Harris Jayaraj

Harris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj
	Harris at the launch of his Studio H
Born	Harris Jayaraj; 8 January 1975; Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupations	Composer; music producer; songwriter; musician keyboardist; guitarist;
Spouse	Suma Jayaraj (m. 1999)
Children	Samuel Nicholas Harris; Karen Nikitha Harris;
	Musical career
Origin	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Genres	Film score, World Music, Soundtrack
Instrument(s)	Guitar, Synthesizer, Piano, Percussion, Keyboard
Years active	1987–present
Labels	Sony Music India; T-Series; Think Music India; Divo; Ayngaran; Junglee; Aditya; Zee; Saregama;

Harris Jayaraj (born 8 January 1975) is an Indian composer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He composes soundtracks predominantly for Tamil films, while also having composed for a few films in Telugu and two films in Hindi.

He has been honoured with Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu and the Life Time Achievement Award from Konijeti Rosaiah, the Governor of Tamil Nadu. Since 2001, he has won 6 Filmfare Awards South and has received 20 Filmfare Awards South nominations. He has also won 6 Mirchi Music Awards, 5 Vijay Awards, 4 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, 3 International Tamil Film Awards and Big FM Awards. In 2019, he was bestowed with the Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute Honorary Doctorate of Letters for his significant contributions to Tamil cinema music.

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