Govind Vasantha


Govind Vasantha is an Indian composer, singer, and violinist who works predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is one of the founding members of the musical band Thaikkudam Bridge, in which he is a vocalist and violinist. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil for his work in 96.

Personal life

Govind is from a musical family in Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala. His father Peethambaran's elder brother Gopinathan was a Carnatic musician and his early exposure to music has been through his uncle. Govind changed his surname from Menon to Vasantha, taking his mother's name, in an effort towards removing the caste tag, providing an equality even on name-optics which was revealed by Vijay Sethupathi on a show on a Tamil television channel. Govind Vasantha is a founder member of the musical sensation Thaikkudam Bridge. His father Peethambaran has been a star performer of Thaikkudam Bridge, since his retirement from a government job in the Irrigation Department in 2012.

Discography

As composer

As playback singer