Anirudh Ravichander is an Indian music composer and singer. He made his debut as a Music Director for the Tamil film, 3 directed by Aishwarya Dhanush. He has been inspired by the music of A. R. Rahman. He is the nephew of Latha Rajinikanth. The song, "Why This Kolaveri Di", that Anirudh had composed for the Tamil film 3, went viral on YouTube and had tracked more than 80 million views.

Biography

Anirudh Ravichander was born 16 October 1990 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is the son of actor Ravi Raghavendra. He did his schooling at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, K.K. Nagar. At the age of 10, he started composing music and landed his first break - '3' at the age of 21. He graduated from Loyola College, Chennai in 2011, which according to him was just a back up in case his music career did not take off. Anirudh learnt classical piano from Trinity College of Music, London. He also learnt Carnatic music, and was part of a Carnatic fusion band. He learnt classical piano from Trinity College of Music, London and completed done eight grades of piano training. 

Personal Profile

Name : Anirudh Ravichander

Date of Birth : 16.October.1990

Age: 25 years

Height : 1.70m

Hometown: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Father: Ravi Raghavendra (Actor)

Mother: Lakshmi Ravichander (Dancer)

Aunt: Latha Rajinikanth

Siblings: Aishwarya R. Dhanush

Years active: 2011-present

Occupation: Music composer & Singer

Released Soundtracks

Year         Tamil                              Telugu                                         Hindi

2011         3                                     3                                                  3

2012         Ethir Neechal                Naa Love Story Modalaindi

                  David                              David                                          David

2013          Vanakkam Chennai

                   Irandam Ulagam          Varnaa

2014          Velaiyilla Pattathari      Raghuvaran, B.Tech

                   Maan Karate

                   Kaththi                           Kaththi

                   Kakki Sattai

2015  Aakko (Enakenna Yaarumillay)

           Maari

           Naanum Rowdy Dhaan

           Thangamagan

2016  Aakko

           Rum