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|name = Manachanallur Giridharan<br />
|birth_date ={{birth date and age|1964|4|15}}<br />
|birth_place =Manachanallur, Tiruchirapalli district, Tamil Nadu<br />
|occupation =music director, lyricist, singer<br />
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'''Manachanallur Giridharan''' (born 15 April 1964) is a South Indian [[music director]], lyricist, singer, and also an educationist. He is also the founder of ''[[EdServ Softsystems Limited]]''. He has founded his own music production house called ''Gaananjali Recordings'' in 2011 and has been producing non-film albums.<br />
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Giridharan also founded EdServ in the year 2001 as an Education and Training company.<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/EDSS:IN EdServ in NSE]</ref><br />
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His music works are largely in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] language.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
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Manachanallur S. Giridharan hails from the town [[Manachanallur]] in [[Tiruchirappalli]] district. After completing Engineering graduation from ''[[PSG College of Technology]], [[Coimbatore]],'' in 1984 he was part of films assisting in song compositions, orchestrating the background score between 1986 and 1992 including ''Jenma Natchathiram'', [[Witness (1995 film)]], [[Puthiya Aatchi]] and ''[[Adhisaya Manithan]]''. He became an assistant musician to the ace director [[K. Bhagyaraj]] in his film ''[[Sundara Kandam]]'' and even sang the title song 'EDHU PALLIKOODA VAYASU' in that film.<ref>[http://www.hummaa.com/music/album/sundhara-kaandam/23817 Sundara Kandam Film songs] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130411030109/http://www.hummaa.com/music/album/sundhara-kaandam/23817 |date=2013-04-11 }}</ref> Later he co-founded Software Solutions Integrated Limited (SSI), a premier Education and Training company of India, in 1991/92 before incepting Radiant Software Limited, another IT Training company in 1997, thus taking a break from film music.<br />
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Manachanallur Giridharan relaunched his music interests in 2011 and has been releasing devotional albums since then.<ref>[http://mio.to/list_albums/i/5-Tamil_Devotional/48313-Manachanallur_Giridharan/#/list_albums/i/5-Tamil_Devotional/48313-Manachanallur_Giridharan/ Giridharan's works as a music director]</ref><br />
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He acquired the Firth Grade certification in [[Western culture#Music|Western music]] from ''[[Trinity College London]]'' in 1991 and has specialized working knowledge in both South Indian Classical music and Western music. He is very fluent in [[Carnatic music]] ''[[Raga]]'' and their ''[[Swara]]'' and many of his compositions are based on Indian Classical ragas, thanks to [[Cuddalore]] Late Subramaniam Iyer, noted Carnatic music composer and vocalist who taught him the nuances of [[Carnatic music]] in his younger years.<br />
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Giridharan is also a singer since his college days and was part of the 2012 TekMusic Golden Jubilee Celebrations of [[PSG College of Technology]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/leisure/notes-from-the-past/article4259109.ece TekMusic Golden Jubilee Concert in PSG Tech, Coimbatore]</ref><br />
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==Music Works==<br />
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S. Giridharan has remixed yesteryear classic melody of the film [[Velaikaari]] for his album on Lord Sakthi. The song INNAMUM PARA MUGAM originally sung by ''Nadippisai Pulavar K R Ramasamy'' was recreated by Giridharan who also rendered the song himself. Giridharan also remixed the song VADAVARAIYAI MATHAKKI, the age old classical done by [[M. S. Subbulakshmi]] in his album on Lord Balaji and the song was rendered by [[P. Unni Krishnan]].<br />
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Following are the albums produced and released by Manachanallur Giridharan. His works are predominantly with singers viz., [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[P. Unni Krishnan]], [[Nithyasree Mahadevan]], [[Harini (singer)|Harini]], and [[Saindhavi]]:<br />
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#''OM NAVA SAKTHI JAYA JAYA SAKTHI on Lord Sakthi''<br />
#''AYYAN MALAI ENGAL MALAI on Lord Ayyappa''<br />
#''VINDHAIGAL PURINDHAI NEE EN VAZHVILE on Lord Balaji of Tirumala''<br />
#''UCHI PILLAIYARE CHARANAM on Lord Ganesha''<br />
#''SABARIMALAI VA CHARANAM SOLLI VA on Lord Ayyappa''<br />
#''ALILAYIL URANGUKINDRA MAYAKKANNANE on Lord Krishna''<br />
#''AMBIGAI BALA KARTHIGAI RASA on Lord Muruga''<br />
#''ANDATHILADANGA ANNAMALAIYE on Lord Arunachala of Thiruvannamalai''<br />
#''VARUVAI VARALAKSHMI on Goddess Mahalakshmi''<br />
#''SRI KAMAKOTI PEETAM ALUM MAHA PERIYAVA on Kanchi Paramacharya''<br />
#''SRI RAMADOOTHAN on Lord Hanuman''<br />
#''INTHA SOWKHYA on Carnatic Krithis by UNNIKRISHNAN live''<br />
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His works are there in www.raaga.com and www.galatta.com under devotional section. The songs are also in Youtube under the channel called GAANANJALI RECORDINGS.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GALbfNu_WkE Song on Lord Arunachala by SPB]</ref><br />
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Giridharan owns currently a popular Voice Culture Training outfit called SINGKARO in Kodambakkam, chennai.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.urbanpro.com/chennai/singkaro-singer-training-workshop-rangarajapuram/8718003 | title=SingKaro Singer Training Workshop in Kodambakkam, Chennai }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/amman-music-album-launched/article3641561.ece Amman Album launch]<br />
*[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/article3920047.ece Album on Lord Balaji]<br />
*[http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/singers/Manachanallur_Giridharan.html Giridharan as singer in Raaga.com]<br />
*[http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-interview-with-s-giridharan-the-founder-chairman-and-chief-executive-officer-of-edser/20101130.htm Giridharan as CEO of EdServ]<br />
*[http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/swamiyae-saranam-aiyappa/article4146859.ece?css=print Ayyappa album by Giridharan]<br />
*[http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/TD02102.html Album on Lord Ganesha by Giridharan in Raaga.com]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305204338/http://chennaionline.com/tags/EdServ%20CEO%20Manachanallur%20S%20Giridharan.col EdServ CEO launching album on Lord Ayyappa]<br />
*[http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-07-19/news/29791027_1_s-giridharan-edserv-online-coaching Giridharan as EdServ CEO with ET]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120421011531/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/edserv-forays-into-mobile-application-space/732258.html EdServ progress with Giridharan]<br />
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