Mohamaad Ghibran

Ghibran
Birth name Mohamaad Ghibran
Born Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Origin Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Genres Film score
Occupation(s) songwriter, composer, record producer, music director, arranger, music producer
Instruments Keyboard, piano, guitar, accordion, harmonium, percussion
Years active 2000–present

Mohamaad Ghibran (often credited as M. Ghibran) is an Indian composer. He has composed music for Indian films, advertising films and television commercial jingles in different languages.

Early life

Ghibran was born and raised in Coimbatore. When he was in the tenth grade, his family relocated to Chennai after his father suffered a severe loss in business. He had to discontinue studies and do several jobs to support his family.[1]

Ghibran said that he had developed an interest in music after he had seen Yanni perform on TV, when he was about eight or ten. He had enrolled into a music college, but had to drop out and instead attended keyboard classes and learnt keyboard part-time from Paul Augustine. He completed RSA Grade 8 in both piano and music theory through Trinity College London, and obtained a degree in classical composition and film scoring under Australian Composer Lindsay Vickery at the LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore.[2] He received an offer from a studio to compose music for animations as an in-house composer, and worked there for two years. In 2000, he set up his own studio and over the next six years composed for over 700 ads.[1]

Ghibran then joined a university in Singapore.[1] In Singapore, he worked part-time composing music for media houses to meet his expenses. After completing his works, he worked for the Singapore wood and percussion instruments orchestra. He subsequently returned to India, but could not find many advertisements to work on there.[1]

Career

The director A. Sarkunam selected Ghibran to compose the soundtrack for Vaagai Sooda Vaa.[2] N Venkateswaran of The Times of Indiawrote of the soundtrack, "M Ghibran joins the list of debut composers who have impressed with their work in recent times. The music score complements the movie, and marks him out as a musician to watch out for".[3] Malathi Rangarajan from The Hindu wrote that "Music is another highlight. M. Gibran's numbers keep ringing in your ears long after you leave the cinema".[4] Rajagopalan Badrinarayanan from musicperk.com wrote "Vaagai Sooda Vaa is a wholesome package with wonderful songs. Being his first movie Gibran has done a great job with the musical score. The album will surely reshuffle the current chart".[5] Ghibran said that after Vaagai Sooda Vaa and that he was then approached by several directors about other projects, but he decided to take a break to look for an urban based script.[6]

In 2013, Ghibran composed the music for the films Vatthikuchi, Kutti Puli and Naiyaandi. His 2014 releases were Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah and Amara Kaaviyam. He also had his first Telugu release Run Raja Run. According to Behindwoods.com, his work in the film "garnered great appreciation from the fans" and the songs had been "in the top of the charts for a long time".[7] He was offered soundtrack work for Vishwaroopam II by Kamal Haasan, as well as his next two projects, Uttama Villain and Papanasam, the Tamil remake of Drishyam, as well.[6]

Ghibran currently shuttles between Chennai, Mumbai and Singapore for all his recording works, and owns a studio at Chennai.[2]

Personal life

Ghibran is married to a Telugu woman from Vijayawada, a scientist, who he met in Singapore.[6] Ghibran's first child, a son was born on 18 December 2014.[8] His elder brother AG Amid is a director.[9]

Discography

Released works
Year Title Language Notes
2011 Vaagai Sooda Vaa Tamil Won, Vijay Award for Best Find of the Year
Won, Ananda Vikatan Magazine's Top 10 Nambikkaigal (Hopes) of 2011
Won, Mirchi Music Awards South for Best Upcoming Music Director
Won, BIG FM Melody Music Award for Best Debut Music Director
Won, Vijay Music Awards for Popular Melody of the Year
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
2013 Vatthikuchi Tamil
2013 Kutti Puli Tamil
2013 Naiyaandi Tamil
2014 Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah Tamil Won, Mirchi Music Awards South for Best Album of the Year(Mirchi Listeners' Choice)[10]
Won, Zee Telugu Santosham Award for Best Music Director – Tamil[11][12]
2014 Run Raja Run Telugu Telugu film Debut.
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu
2014 Amara Kaaviyam Tamil
2015 Jil Telugu
2015 Uttama Villain Tamil Won, Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Award for Best Original Score[13]
Won, Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Award for Best Song (For the Song "Iraniyan Naadagam")[13]
Won, Russian International Film Festival Award for Best Original Music[14]
Won, Platinum Award from International Independent Film Awards for Original Score[15]
Won, Diamond Award from International Independent Film Awards for Original Song ("Iraniyan Naadagam")[16]
Won, Diamond Award from International Independent Film Awards for Original Song ("Kaadhalaam")[16]
Gold Winner, from Prestige Music Award for Original Song ("Kaadhalaam")[17]
Silver Winner, from Prestige Music Award for Original Song ("Iraniyan Naadagam")[17]
Won, Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards for Best Music Director [18]
Won, Behindwoods Gold Medal for Best Music Director [19]
2015 Papanasam Tamil
2015 Thoongaavanam
Cheekati Rajyam 		Tamil
Telugu 		Bilingual film.
2016 Babu Bangaram Telugu
2016 Chennai Singapore Tamil
2016 Hyper Telugu Composer of songs only. The film's background score was composed by Mani Sharma.[20]
Upcoming projects
Year TitleLanguageNotes
2016 Vishwaroopam 2
Vishwaroop 2 		Tamil
Hindi
2016 Adhe Kangal Tamil
2016 Mayavan Tamil
2016 Magalir Mattum Tamil
2016 Aan Dhevathai Tamil
2016 Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei sequel Tamil
2016 Oodi Oodi Uzhaikanum Tamil
2016 Untitled Vishnu Vishal and Director Ram Kumar Film Tamil
2016 Untitled Sunil Starrer[21] Telugu
2016 Untitled R. Madhavan and Director Sargunam film Tamil

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "It was emotionally very disturbing, says Ghibran". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ghibran - Tamil Cinema Music Director Interview - Ghibran | Sargunam | Vaagai Sooda Vaa | Vimal | Iniya - Behindwoods.com". Videos.behindwoods.com. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Vaagai Sooda Vaa movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20111211011406/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2503919.ece. Archived from the original on 11 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "Vaagai Sooda Vaa". Musicperk. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/seen-and-heard/article6189779.ece
  7. ↑ http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-14/ghibran-tollywoods-most-wanted.html
  8. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Run-Raja-Run-music-director-becomes-Dad/articleshow/45591515.cms
  9. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/Rajathandhiram-director-is-Ghibrans-brother/articleshow/46593183.cms
  10. ↑ http://www.mirchimusicawards.com/tamil/
  11. ↑ http://www.bestindiablog.com/2015/08/zee-telugu-santhosham-awards-2015-videos-watch-live-streaming.html
  12. ↑ http://www.salsca.com/tollywood/santosham-awards-2015-winners-list/
  13. 1 2 http://www.laiffawards.com/october-winners.html
  14. ↑ http://ruiff.ru/winners-2015-october/
  15. ↑ http://iifilmawards.com/Platinum_Award.html
  16. 1 2 http://iifilmawards.com/Diamond_Award.html
  17. 1 2 http://prestigemusicaward.com/
  18. ↑ http://www.ntff.no/node/136
  19. ↑ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/list-of-winners-of-behindwoods-gold-medal-2015.html
  20. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/music/Composer-Mani-Sharma-joins-Hyper/articleshow/54623889.cms
  21. ↑ http://www.telugucinema.com/news/Sunil-Kranthi-Madhav-film-rolls

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