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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Bennet Veetraag
| image =
| caption = Bennet (left) and Veetraag (right)
| background = non_performing_personnel
| instrument =
| genre = [[Film score]], [[Indian classical music]], [[Fusion music]]
| occupation = [[Composer]], [[music director]], [[playback singer]]
| years_active = 2006–present
| label =
| associated_acts =
| website = http://www.bennetandtheband.com
}}
'''Bennet Veetraag''' ({{lang-ml|ബെന്നറ്റ് വീത്‌രാഗ്}}) are an [[India]]n music composer duo in the [[Malayalam film industry]]. The duo consists of guitarist-songwriter Bennet and singer-musician Veetraag.

==Early years and career==
Bennet and Veetraag hail from the city of [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref name="Gadhama">{{cite news|url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=8766015&programId=1073752867&channelId=-1073751205&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=4|title=ഗദ്ദാമയിലെ ഗാനങ്ങൾ|language=Malayalam|newspaper=[[Malayala Manorama]]|accessdate=2011-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714030136/http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=8766015&programId=1073752867&channelId=-1073751205&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=4|archive-date=14 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bennet Roland is a guitarist and songwriter with his musical training based in the [[Classical music]] (Western), broadened through exposure to other various genres, fusion, and Indian forms of music like the [[Ghazal]].<ref name="official">{{cite web|url=http://www.khaddama.com/Khaddama%20%20Details%20.pdf|title=Khaddama: Music - Bennet Veetraag|publisher=Khaddama.com|accessdate=2011-02-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713145256/http://www.khaddama.com/Khaddama%20%20Details%20.pdf|archivedate=2011-07-13}}</ref> He is also popular through his fusion band called [[Bennet and the Band]] that features various frontline singers from the Indian film industry. Veetraag is a singer musician who was initially trained in [[Carnatic classical music]] and later developed a keen interest and proficiency in diverse genres of music, including [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani classical]].<ref name="official"/> They debuted with the hit soundtrack for Malayalam campus film ''[[Out of Syllabus]]''. The songs "Poi Varuvaan" and "Ee Kalppadavil" were notable successes.<ref name="Gadhama"/> Their next works, ''Sooryakireedam'' (2007) and ''[[Dr. Patient]]'' (2009) were also noted works. In 2011, the duo worked for [[Kamal (director)|Kamal]]'s drama movie ''[[Gadhama]]'', which won them critical praise and immediate success.<ref name="Gadhama"/>

"Bennet Veetraag" won best music director award in Thikkurissi awards instituted by Thikkurissi foundation for the movie Gadhama

==Discography==
{| class="wikitable" width="70%" cellpadding="5" style="font-size: 95%"
|-
! width="5%"|Year
! width="18%"|Album
! width="50%"|Track list
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Out of Syllabus]]''
|
# "Ee Kalppadavil" – [[G. Venugopal]]
# "Ee Kalppadavil" – Asha Ajay
# "Maayaa jaalakathin" [[Vineeth Sreenivasan]]
# "Poovin ithal" – [[Vidhu Prathap]], [[Gayatri Asokan|Gayatri]]
# "Poi varuvaan" – [[Manjari Babu|Manjari]]
# "Poi varuvaan" – Veetrag
|-
| 2007
| ''Sooryakireedam''
|
# "Oru Swapna" – [[Jyotsna Radhakrishnan|Jyotsna]], Sugeetha, Sruthi, Ranjini Jose
# "Sneham Kondoru" – Veetraag, Chithra Iyer
# "Sneham Kondoru (Slow)" – Sharath, Delcy
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Dr. Patient]]''
|
# "Aakaasha Megham" – [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]]
# "Eeran Nilaave" – Veetrag, [[Shweta Mohan|Shweta]]
# "Mazha Njaanarinjirunnilla" – [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
# "Puthu Manjupol" – Balu Thankachan, [[Gayatri Asokan|Gayatri]]
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Gadhama]]''
|
# "Naattuvazhiyorathe" – [[K. S. Chithra]], [[Vijay Yesudas]]
# "Ariyumo" – [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]]
# "Vidhuramee" – [[Shreya Ghoshal]], [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
# "Naattuvazhi" – [[K. S. Chithra]]
# "Vidhuramee Yathra" – [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
|-
| 2012
| ''[[August Club]]''
|
# "Vaathil Chaarumo" – [[Shreya Ghoshal]], [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]]
# "Kaathorthuvo" – [[Sujatha Mohan]], Veetrag
# "Kaattu Theno" – Shobi Tilakan, [[Vijay Prakash]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721223349/http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/php/displayProfile.php?category=musician&artist=Bennett-Veetrag Bennet Veetraag] at the Malayalam Movie Database

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[[Category:Indian film score composers]]
[[Category:Malayalam film score composers]]
[[Category:Musicians from Kozhikode]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian musical duos]]
[[Category:Film musicians from Kerala]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian composers]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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