Amresh Ganesh

Amresh Ganesh is an Indian actor, film composer and singer, who has worked in Tamil language films. The son of actress Jayachitra, Amresh appeared as an actor in his mother's productions Pudhiya Raagam (1991) and then in Naane Ennul Illai (2010), before working as a music composer in the late 2010s.

Amresh Ganesh
Born	15 October 1988 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)	Actor, film composer, music director
Instruments	keyboard/piano

Career

Amresh Ganesh was born to industrialist Ganesh and film actress Jayachitra, with the actress launching him as a child artiste in Pudhiya Raagam (1991) before relaunching him as an actor several years later.[1] Amresh first gained attention by composing for a four-language music album titled Jeevitham, which was released in 2008 and featured singers including S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Karthik and Sujatha.[2] Despite Jayachitra directing his debut through Naane Ennul Illai (2010), the film's failure made it difficult for Amresh to succeed as an actor.[3] In 2011, it was announced that he would work on projects titled Kaliyuga Kadhalan and Machan Ava En Aalu Da, with the former being set in three different eras, but neither film was completed.[4] Later in the year, Jayachitra announced that she was working on three more films with Amresh in the lead role, Mundru Mugangal, Nedunchalai and Scene Podathey, but again neither film materialised.[5] He also shot for a comedy film titled Kadan Vaangi Kalyanam alongside Mansoor Ali Khan during late 2011, but the film also did not release.[6] In 2013, he briefly worked on the making of another incomplete film Thaaru Maaru, which had a grand launch event.[7]

In 2015, he was signed on by producer R. B. Choudary and director Sai Ramani to work on the music for the film, Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva (2017) starring Raghava Lawrence. Prior to the release of the film, actor Tinku released a video alleging that Amresh had stolen a song titled "Hara Hara Mahadevaki" from a film that he and Robert were making titled Thaathaa Car-ai Thodadhae. Tinku alleged that Amresh had worked together with them to create the song during early 2015, but production troubles had shelved the film and subsequently Amresh had taken the song to a different project. In a press meet in February 2017, Amresh Ganesh refuted the claims and provided evidence of Tinku and Robert continuously trying to scam him by gathering funds for the shelved project. Amresh stated that he had developed the song free of cost and had paid for the duo to take part in a failed shoot of the song in Bangkok, before the film was stalled. Moreover, Amresh revealed that Robert had owned up to playing the song to music composer Srikanth Deva, and had attempted to include it in another shelved film titled Minor Kunju Kaanom which Tinku, Robert and Srikanth Deva were involved in.[8][9][10]

His next releases will be Pottu, the Trisha-starrer Garjanai and the Prabhu Deva-starrer Yung Mung Sung.[11]

Personal life

He married Keerthi Hanusha on 19 October 2016.[12][13] Their daughter was born on 31 March 2019.[14]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1991	Pudhiya Raagam	Anu Mohan	Child artiste
2010	Naane Ennul Illai	Amresh

Discography

Released soundtracks

• The year next to the title of the affected films indicates the release year of the either dubbed or remade version in the named language later than the original version.
• • indicates original language release. Indicates simultaneous makes, if featuring in more languages
• ♦ indicates a remade version, the remaining ones being dubbed versions

Year	Tamil	Other languages	Notes
2010	Naane Ennul Illai •
2017	Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva •
2018	Bhaskar Oru Rascal •
2019	Charlie Chaplin 2 •
	Pottu •
	Sathru •
		Okate Life • (Telugu)
	En Kaadhali Scene Podura •

Upcoming projects

Year	Tamil	Notes
TBA	Garjanai •
	Yung Mung Sung •
	Veeramadevi
	Paramapadham Vilayattu
	Kaa
	Sambhavam
	Paambattam

Singer

Year	Film	Song(s)	Notes
2010	Naane Ennul Illai	"Pirappuna Irakkavendum"	also lyrics
2017	Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva	"Hara Hara Mahadevaki", "Ivan Kaakhi Sattai"
2018	Bhaskar Oru Rascal	"Bhaskar Oru Rascolu"
2018	Charlie Chaplin 2	"Ivala Ivala", "Mamu Mamu", "Jinga Bunga"	also lyrics for Jinga Bunga

References

1. "Another son rises". The Hindu. 23 December 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
2. Andhra Pradesh. "18-year-old presents debut, first of its kind, music album in four languages — ANDHRA PRADESH". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
3. TNN (16 January 2017). "Amresh pours his heart out!". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
4. "Two more from Amresh ". IndiaGlitz.com. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
5. "Itsy bitsy". The Hindu. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
6. "Mansoor Ali khan turns music composer". Web.archive.org. 7 July 2011. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
7. "Picture 430236 | New Movie Posters". Moviegalleri.net. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
8. "Music Director Amresh Ganesh Press Meet". 2 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017 – via YouTube.
9. Subramanian, Anupama (3 February 2017). "Amresh Ganesh clears the air on MSKS controversy". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
10. "Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva music director Amresh Ganesh talks at a press meet". Behindwoods.com. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
11. "Prabhu Deva turns lyricist for Yang Mang Sang". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
12. "Amresh Ganesh's wedding reception". MSN. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
13. "Jyothika, Vishal, Shanthanu at Jayachitra son Amresh Keerthi Wedding Reception — Photos". Ibtimes.co.in. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
14. https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/music-director-amresh-ganesh-blessed-with-a-baby-girl.html

External links

• Amresh Ganesh at IMDb