Mohan Rajan | |
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Born | 1984 |
Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | India |
Occupation | Lyricist |
Years active | 2010-present |
Mohan Rajan is an Indian lyricist working on Tamil language films.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Hailing from Valayapatti near Tiruchirappalli, Mohan Rajan arrived in Chennai in 2001, hoping to become a lyricist in the Tamil film industry. However, he failed to get a breakthrough and instead qualified himself by pursuing master's degree in Tamil literature and later media arts at Loyola College, Chennai. Mohan Rajan was launched as a lyricist by James Vasanthan during the making of Yathumaagi (2010). Soon after the release of the song, he became acquainted with Vasanthan's friend, the film-maker Sasikumar, who began to regularly hand lyric-writing assignments to Mohan for his projects.[3] Notably, he wrote the song "Jilla Vittu" from Easan (2010) and then "Kondaadum Manasu" from Sundarapandian (2012) for Sasikumar's projects. Mohan studied in PSBB school, Chennai
Mohan Rajan's breakthrough song was "Kanave Kanave", a pathos song featured in Bejoy Nambiar's anthology film David (2013), featuring Vikram and Jiiva. The song was composed and sung by Anirudh Ravichander.[3][4] Since his breakthrough, he has worked on albums including Ilaiyaraaja's Tharai Thappattai (2016), the composer's thousandth album, which Bala chose him for after being impressed with his work in Chandi Veeran (2015). He later wrote popular songs such as "Yaanji Yaanji" in Vikram Vedha (2017), as well as songs in Kodiveeran (2017) and Padaiveeran (2018).[3]
Filmography
[edit]Year | Film | Songs | Composer | Singers |
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2010 | Yaathumagi | "Pesum Minsaaram" | James Vasanthan | Benny Dayal |
Easan | "Jilla Veettu" | James Vasanthan | Thanjai Selvi | |
2011 | Sankarankovil | "Thenpadi Makkalin" "Enga Kulasami" |
Rajini | Sriram Rajini |
2012 | Sundarapandian | "Kondaadum Manasu" | N. R. Raghunanthan | Anand Aravindakshan |
2013 | David | All songs except "Iravinil Ulavavaa" | Anirudh Ravichander | Anirudh Ravichander |
Kutti Puli | "Thaattiyare Thaattiyare" | Ghibran | Gold Devaraj | |
2016 | Tharai Thappattai | "Vadhana Vadhana Vadivelane" | Ilaiyaraaja | Kavitha Gopi, Priyadarshini |
Muthina Kathirika | "Aacha Pocha", "Summa Sollakoodathu", "Enakkenna Aacho", "Aahaa Ooho Electionee" | Siddharth Vipin | Anthony Daasan, Jagadeesh Kumar, Aandhi Joshi, Guru | |
Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum | "Ka Ka Ka Po" | Santhosh Narayanan | Santhosh Narayanan | |
Jackson Durai | "Yethetho" | Siddharth Vipin | Chinmayi, Karthik | |
2017 | Vikram Vedha | "Yaanji Yaanji" | Sam CS | Anirudh Ravichander, Shakthisree Gopalan, Sathyaprakash |
Kodiveeran | "Ayyo Adi Aathe" | N.R.Raghunanthan | Jagadeesh, Vandana Srinivasan | |
2018 | Kalakalappu 2 | All songs except "Oru Kuchi Oru Kulfi" | Hiphop Tamizha | |
Raja Ranguski | "Gift Of Life", "Kadhal Gaana", "Mr. X" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Silambarasan, Faridha, V. M. Mahalingham | |
Pyaar Prema Kaadhal | "Kaatre Un Kaaladiyai" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Yuvan Shankar Raja | |
Padaiveeran | "Kombadhi Kombanadaa" | Karthik Raja | Mukesh | |
Ezhumin | "Minmini Kootame" | Ganesh Chandrasekaran | Jagadeesh, Yamini Ghantasala | |
Kanaa | "Oonjala Oonjala " "Savaal" |
Dhibu Ninan Thomas | Sid Sriram, Niranjana Ramanan Dhibu Ninan Thomas, Arunraja Kamaraj, Rabbit Mac | |
2019 | Sivappu Manjal Pachai | 4 songs | Siddhu Kumar | Sreekanth Hariharan,
Naresh Iyer, Shashaa Tirupati, Sudharshan Ashok, Jothi Pushpa, Anitha Karthikeyan, Anand Aravindakshan, Shashaa Tirupati |
Kaaviyyan | "Ethuvandha Enna" | Syam Mohan | Ananthu, Dhivakar | |
Champion | "Vaa Maganey" | Arrol Corelli | Haricharan | |
2020 | Doctor | "Nenjame" | Anirudh Ravichander | Anirudh Ravichander |
2021 | Aranmanai 3 | "Rasavaachiye" | C. Sathya | Sid Sriram |
"Lojaku Mojaku" | Mukesh | |||
Oh Manapenne! | "Oh Manapenne" | Vishal Chandrashekhar | Sinduri Vishal | |
"Lazy song" | Sinduri Vishal, Lady Kash | |||
"Aao Ji Aao" | Gana Bala | |||
"Sakiye" | Yazin Nizar | |||
2022 | 777 Charlie (Tamil version) | "Journey Song" | Nobin Paul | Jassie Gift, Aravind Karneeswaran |
O2 | "Swasamae" | Vishal Chandrashekhar | Brindha Sivakumar | |
2023 | Good Night | All songs
"Naan Gaali" "Chill Makka" "PalaPattra" "Po" "Arukaani Angamma" "Anbirkum" "Naan Gaali (Reprise)" |
Sean Roldan | Sean Roldan, Kalyani Nair
Pradeep Kumar "Thenisai Thendral" Deva Sean Roldan Meenakshi Elayaraja M.Lalitha Sudha Sean Roldan |
Animal | All songs
"Nee Vaadi" "Pogaadhe" "Nee En Ulagam" "Yaar Yaaro" "Theeraadha" "Moochchaangoode" "Moochchaangoode(Extended Film Version)" "Yaar Yaaro(Soul Version)" |
JAM8
Shreyas Puranik Harshavardhan Rameshwar Vishal Mishra Manan Bhardwaj Jaani |
Raghav Chaitanya
Karthik Sonu Nigam Vishal Mishra Shreya Ghoshal Yazin Nizar Mahalingam |
References
[edit]- ^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Mohan Rajan".
- ^ a b c Anantharam, Chitra Deepa (6 May 2017). "A new crop of wordsmiths". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ "DAVID Tamil music review: The soundtrack boasts of trendsetting music". 14 January 2013.