Tony Joseph Pallivathukal

Tony Joseph Pallivathukal (often credited as Tony Joseph) is an Indian music director, music producer, music publisher, sound engineer and singer.. He has composed music for Malayalam films, advertising films and television commercial jingles in different languages.[1]

Tony Joseph Pallivathukal
Background information
BornKottayam, Kerala, India
OriginKottayam, Kerala, India
GenresFilm score
Occupation(s)music director
Years active2010–present

He started his music career assisting music director Manikanth Kadri in Chennai. As a sound engineer, he has collaborated with several music directors in the South Indian Music Industry. He made his debut as a film score composer in 2018 with the movie 'Mohanlal' starring Manju Warrier and Indrajith directed by Sajid Yahiya.[2]

Early life

Tony Joseph was born in Kottayam. He did his schooling at Kristu Jyothi School & Good Shepherd School. He started learning carnatic music at a tender age of 5 though he could learn only for few years. He then learned drums because of his interest in rhythm. Having done his graduation in Civil Engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, he was active in college union activities and college music band.

After working as Civil Engineer for couple of years in Bangalore, he then moved to Chennai to start his ambitious online music platform which never materialised. He then started working with popular music director Manikanth Kadri which became a turning point in his music career. Later moving back to Bangalore, he composed jingles for several advertising production houses.

Career

Music

Tony Joseph and Sajid Yahiya together started Vethaalam band in 2014 to promote new talents. They performed in many stages across Kerala was also featured in Music Mojo Season 2 in Kappa TV. Later when Sajid Yahiya planned to direct Mohanlal,[3] Tony Joseph was asked to compose songs for the movie.

All the songs in the movie Mohanlal were major hits and had crossed 2 Million mark in YouTube. Especially the song La La Laletta sung by Prarthana Indrajith which hit 20 Million mark, was ideated by director of the movie Sajid Yahiya. The song became a rage among Mohanlal fans thus making the song the maximum downloaded song in online platforms and ringback tones. Prarthana Indrajith was appreciated well for her rendition. Other songs were sung by Karthik, Nithya Menen [4] & Indrajith Sukumaran.

Nithya Menen considers her song in the movie as her favourite she has rendered till date.[5]

His upcoming releases are 'Godhra' starring Lucia fame Sathish Ninasam & Shraddha Srinath, 'Sakalakala Vallabha' starring Rishi in Kannada.

Filmography
Year Film Language
2018 Mohanlal Malayalam

References
  1. "Candour speak - Tony Joseph Pallivathukal". Deccan Chronicle.
  2. "Interview with Music Director of the Movie Mohanlal (Malayalam)". Asianet News.
  3. "Are Malayalam actors jazzing it up as singers?". Times of India.
  4. "Nithya picks up the mic again". Deccan Chronicle.
  5. "Chat with the music director of the Movie 'Mohanlal' (Malayalam)". Madhyamam.
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