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{{short description|Indian composer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Adithyan
| image =
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| background=non_performing_personnel
| birth_name = Adithyan Prithviraj
| birth_date = 9 April 1954
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|12|5|1954|4|9||df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Hyderabad]], India
| occupation = Music director<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Nov/deepavali/deepavali2.htm|title=Guess List|website=Indolink.com|accessdate=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234126/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Nov/deepavali/deepavali2.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| years_active = 1992–2003
}}

'''Aadithyan''' (birth name Titus; 9 April 1954 – 5 December 2017) was an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has predominantly scored music for [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] films apart from working in [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] and [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] films. He sang several songs for his own films and for other composers. He created and released many Tamil Pop & Remix albums in India and Malaysia.

He also hosted his own television cooking show 'Aadithyan's Kitchen' on Jaya TV for 8 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/noted-musician-adithyan-passes-away/article21276631.ece|title=Noted musician Adithyan passes away|date=6 December 2017|website=The Hindu|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> He was a self-taught artist and his paintings adorn walls of several homes. He died at the age of 63 in Hyderabad on 5 December 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indolink.com/Film/luckyMan.html|title=INDOlink Film Review: Lucky Man|website=Indolink.com|accessdate=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234118/http://www.indolink.com/Film/luckyMan.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz.html|title=A-Z (I)|website=Indolink.com|accessdate=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710050710/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz.html|archive-date=10 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
Having started his career as sound designer, he made his debut as composer with ''Amaran'' (1992) with songs like "Vethala Potta" and "Chandirane Suriyane" becoming chartbusters. He went on to work in over 30 films including Maman Magal, Luckyman, Asuran, Sevaalaperi Paandi, Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi among others.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newstodaynet.com/index.php/2017/12/06/music-director-adithyan-passes-away/ |title=Music director Adithyan passes away |work=News Today |access-date=7 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208005435/https://www.newstodaynet.com/index.php/2017/12/06/music-director-adithyan-passes-away/ |archive-date=8 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lyricist [[Piraisoodan]] in an interview with B. H. Abdul Hameed revealed that he suggested the name 'Adithyan' when he entered the film music.

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center; background:LightSteelBlue; width:60%;"
! Year !! Film !! Language !! Notes
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Amaran (film)|Amaran]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Naalaya Seidhi]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[David Uncle]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Minmini Poochigal]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
|1993 ||''[[Yamudanniki Mogudu]]'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Seevalaperi Pandi]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Chinna Pulla]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Thottil Kuzhandhai]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Udhavum Karangal]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Lucky Man (film)|Lucky Man]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Asuran (1995 film)|Asuran]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Maaman Magal (1995 film)|Maaman Magal]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Aruva Velu]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Kizhakku Mugam]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Thuraimugam]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[My India (film)|My India]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Roja Malare]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Colour Kanavugal]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Aasai Thambi]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Sivan (film)|Sivan]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Kaama]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Athey Manithan]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Super Kudumbam]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
|}

==References==
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[[Category:1954 births]]
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[[Category:Indian film score composers]]
[[Category:Tamil film score composers]]
[[Category:Telugu film score composers]]
[[Category:Malayalam film score composers]]
[[Category:People from Thanjavur]]
[[Category:Deaths from kidney disease]]
[[Category:Disease-related deaths in India]]

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