Jakes Bejoy

Born in Erattupetta, Kottayam, Kerala to Bejoy Jacob and Shammy Bejoy.^[1] Jakes is trained in Carnatic music. He attained a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering at the Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology in Kochi, India.^[2] Jakes earned his master's degree in Music Science and Technology from Stanford University, California.^[3]

Following Jakes' graduate studies at Stanford, he became an intern at Activision Blizzard working on the Guitar Hero series. He also worked with the audio team at The Walt Disney Company on video games including Cars, Brave, and Toy Story 3.^[4]

In 2013, Jakes moved back to India to pursue more film composing work and received an offer to work on the Malayalam film Angels. He has since worked as Music Director and written music for successful Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu films such as Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru, Ranam, Queen, Swathanthryam Ardharathriyil, Monsoon Mangoes,^[4][5] Taxiwala (starring Telugu debut), Saripodha Sanivaram, and more recently, box-office record holders like Thudarum and Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra.

In 2021, Jakes won "Best Music Director – Malayalam" at the South Indian International Movie Awards for his score for Ayyappanum Koshiyum, one of the highest-grossing films of 2020.^{[citation needed]}

Jakes is a member of the executive committee of FEFKA (Film Employees Federation of Kerala)’s Music Directors’ Union (FEMU).^[6]

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