Navneeth Sundar is a composer, keyboardist, iPad musician & performer. Started as a musical prodigy at the age of 8, Navneeth Sundar owned the stage since then with his performances by creating a distinctive approach to classical – fusion music. Making his presence felt in the classical and fusion music scene, he is one of the most technically complex artists, well known for being the first musician to explore carnatic music beyond the constriction of instruments with the help of an iPad, acknowledged and listed by the Limcabook of records. His performance of Desh thillana, a classical composition on the iPad was shared on social media by A. R. Rahman in 2015, which skyrocketed him to fame. He has scored the music for films Buddy in Malayalam, Guppedantha Prema in Telugu and Ticket in Tamil which is awaiting release. When he was just 20, In 2004, he was awarded the title of "Sangeetha Bhaskara" at Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai, for his excellence in Classical Carnatic music.
Navneeth has been a film composer since 2012 with the release of his first film song "Chandrachooda" from the Malayalam film "Karmayogi", which received several award nominations. Then he followed it up with his next Malayalam music directorial "Buddy" in 2013. The song "Kadalil Kanmashi Pole" from the film was nominated for several awards the next year. He made his Telugu debut as a film composer in 2016, with the musical "Guppedantha Prema", with 8 songs and an extensive background score. He made his Tamil debut as music director with "Pattampoochi" in 2022, starring Sundar C and Jai. He also composed the musical scores for the much celebrated and immensely popular, "Tamizh Mann" acts, that were associated with the "Chess Olympiad", 2022, hosted by the Tamil Nadu government, directed by Vignesh Shivan, choreographed hy Shiamak Davar and featuring the voice over of the legendary actor "Ulaganayagan" Kamal Hassan. His most recent scoring project was for the web series "Paani Poori", released on Shortflix. His yet to be released Tamil project is "Ticket". He has also scored the music for documentaries by eminent film makers like Shekhar Dattatri and Anuradha Singh. In the independent scene, Navneeth has a vast repertoire of collaborations, with Sathyaprakash, Saindhavi, Shashaa Tirupati & many other singers and musicians. His most recent single is "Queen Madalasa's Lullaby" that released for Mother's Day, 2023
In 2018, Navneeth hit National level fame by appearing in India's biggest reality show "India's Got Talent" as an iPad musician & receiving a Golden Buzzer. He finished as a semi-finalist in the national level show. Navneeth has also judged and performed as guest in Vijay TV's super singer, Zee Tamizh's SaReGaMaPa, Jaya TV's Hariyudan Naan & other reality shows. Well known for his one-man "Unplugged" style of piano accompaniment with singers, Navneeth is one of the most sought after musicians in India for unplugged performances.
In the film circuit Navneeth has worked for great musicians like A. R. Rahman, Maestro Ilayaraja, Amit Trivedi, Tanishq Bagchi, Harris Jeyaraj, G V Prakash, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Santhosh Narayanan, Karthik Raja, M Jayachandran, Hiphop Thamizha, Thaman, James Vasanthan and has performed & collaborated with singers Shankar Mahadevan, Karthik, Vijay Prakash, Srinivas, Sujatha Mohan, Unni Krishnan, Shweta Mohan, Haricharan, Vijay Yesudas, Saindhavi and virtually every playback singer from the younger generation. As a fusion musician he has performed with some of the greatest names in India like Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Sudha Raghunathan, Rajhesh Vaidhya, Bombay Jayshree, Sivamani, Abhishek Raghuram, Rajkumar Bharathi, Tabla maestro Bikram Ghosh, Selvaganesh, Sarod Maestros Ayaan and Aman Ali Khan and many others in India and abroad. He also runs his band “Navneeth Sundar Essemble“ performing his independent music scores and also covers of famous songs, rearranged by him. Some of his songs sung by Sathyaprakash are huge youtube hits.
He is now an endorsee of the iPad app instrument "GeoShred", created by Dream Theater band's legendary keyboardist Jordan Rudess. Navneeth is one of just a select few in this elite club of "GeoShred World Artists".
