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Happy Birthday Harris Jayaraj: Five interesting facts about the composer you should know

ETimes.in | Last updated on - Jan 8, 2022, 08:00 IST
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​Happy Birthday Harris Jayaraj: Five interesting facts about the composer you should know

Harris Jayaraj is one of the popular South Indian composers, and he worked with several leading filmmakers and actors in the industry. Harris Jayaraj is celebrating his 47th birthday today, and social media is loaded with wishes for the beloved composer. His musical works and achievements have been well known to everyone as, however, you might not be familiar with these interesting facts about the composer.

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​Inspirations

Harris Jayaraj is a trained classical guitarist, and he started his musical journey in 1987. Aruljothi Balagopal and M.S.Viswanathan inspired him to choose a musical career.

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​Training under legends

Harris Jayaraj had predominantly worked with A R Rahman, Karthik Raja, Raj-Koti, and Vidhyasagar. He was working as a keyboardist and a programmer before his debut as a composer. This helped Harris Jayaraj to succeed technically as well.

Keerthy Suresh on why she is an avid fan of Vijay; Read here

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​A compassionate human being

Harris Jayaraj is a kind-hearted person, and he always helped people in need. He has associated with a few organizations in helping the poor and was featured in an awareness video to aid the poor and school dropout children.

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Musical ‘journey’

Like many musicians, Harris Jayaraj had also gone for a musical tour around the world and conducted musical shows in several locations. His musical tour happened in 2011, and the program was titled "Harris on the Edge". He received a great response during the tour, and he spontaneously developed his territory.

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Singers introduced by Harris Jayaraj

Harris Jayaraj has always appreciated talented singers, and he introduced Nakul, Nikhil Mathew, Mahathi, Saindhavi, Srilekha Parthasarathy, Madhumitha, and Suchithra Ramanathan, to the music industry. Also, he is the one, who made Vijay back to croon for the 'Google Google' song from ‘Thuppaki’.

AR Rahman's birthday celebration video from the sets of 'Iravin Nizhal'; watch here

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