Gopi Sunder

Gopi Sunder
Gopi Sunder in 2015
Background information
Also known as	Gopi
Born	30 May 1977 (1977-05-30) (age 39) Kochi, Kerala, India
Genres	Film score, world music
Occupation(s)	Film composer, music director, record producer, instrumentalist, arranger, singer, songwriter, lyricist
Instruments	Keyboard, tabla
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Sunsa Digital Workstation, Sound Factory
Website	www.gopisundar.com

Gopi Sunder^[1] is a National Award winning Indian musician, film score composer, programmer and singer. He has composed music for more than 5000 advertisements, programmed music for many major composers and composed the music for nearly 50 Indian films to date.^[2]

He has composed the background score and songs for films like Flash (2007), Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded (2009), Anwar (2010), Ustad Hotel (2012), 1983 (2014), Bangalore Days (2014), Charlie (2015), Thozha (2016), Pulimurugan (2016). He has also done the background score for Notebook (2006), Big B (2007), Mission 90 Days (2007), Poi Solla Porom (2008), Evidam Swargamanu (2009), 1983 (2014), Bangalore Days (2014), Ennu Ninte Moideen (2015), Charlie (2015), Thozha (2016), Devi (2016), Pulimurugan (2016).^[3]

He got his first Filmfare Award for Best Music Director in the 58th Filmfare Awards South for Anwar (2010).

Career

Gopi Sunder, born in Cochin into a musical family, was an associate to the composer Ouseppachan for a long time.^[2] Sunder's father was a friend of Ouseppachan, which made Sunder a leading member in the troupe of the prolific composer.^[2] He did the keyboard programming in popular songs like "Aankhon mein teri'" (Om Shanti Om) and "Ek Main Aur Ek Tu Hai" (Bluffmaster). His entry into the film industry came when director Roshan Andrews approached him with an offer to compose the background score for his movie Notebook which made him one of the most demanded background scorers in the Malayalam movie industry. He then went on to compose the background score for the movie Big B, starring Mammootty, which marked his breakthrough in the film industry. Director Sibi Malayil approached him to compose the soundtrack and background music for his Mohanlal production Flash. His next project as a composer was in Amal Neerad's big budget movie Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded. The songs he composed for Amal Neerad's Anwar featured in the charts for many weeks. His songs and background music in the Malayalam film Ustad Hotel made him popular composers in the film industry.

Family

Gopi Sunder is from a family of film personalities. His father Suresh was in the theatre and recording studio business. Actor Devan is his uncle. Gopi married Priya on 19 January 2001.They have two children, Madhav Sunder and Yadhav Sunder.^[4]

Discography

As playback singer

Awards

References

External links

• Official website
• Gopi Sunder at the Internet Movie Database