Films:
1. Karmayogi (Malayalam - 2011) [Composed the promotional song]
2. BUDDY (Malayalam - 2013)
3. Guppedantha Prema (Telugu - 2016)
4. Pattampoochi (Tamil - 2022)
5. Ticket (Tamil - 2023) (upcoming)
Web Series:
1. Paani Poori (Tamil - 2023)
Iconic projects:
1. "Tamizh Mann" part 1 & 2 - Chess Olympiad 2022
TV title songs:
1. Madhavi (2009)
2. Pokkisham (2012)
3. Chithiram Pesuthadi (2014)
Albums / Independent Productions:
1. Jungle book (2009) [Indo-western dance ballet]
2. Dhik Dhik Ena Adikkum with Vandana Srinivasan (2012)
3. Chinnanchiru Kiliye with Shweta Mohan (2013)
4. Navneeth Sundar Ensemble Music Mojo Originals - Album (2014)
5. Ready Go - Sound of Swan with Punya Srinivas (2015)
6. Paper boat - Theera Mazha / Naalum Kulirkaalam (2016)
7. Vande Bharathambe with Trichur brothers (2017)
8. Shiv Thandav with Trichur brothers (2017)
9. iPad Kucheri (2018)
10. Kanavile with Aalaap Raju (2018)
11. Ayyane (2019)
12. Quintet Kutcheri (2019)
13. Ezhundhu Vaa / Roothi Hui with Shashaa Tirupati (2020)
14. Lullaby Mashup with Abby V (2020)
15. Hanuman Chalisa with Trichur Brothers (2020)
16. Appavin Peranbile (2021)
17. Ganesha Ganesha (2021)
18. Sagaaptham Aagiren (2023)
19. Queen Madalasa's Lullaby (2023)
Jingles / TV promos (Some popular Brands):
1. Parachute
2. Aircel
3. BSNL
4. Dinamani
5. Hayagrivas Silk house
6. TRS food products
7. Sharron Plywood
8. Royal Sweets
9. Parachute Advansed
10. Lifebuoy
11. Policy Bazaar
12. Glow and Lovely
Bands
1. Founder & Music Director - Navneeth Sundar Ensemble
2. Keyboard Frontman & Music Director - Karthik Music Experience with singer Karthik
3. Music Producer and Keyboardist - Anubhoothi with Trichur Brothers
4. Founding Member & Keyboardist - The Blue Trio with Praveen Sparsh & Shreya Devnath
Navneeth has been a film composer since 2012 with the release of his first film song "Chandrachooda" from the Malayalam film "Karmayogi", which received several award nominations. Then he followed it up with his next Malayalam music directorial "Buddy" in 2013. The song "Kadalil Kanmashi Pole" from the film was nominated for several awards the next year. He made his Telugu debut as a film composer in 2016, with the musical "Guppedantha Prema", with 8 songs and an extensive background score. He made his Tamil debut as music director with "Pattampoochi" in 2022, starring Sundar C and Jai. He also composed the musical scores for the much celebrated and immensely popular, "Tamizh Mann" acts, that were associated with the "Chess Olympiad", 2022, hosted by the Tamil Nadu government, directed by Vignesh Shivan, choreographed hy Shiamak Davar and featuring the voice over of the legendary actor "Ulaganayagan" Kamal Hassan. His most recent scoring project was for the web series "Paani Poori", released on Shortflix. His yet to be released Tamil project is "Ticket". He has also scored the music for documentaries by eminent film makers like Shekhar Dattatri and Anuradha Singh. In the independent scene, Navneeth has a vast repertoire of collaborations, with Sathyaprakash, Saindhavi, Shashaa Tirupati & many other singers and musicians. His most recent single is "Queen Madalasa's Lullaby" that released for Mother's Day, 2023
In 2018, Navneeth hit National level fame by appearing in India's biggest reality show "India's Got Talent" as an iPad musician & receiving a Golden Buzzer. He finished as a semi-finalist in the national level show. Navneeth has also judged and performed as guest in Vijay TV's super singer, Zee Tamizh's SaReGaMaPa, Jaya TV's Hariyudan Naan & other reality shows. Well known for his one-man "Unplugged" style of piano accompaniment with singers, Navneeth is one of the most sought after musicians in India for unplugged performances.
