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{{Infobox person
| name = Devendran
| other_names = Ravi Devendran
|occupation = Music Director
|yearsactive =1986-present
| birth_place = Vadakarai, Srivilliputhur, [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
|country =
|parents =
}}

'''Devendran''' also known as '''Ravi Devendran''' is an Indian music composer who is concentrating in [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language films. He is known for the melodious composition of chartbuster ''Kannukkul Nooru Nilava...'' from the [[Bharathiraja]] directed film ''[[Vedham Pudhithu]]'' released in the year 1987.

== Career ==
Born and brought up in Vadakarai, near Srivilliputhur, Devendran took lessons in Carnatic and Hindustani music under Sivagiri, Seema Durai and Madhusoodhanan and in Western music under Thompson.<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/audio-beat-nanum-en-jamunavum/article3753927.ece</ref>

Going down the memory lane, he said, "I was working a music teacher at a school in Thiruvottiyur. With the support of principal Pushpam Amalraj, I was imparting music knowledge to students there when Sundararajan came to the school as the chief guest for a function."

"Impressed by a song performed by the students, which was composed by me, the popular director announced at the function itself that I would be the music composer of his next project."

"However, since the project could not take off as announced, producer [[Kovaithambi|Kovai Thambi]] gave me the opportunity to make my debut as a music composer with Mannukkul Vairam. For the film, I slightly changed the song which I composed for the school function and it was the hit number Pongiyadhey kadhal vellam..."

Throwing light on how he composed ‘Kannukkul nooru nilava...’, Devendran said, "I initially composed a fusion tune for the particular song in Vedham Pudhidhu and went for recording. However, Bharathiraja insisted me to rework on it. Since the time is too short, I modified it to a certain extent which was appreciated by the director. Thus born Kannukkul nooru nilava."<ref>http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/news/jan2011/devendran-bounces-back.asp</ref>

== Partial filmography ==
;Films
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie title !! Notes
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Mannukkul Vairam]]'' ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Vedham Pudhithu]]'' || <ref>{{cite web|title=Vedham Pudhithu Vinyl LP Records|url=http://musicalaya.net/imgviewer.php?mod=lpcovers/1209/3/1/1|publisher=musicalaya|accessdate=2014-04-24}}{{dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Aankalai Nambathey]]'' || <ref>{{cite web|title=Aankalai Nambathey Vinyl LP Records|url=http://musicalaya.net/imgviewer.php?mod=lpcovers/10/3/1/1|publisher=musicalaya|accessdate=2014-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201181741/http://musicalaya.net/imgviewer.php?mod=lpcovers%2F10%2F3%2F1%2F1|archive-date=1 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Ore Ratham]]'' ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Ganam Courtar Avargale]]'' ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Kaalaiyum Neeye Maalaiyum Neeye]]'' ||
|-
| 1988 || ''Melangottu Thalikattu'' ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Uzhaithu Vaazha Vendum]]'' ||
|-
| 1989 || ''Nee Vandhal Vasantham'' ||
|-
| 1991 || ''Naan Pogum Paadhai'' ||
|-
| 1991 || ''Prarthana'' || Telugu film
|-
| 1992 || ''Chinna Chittu'' ||
|-
| 1992 ||''[[Pudhiya Thendral]]'' ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Prema Pusthakam]]'' || Telugu film
|-
| 1994 || ''Mudhal Payanam'' ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Meendum Savithri]]'' ||
|-
| 1996||''Vaikarai Pookkal'' ||
|-
|2000 ||''[[Unakkaga Mattum]]'' ||Score only
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Munnar (film)|Munnar]]'' ||
|-
| 2010 || ''Balu Thambi Manasile'' ||
|-
| 2011 || ''Paavi'' ||
|-
| 2012 || ''Naanum En Jamunavum'' ||
|-
| 2018 ||''Kadal Kuthiraigal'' ||
|-
| 2020 ||''[[Pachai Vilakku (2020 film)|Pachai Vilakku]]''||
|-
|}
;Serials
*''Roja'' (2003) (Jaya TV)
*''Thekkathi Ponnu'' (2008) (Kalaignar TV) (Background score only)

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|2203795}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Tamil film score composers]]
[[Category:Indian film score composers]]
[[Category:Telugu film score composers]]
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