Sean Roldan

Raghavendra Raja Rao, known by his stage name Sean Roldan is an Indian musician who has worked on Carnatic, Independent music, and Film score for the Tamil film industry. He rose to fame after gaining critical acclaim for his work in Balaji Mohan's Tamil-Malayalam bilingual Vaayai Moodi Pesavum / Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram (2014).^[1]

Early life[]

Roldan was born to the renowned mridangam player Srimushnam V. Raja Rao and Padma, the daughter of novelist Sandilyan. He is married to Lalitha Sudha a Playback Singer who works in the indian film industry primarily for films composed by him.^[2] He was drawn into film music by A.R. Rahman's debut album Roja.

Career[]

He began a career in music composing and working on Carnatic tracks before venturing into independent Tamil music with his band Sean Roldan & Friends.^[3] Roldan was recommended by film producer C. V. Kumar to Varun Manian, the producer of the bilingual film Vaayai Moodi Pesavum / Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram, who was looking for a composer after the director's original choice, Anirudh Ravichander, had opted out.^[4] He subsequently signed the film and chose to continue to credit himself as Sean Roldan for a career in the Tamil film industry. He produced eight tracks for the film, singing two, while including one inspired by the single track "Mayakkura Poo Vaasam"^[5] composed for his band.^[6]

His music draws heavy inspiration from Tamil composer Ilaiyaraaja. His greater aim is to represent Indian music internationally.^[7]

Discography[]

As composer[]

• The films are listed in order that the music released, regardless of the dates the film released.
• The year next to the titles of the 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.

As singer[]

External links[]

• Sean Roldan at IMDb

References[]