In the film circuit Navneeth has worked for great musicians like A. R. Rahman, Maestro Ilayaraja, Amit Trivedi, Tanishq Bagchi, Harris Jeyaraj, G V Prakash, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Santhosh Narayanan, Karthik Raja, M Jayachandran, Hiphop Thamizha, Thaman, James Vasanthan and has performed & collaborated with singers Shankar Mahadevan, Karthik, Vijay Prakash, Srinivas, Sujatha Mohan, Unni Krishnan, Shweta Mohan, Haricharan, Vijay Yesudas, Saindhavi and virtually every playback singer from the younger generation. As a fusion musician he has performed with some of the greatest names in India like Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Sudha Raghunathan, Rajhesh Vaidhya, Bombay Jayshree, Sivamani, Abhishek Raghuram, Rajkumar Bharathi, Tabla maestro Bikram Ghosh, Selvaganesh, Sarod Maestros Ayaan and Aman Ali Khan and many others in India and abroad. He also runs his band “Navneeth Sundar Essemble“ performing his independent music scores and also covers of famous songs, rearranged by him. Some of his songs sung by Sathyaprakash are huge youtube hits.
He is now an endorsee of the iPad app instrument "GeoShred", created by Dream Theater band's legendary keyboardist Jordan Rudess. Navneeth is one of just a select few in this elite club of "GeoShred World Artists".
Films:
1. Karmayogi (Malayalam - 2011) [Composed the promotional song]
2. BUDDY (Malayalam - 2013)
3. Guppedantha Prema (Telugu - 2016)
4. Pattampoochi (Tamil - 2022)
5. Ticket (Tamil - 2023) (upcoming)
Web Series:
1. Paani Poori (Tamil - 2023)
Iconic projects:
1. "Tamizh Mann" part 1 & 2 - Chess Olympiad 2022
TV title songs:
1. Madhavi (2009)
2. Pokkisham (2012)
3. Chithiram Pesuthadi (2014)
Albums / Independent Productions:
1. Jungle book (2009) [Indo-western dance ballet]
2. Dhik Dhik Ena Adikkum with Vandana Srinivasan (2012)
3. Chinnanchiru Kiliye with Shweta Mohan (2013)
4. Navneeth Sundar Ensemble Music Mojo Originals - Album (2014)
5. Ready Go - Sound of Swan with Punya Srinivas (2015)
6. Paper boat - Theera Mazha / Naalum Kulirkaalam (2016)
7. Vande Bharathambe with Trichur brothers (2017)
8. Shiv Thandav with Trichur brothers (2017)
9. iPad Kucheri (2018)
10. Kanavile with Aalaap Raju (2018)
11. Ayyane (2019)
12. Quintet Kutcheri (2019)
13. Ezhundhu Vaa / Roothi Hui with Shashaa Tirupati (2020)
14. Lullaby Mashup with Abby V (2020)
15. Hanuman Chalisa with Trichur Brothers (2020)
16. Appavin Peranbile (2021)
17. Ganesha Ganesha (2021)
18. Sagaaptham Aagiren (2023)
19. Queen Madalasa's Lullaby (2023)
Jingles / TV promos (Some popular Brands):
1. Parachute
2. Aircel
3. BSNL
4. Dinamani
5. Hayagrivas Silk house
6. TRS food products
7. Sharron Plywood
8. Royal Sweets
9. Parachute Advansed
10. Lifebuoy
11. Policy Bazaar
12. Glow and Lovely
Bands
1. Founder & Music Director - Navneeth Sundar Ensemble
2. Keyboard Frontman & Music Director - Karthik Music Experience with singer Karthik
3. Music Producer and Keyboardist - Anubhoothi with Trichur Brothers
4. Founding Member & Keyboardist - The Blue Trio with Praveen Sparsh & Shreya Devnath
