Jassie Gift


Jassie Gift is an Indian film music composer and playback singer from Thiruvananthapuram, India. He composes songs for Malayalam, Kannada, and Tamil films. He also been a singer and he sings in Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu film industries. He became famous after his song "Lajjavathiye" in the film 4 the people became a hit.
Jassie won the Best Music Director award at The Bangalore Times Film Awards 2011.

Biography

Jassie Gift hails from Thiruvananthapuram. He was interested in music from childhood and was highly influenced by western music. He had lessons in western piano from a young age and started singing and playing the keyboard for a few local bands. He is a singer and keyboard player of the band Moby Dick. He admired Ilayaraja and he is a great fan of Freddie Mercury. He entered the film music industry under the guidance of director Jayaraj. Before entering films he composed songs for a couple of music albums in Malayalam. The main hit album is Soona Soona. Before entering into movies he composed jingles. He pioneered the use of reggae fusion music in the Malayalam music industry with the backing roots of Indian ragas. His medley of western and Indian music came to be very popular among listeners which created a new genre of Malayalam film dance music. His remarkably different singing voice contributed to a unique vocal style. Jassie's first composition was for the movie Saphalam. He became popular in Kerala with his song "Lajjavathiye" in the movie 4 the people. His music contributed heavily to the success of 4 the People, which became 2004's biggest blockbuster in Malayalam. All the songs Jassie composed for the movie, especially "Lajjavathiye", became hits in Kerala and set a new trend in Malayalam music. It was later remade in Tamil, and also as Malliswarive in Telugu The song was successful in all languages.
He also composed a music album, Rain, Rain Come again, that is a mixture of Indian and western music. He gives the mixture of melody and western beats in the Hudugaata film and three songs, "Eno Onthara", "Mandakiniye" and "Ommomme Heegu".
He has worked with many South Indian musicians such as Harris Jayaraj, Devisri Prasad, Yuvan Shankar Raja, and M M Keeravani, Anirudh Ravichander, hip hop tamizha and collaborated with almost all music directors from south India. Songs sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Sonunigam in the movie Sanju Weds Githa paved a new way for his melody creation for Kannada movies.
Jassie Gift has a master's degree in Philosophy from the University College, Trivandrum and is currently doing his PhD in Philosophy.

Personal life

On 12 September 2012, Jassie married Athulya, who is an information technology researcher at Kannur University.

Filmography

As a composer

YearFilm TitleLanguageNotes
2003SaphalamMalayalam
2003The King Maker LeaderMalayalam
20044 the peopleMalayalamWon Vanitha Film Award for Popular Song
Won Asianet Film Award for popular Singer
2004EnnittumMalayalam
2004Rain Rain Come AgainMalayalam
2005December Malayalam
2006AswaroodanMalayalam
2006Balram vs. TharadasMalayalam
2007HudugaataKannada
2007Thee NagarTamil
2007SavalTelugu
2008VilayattuTamil
2008ShambhuMalayalam
2009PattalamTamil
2009Hatrick Hodi MagaKannada
2009ParichayaKannada
2010Pokkiri RajaMalayalam
20103 Char Sau BeesMalayalam
2011Sanju Weds GeethaKannadaWon Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Won Suvarna Film Award for Best Music Director
Won The Bangalore Times Best Music Director Award
2011China TownMalayalam
2011ShylooKannadaIshaan Dev Best male singer& up coming singer
2011Angane ThudangiMalayalam
2011SeniorsMalayalam
2012Dev Son of Mudde GowdaKannada
2012NidraMalayalam
2012Kiladi KittyKannada
2012Naughty ProfessorMalayalam
2012Achante AanmakkalMalayalam
2012GalaateKannada
2012MynaKannadaNominated Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Won Mirchi Music Award South-Composer of the year
Won ETV Sangeet Samman Award for Best Music Director
2013D CompanyMalayalamGuest Composer
2013Kannada
2014AryanKannada
2014Masala Republic Malayalam
2014Hara Kannada
2014Sivajinagara Kannada
2015Rebel Kannada
2015MaleKannada
2015Love You AliaKannada
2015StyleMalayalam
2016Appuram bengal Eppuram thiruvithamkoor Malayalam
2016Tyson Kannada
2016Kala BhairavaKannada
2016Eera VeyilTamil

2016		DumMalayalam
2016ZoomMalayalamGuest Composer
2017HaiKannada
2017Chicken KokkachiMalayalam
2017JaniKannada25th film as composer in Kannada
2018RajasimhaKannada
2018Solli Vidava / Prema BarahaTamil / Kannada
2018Ivide Ee NagarathilMalayalam
2018Jeevitham Oru MukhammoodiMalayalam
2019Mafi DonaMalayalam
2019TripMalayalam
20203rd ClassKannada

As a singer

;Kannada songs
;Malayalam songs
;Tamil songs
;Telugu Songs