Vedanth Bharadwaj is a qualified guitarist from the Trinity College London and is best known for his work with songs and poems from the Bhakti Movement.
18 Facts About Vedanth Bharadwaj
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Vedanth Bharadwaj is a Post Graduate in Psychology and an MBA in Corporate Communication.
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When he returned to Chennai from Rishi Valley School, Vedanth Bharadwaj formed a band called Buddha's Babies, playing in a genre they liked to call "alternative acoustic trance".
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Vedanth Bharadwaj worked as a music therapist with children with special needs at the Kaleidoscope Learning Centre.
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Vedanth Bharadwaj formed a group with Ananth Menon and another friend Balu, and they composed the music for Jagapati Babu-starrer Telugu film Brahmastram in 2006.
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Vedanth Bharadwaj scored the music for the film Aruvi.
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Vedanth Bharadwaj scored the music for the film His Father's Voice, directed by Kaarthikeyan Kirubhakaran.
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Vedanth Bharadwaj started singing songs of Mirabai, Guru Nanak and Kabir, adding his own twists to the tunes.
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Vedanth Bharadwaj collaborated with classical singer Bindhu Malini, and together they made his second album, Suno Bhai.
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Vedanth Bharadwaj collaborated with several musicians for his second album, including flautist Navin Iyer, and kanjeera-player BS Purushotaman.
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Vedanth Bharadwaj collaborated with the Trichur brothers as part of their group Anubhuti.
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Vedanth Bharadwaj has played the guitar on Bombay Jayashri's album, Kannamma, and composed the score for contemporary dancer Anita Ratnam's production, Faces, Ma3Ka, Million Sitas among others.
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Vedanth Bharadwaj has collaborated with theatre director Rajeev Krishnan, giving music and playing small parts in his plays, Jujubee and How to Skin a Giraffe.
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Vedanth Bharadwaj has a unique style that blends Indian Classical and folk music.
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Vedanth Bharadwaj has given several performances and concerts all over India and abroad.
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Vedanth Bharadwaj has a diverse set of influences ranging from Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Eagles, Beatles, Allman Brothers, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra to TR Mahalingam, Ilayaraja, AR Rahman, Ustad Amir Khan, Pt Bhimsen Joshi and Kabir and Meera.
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Vedanth Bharadwaj is passionate about music, wherever he finds it.
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Vedanth Bharadwaj is known to have helped a Chennai-based street Banjo player by buying him an amplifier and promoting him on his YouTube channel.