2013. His songs Siru Nadai and Hey Umayaal from the movie Urumeen (2015) were also superhits of the time. His song Pondatti from the movie Golisoda 2 (2018) was in the top list in the radio charts for over 11 weeks since its release in June 2018. ^{[citation needed]}

Apart from composing and playback singing Achu was into professional racing from 2009 till 2012. He was also into sports events like sprint and had won numerous medals during his school days. He took a break from films to pursue his racing career from 2009 till 2012. He was also a cricketer and had played for few years. In 2015, he made his debut as an actor with the Telugu film Gaddam Gang. ^{[citation needed]}

Composer

More information Year, Title ...

Year	Title	Language	Songs	Score	Notes
2008	Nenu Meeku Telusa?	Telugu	Yes	Yes
2009	Kurradu		Yes	Yes
2012	Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey	Tamil	Yes	Yes
2013	Sundaattam		No	Yes
	Om 3D	Telugu	Yes	Yes
	DK Bose		Yes	Yes
	Summa Nachunu Irukku	Tamil	Yes	Yes
	Potugadu	Telugu	Yes	Yes
	Naa Rakumarudu		Yes	Yes
2014	Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda		Yes	Yes
	Appavin Meesai	Tamil	Yes	Yes	Film unreleased
	Ra Ra Krishnayya	Telugu	Yes	Yes	[2]
	Current Theega		Yes	Yes	[3]
2015	Gaddam Gang		Yes	Yes	Also actor
	Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini		Yes	No	1 song
	Dynamite		Yes	Yes	[4]
	Ctrl-c		Yes	Yes
	Urumeen	Tamil	Yes	Yes	[5]
	Mama Manchu Alludu Kanchu	Telugu	Yes	Yes	[6]
2016	Nandini Nursing Home		Yes	Yes	[7]
2017	Luckunnodu		Yes	No	1 song
	Yaanum Theeyavan	Tamil	Yes	Yes	[8]
	Vizhithiru		No	Yes
	Puthan Panam	Malayalam	No	Yes
	Venkatapuram	Telugu	Yes	Yes
2018	Basmati Blues	English/Hindi	Yes	No	1 song ("Rama Hare Krishna")
	Goli Soda 2	Tamil	Yes	Yes	[9]
	Marainthirunthu Paarkum Marmam Enna		Yes	Yes	[10]
2019	Kutty Mama	Malayalam	Yes	Yes
	Kolaiyuthir Kaalam	Tamil	Yes	Yes
2020	Velvet Nagaram		Yes	Yes	[11]
	Shadow	Kannada	Yes	Yes
	Puthiya Mugam	Tamil	Yes	Yes	Film unreleased
	Yaadhumagi Nindraai		Yes	Yes	Film released on ZEE5
	Bhanumathi & Ramakrishna	Telugu	Yes	Yes	[12]
2021	Gaali Sampath		Yes	Yes	[13]
2022	Virgin Story		Yes	Yes	[14]
	Urvasivo Rakshasivo		Yes	Yes	[15]
2023	Month of Madhu		Yes	Yes	[16]
	Sooragan	Tamil	Yes	Yes	[17]
2024	Tillu Square	Telugu	Yes	No	1 song
	Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan	Tamil	Yes	No	1 song ("Aham Brahmasmi")[18]
2025	Jack	Telugu	Yes	No	[19]
	Gajaana	Tamil	Yes	Yes	[20]
	Chiranjeeva	Telugu	Yes	Yes
	Kumaara Sambavam †	Tamil	Yes	Yes	[21]

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As singer

• Aakasame Haddu (2011)
• Puthumugangal Thevai (2012)
• Naadodigal 2 (2020)