Varun Sunil
Indian percussionist and singer
Varun Sunil (born 10 May 1987) is an Indian percussionist, singer, music producer and founder of Masala Coffee, one of the popular contemporary folk bands in South India. He is also well known for his musical contributions in Telugu, Tamil, Bollywood and Malayalam movie industries. He has performed alongside Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Hariharan, T. H. Vinayakram, Ranjit Barot, Fazal Qureshi and many more.
01Early life
Varun Sunil was born in Kochi, Kerala. He started playing mridangam (percussion) at a young age. He did a course in Audio Recording Arts and Music Production from Chetana Studio in Thrissur and later moved to Chennai. Initially he started making jingles for advertisements for Indian brands as a freelancer.
02Career
Sunil began his career by producing jingles for advertisements for Indian FMCG brands before venturing into films.
In 2014 Varun Sunil and his few friends collaborated for Kappa TV’s Music Mojo Session, doing a cover of A R Rahman’s Munbe Vaa and Snehithane which became viral, gaining millions of views on YouTube. Following the success, Varun formed the band Masala Coffee.
In 2019 he was officially signed to Sony Music South with his Tamil song release "Paakura Ponnu" along with Ku Karthik. Later that year, he made his debut as a film composer for the Telugu film Rajdooth, contributing the song "Emo Emo".
In early 2020 he made his debut for the film "Trance" for the song "Noolupoya" which he sung. In 2021, Sunil collaborated with Swetha Mohan for his Tamil track "Kan Munnale", which he produced and composed. The song was released under the Sony Music South label.
In 2022 Sunil composed the tracks from the Tamil film Ward 126, composing the film's music. The same year, He worked with K.S. Chithra on the song "Chaanchaadunni Chaanchaadu" from the film "Haya".
In 2023 Sunil composed the music for the Malayalam film Valatty, directed by Devan Jayakumar and produced by Vijay Babu of Friday Film House. The film was released on 21 July 2023 and has released in over 5 languages with different artists.
03Discography
Albums
| Release Title | Year | Record label | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Background Score for "Valatty" | 2023 | Friday Music Company | |
| Original Motion Picture Soundtracks for "Valatty" | 2023 | Friday Music Company | |
| Original Motion Picture Soundtracks for "Rajdooth" | 2019 | Saregama | |
| Original Motion Picture Soundtracks for "Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal", Under Masala Coffee | 2022 | Zee Music Company |
Singles
| Release Title | Featuring | Year | Record label | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fun Maaro (From "Sila Nodigalil") | Masala Coffee, Ku Karthik | 2023 | Saregama | |
| Shwanare (From "Valatty") | Vinayak Sasikumar, Jyotikrishna | 2023 | Friday Music Company | |
| Friendship Song (From "Valatty") | Maria Mathew Kolady, Manu Manjith | 2023 | Friday Music Company | |
| The Chase (From "Valatty") | 2023 | Friday Music Company | ||
| Chaanchaadunni Chaanchaadu (from "Haya") | K. S. Chithra | 2022 | Saina Audios | |
| Ho.. Ek Do Pal (from "Haya") | Gwen Fernandes | 2022 | Saina Audios | |
| Koode (from "Haya") | Aslam Abdul Majeed | 2022 | Saina Audios | |
| Kallupaatu (from "Haya") | Resmi Sateesh, Binu Sariga | 2022 | Saina Audios | |
| Hey Veyile (from "Haya") | Vishnu Sunil, Christin Jose | 2022 | Saina Audios | |
| Vazhi Nadathidum (From "Ward-126") | Sunitha Sarathy, Senthuzhan | 2021 | Saregama | |
| Nee Vithaitha (From "Ward-126") | Aslam Abdul Majeed | 2021 | Saregama | |
| Kaalam Azhagai (From "Ward-126") | K. S. Harishankar | 2021 | Saregama | |
| Kan Munnale | Swetha Mohan | 2021 | Sony Music Entertainment | |
| Nambala | 2020 | Sony Music Entertainment | ||
| Whispering Hues | Rajhesh Vaidhya | 2020 | Sony Music Entertainment | |
| Chusthundhi Pila | 2020 | Sony Music Entertainment | ||
| Paakura Ponnu | 2019 | Sony Music Entertainment |
Sources and credits
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