Arjun Chandy is an Indo-american singer, arranger, studio vocalist and vocal group coach from Dallas, Texas.
Career Chandy is from a family of artists. His infant years were spent heavily immersed in Indian classical music. He completed his vocal arangetram in Dallas and was accompanied by Dr. Venkat Raman on the Violin, Sri. Poovalur Sriji on the Mridangam and Sri. Ramana Indrakumar on the Ghatam. During his school days, he learned to read music and studied music theory, joining the school choir. This helped to understand western classical music. When he was 14, he started singing for a quartet in middle school.
At the age of 15, after getting involved in the world of jazz, he started working professionally, conducting and arranging music for groups in United States. Later, he became a part of The Vocal Majority in the U.S. Chandy contributed to the formation of "NAFS- The Band" when A. R. Rahman called him to Chennai at the end of 2013. Chandy is presently the band's director and conductor. He spent a year post 2013 to train the band.
In an interview with Seychelles News Agency, Chandy said: "Rahman always wanted to put together a vocal band of sorts, because he loves vocal groups and harmonies, not necessarily a capella but just the sound of a group singing, even if it's a large choir, if there's vocal harmony, he's a big fan of jazz and all these things."
YearTitle Song(s)Media(s)Role(s)Co-artist(s)Reference(s)2013Global Rhythm: Blueprints from Across the WorldConcertSinger, Dialect2014LingaaFilm soundtrackBacking vocals2015Tamasha"Tu Koi Aur Hai"Film soundtrackSingerA. R. Rahman, Alma FerovicChoir ConductorMadras Musical Association ChoirMuhammad: The Messenger of GodFilm soundtrackChoir supervision Backing vocalsAdam Creig201624"24 Carat"Film soundtrackSingerMohenjo Daro"Whispers of the Heart"Film soundtrackSinger –"Whispers of the Mind"2016Ae Dil Hai Mushkil"Bulleya (Film Version)"Film soundtrackBacking vocals, Backing vocal design Geet, Ashwin & Himanshu2017Kaatru Veliyidai"Azhagiye"Film soundtracksingerHaricharan, Jonita Gandhi2017Hindi Medium "Hoor"Film soundtracksingerAtif Aslam, Sanjeev Chimmalgi20172.0Raajali Nee GaaliFilm soundtrackSingerBlaaze, Sid Sriram2018Sarvam Thaala MayamSarvam ThaalamayamFilm soundtrackSingerHaricharan2018AgnyaathavaasiAB Yevaro Nee BabyFilm soundtrackSingerNakash Aziz2019DevAnangae SinungalamaFilm soundtrackSingerHariharan, Christopher Stanley, Tippu, Krish, Bharath Sundar, Sharanya Gopinath2021TamilarasanThamizhan DaFilm soundtrack singerNakash Aziz2025The ParadiseThe Paradise ThemeFilm soundtrackSingerAnirudh Ravichander2026DC (film)Film soundtrackHarmonies
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