James Vasanthan is a popular Indian television anchor and a film music composer. For more than a decade, he worked as an anchor in popular Tamil satellite television channels like Sun TV

Sun TV (India)

Sun TV is a regional Indian cable television station. It is the flagship channel of the Chennai-based Sun Network. It was founded and currently owned by Kalanidhi Maran. It was the first fully privately owned television channel in India when it emerged in 1992...

, Vijay TV and Makkal TV

Makkal TV

Makkal TV is a Tamil language TV channel. It was launched on 6 September 2006 and is promoted by Makkal Tholai Thodarpu Kuzhumam. Pattali Makkal Katchi leader Ramadoss is the founder of TV, Venu Sanjeevi is the Managing Director .- External links :...

 before turning into a film music composer in the Tamil Film Industry.

Biography

James Vasanthan was born in Tiruchirapalli

Tiruchirapalli

Tiruchirappalli ) , also called Tiruchi or Trichy , is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli District. It is the fourth largest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu and also the fourth largest urban agglomeration in the state...

 (Trichy), studied first at YWCA Matric Higher Secondary School(Present BHEL Matric) and later at Bishop Heber School and later, graduated in English literature in Bishop Heber College

Bishop Heber College

Bishop Heber College is a religious minority educational institution in Puthur, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1966, although the school has historical roots extending through various earlier local religious schools to about the mid-nineteenth century...

. Later, he graduated in Carnatic music

Carnatic music

Carnatic music is a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent, with its area roughly confined to four modern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu...

 from Madras University and in Western music

Western music

Western music may refer to:* Classical music, a genre of art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music from the 10th century onward...

 from Trinity College

Trinity College of Music

Trinity College of Music is one of the London music conservatories, based in Greenwich. It is part of Trinity Laban.The conservatoire is inheritor of elegant riverside buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital, designed in part by Sir Christopher Wren...

, U.K. and even holds a diploma in Theory of Music. Though music was his "first love", he forayed into TV channel business by working as an anchor in some popular Tamil TV channels.

In 2003, James Vasanthan launched his maiden venture, Vaasanai, a Tamil pop album featuring other prominent TV personalities like Swarnamalya

Swarnamalya

Swarnamalya is a Tamil actress and TV anchor. She is also a bharathanatyam dancer. She is currently acting in a Kalaignar TV serial called Thekkathi Ponnu which is directed by Bharathiraja. She is a famous classical dancer. She received the award 'Yuvakala Bharat' at the age of 17...

, Uma Padmanabhan and Vijay Adhiraj.,. Even before that, he has composed music for many good Christian cassettes numbering around 300, like "Amarntha Meliya Satham" (Lyrics:Suresh Frederick), "Sinthanai Sei", "Friends", "Iravin Amaithiyil Yesuvodu" etc. In 2008 then, he eventually entered the Chennai film industry as a music director by composing the songs and score for the Tamil film Subramaniyapuram, directed by M. Sasikumar

M. Sasikumar

M. Sasikumar is a Tamil film director, actor and producer. He is best known in the Tamil film industry for his debut film Subramaniapuram...

, who was a student of him in high school, which brought him into prominence with the film's soundtrack gaining fame and being praised and the song "Kangal Irandal" topping the charts and being cited as the "anthem of the year among the youth".

James Vasanthan has recently composed a set of six songs for the Tamil films Yaathumagi and Naanayam.

Discography

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Year	Tamil	Other Languages	Notes
2008	Subramaniyapuram	Ananthapuram (telugu)	Winner, Vijay Award for Best Find of the Year Vijay Award for Best Find of the Year The Vijay for Best Find of the Year is given by STAR Vijay as part of its annual Vijay Awards ceremony for Tamil films.-The list:Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.-Nominations:... Nominated, Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Tamil) Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Tamil) The Filmfare Best Music Director Award is given to film composers by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil films. The award was first given in 1992, A. R. Rahman being the first recipient of this award for his film score and soundtrack of Roja.There have been...
2009	Pasanga Pasanga Pasanga is a 2009 Tamil film directed by debutant Pandiraj, who worked as an erstwhile assistant to Cheran. It stars numerous debutant child artists in the lead roles along with newcomer Vimal and Saroja fame Vega Tamotia in supporting roles...
	Naanayam
	Yaathumagi
	Police Quarters (film) (Kannada)
2010	Eesan		Winner, Vijay music awards Vijay Music Awards A Vijay Music Award is an accolade given by Vijay TV to recognize outstanding achievement in the Tamil music industry. The annual awards ceremony made its debut in 2011 for the previous calender year. It launched its official website in partnership with Galatta.com. Its main sponsor was India Gate...  for Best Folk Song of the year.
2011		Doubles Doubles Doubles may refer to:* Doubles , Trinidadian food* Double , a two-base hit* Doubles , in sports like tennis and badminton refers to games with two players on each side...  (Malayalam)
	Maruthavelu
	Sadugudu Sadugudu Sadugudu is an upcoming Tamil comedy film directed by John Mahendran, who earlier directed Vijay's Sachein. It is produced by Naseer of Sherali Films who produced Kalavani. The film features Nakul in the lead role, while Suri and Appukutty play pivotal roles...