Varun Sunil
Indian composer
Varun Sunil (born 10 May 1987) is an Indian percussionist, singer, music producer and founder of Masala Coffee, one of the popular contemporary folk bands in South India. He is also well known for his musical contributions in Telugu, Tamil, Bollywood and Malayalam movie industries. He has performed alongside Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Hariharan, T. H. Vinayakram, Ranjit Barot, Fazal Qureshi and many more.
Early life
Varun Sunil was born in Kochi, Kerala. He started playing mridangam (percussion) at a young age. He did a course in Audio Recording Arts and Music Production from Chetana Studio in Thrissur and later moved to Chennai. Initially he started making jingles for advertisements for Indian brands as a freelancer.
Career
Sunil began his career by producing jingles for advertisements for Indian FMCG brands before venturing into films.
In 2014 Varun Sunil and his few friends collaborated for Kappa TV’s Music Mojo Session, doing a cover of A R Rahman’s Munbe Vaa and Snehithane which became viral, gaining millions of views on YouTube. Following the success, Varun formed the band Masala Coffee.
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