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Varun Sunil
Varun Sunil performing in live in Coimbatore with Masala Coffee
Background information
Birth name
Varun Sunil
Born
(1987-05-10) 10 May 1987 (age 37) Kochi, Kerala, India
Varun Sunil was born in Kochi, Kerala. He started playing mridangam (percussion) at a young age.[2] He did a course in Audio Recording Arts and Music Production from Chetana Studio in Thrissur and later moved to Chennai.[3] Initially he started making jingles for advertisements for Indian brands as a freelancer.[4]
Career
Sunil began his career by producing jingles for advertisements for Indian FMCG brands before venturing into films.[5]
In 2014 Varun Sunil and his few friends collaborated for Kappa TV’s Music Mojo Session, doing a cover of A R Rahman’s Munbe Vaa and Snehithane which became viral, gaining millions of views on YouTube. Following the success, Varun formed the band Masala Coffee.[6][7]
In 2019 he was officially signed to Sony Music South with his Tamil song release "Paakura Ponnu" along with Ku Karthik.[8] Later that year, he made his debut as a film composer for the Telugu film Rajdooth, contributing the song "Emo Emo".[9]
In early 2020 he made his debut for the film "Trance" for the song "Noolupoya" which he sung.[10] In 2021, Sunil collaborated with Swetha Mohan for his Tamil track "Kan Munnale", which he produced and composed. The song was released under the Sony Music South label.[11][12]
In 2022 Sunil composed the tracks from the Tamil film Ward 126, composing the film's music.[13] The same year, He worked with K.S. Chithra on the song "Chaanchaadunni Chaanchaadu" from the film "Haya".[14][15]
In 2023 Sunil composed the music for the Malayalam film Valatty, directed by Devan Jayakumar and produced by Vijay Babu of Friday Film House.[16][17] The film was released on 21 July 2023 and has released in over 5 languages with different artists.[18][19]
