Composer/singer Manu Rajeev says it is this song that inspired him to become a musician
Composer Manu Rajeev’s single ‘Purani Yaadein…’ is an earworm. The creation of a nostalgia-filled slow song earlier this year reminded Manu why he became a musician. “It’s the kind of emotional music I wanted to make.” Another single, ‘Chhota Sa Safar…’ composed and sung by him, dropped on his YouTube channel, Spotify and other platforms.
“It’s inspired by all the journeys I’ve made – literal and symbolic – while studying in Delhi, I used to take a two-day train journey back home to Thiruvananthapuram. Not just geographically, everything was a state in two days Once the train got late by more than 20 hours; that too was an experience. The memories during this time have been comforting… a little ‘little bit…’ too. has prompted.”
Manu was busy during the initial days of the lockdown as he had to finish the work. “Once that was done, I had time because filming and recording had come to a halt. Only then did I have time to think about life, work, music. In the early days of my career, I made a Malayalam single.Atho Oru Neertha Sangeetham All that thought with G Venugopal led me to realize this, and remember, why I chose music. It was meant to make that kind of music and not just for movies or commercials or theme songs for clients. This kind of music is my job, but I want to make something that I want.”
He is the son of Malayalam painter/poet/short story writer Savitri Rajeevan. Ever since he moved to Delhi after Class XII in 2005, life has become hectic. Music was always a part of his life, he was part of a music band when he was in school in Thiruvananthapuram, “I am the guy who sold his bicycle to buy drum kits for our band,” he recalls. . Although he enrolled in a fashion design course, he took a U-turn and returned to Delhi University to study music.
After graduation, he got a job in UTV. “I was doing some programming and stuff while in college. I did some work for UTV, that’s how I got this job.”
Five years later he left that job to strike on his own with a recording studio, where he produced jingles and promotional/theme music for government departments and state governments such as Orissa, Assam, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh and other clients. Make. While in Delhi, he was also a part of a band, Vishwamitra. His other projects include an album Eyes and singles, ‘Valentino’ and ‘Butterfly’. His current projects are Ting Tong series (Nickelodeon), animation series Fukrey Boys (streaming on Netflix), Marathi film fakt a dacho and Hindi feature film Surilik.
However, in 2016, he moved to Mumbai as it provided more opportunities; He composed and sang for the film sallu’s wedding. Though he hails from Kerala, he has no plans to get into the Malayalam industry, “Right now I am here in Mumbai, work is here. But you never know, maybe after some time. Life comes a complete circle, doesn’t it? He avoids.
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