H. Sridhar

Infobox musical artist
Name = H.Sridhar


Background =
Birth_name =
Born = flagicon|IndiaChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation = Chief Audio Engineer
Years_active = 1988 - Present
Associated_acts = Media-Artists Chennai.

H Sridhar, (Sridhar Hariharan/H.Padmanabh) is a Sound Engineer from India famous for his works with Indian Musician A R Rahman popularly known as Mozart of Madras.

H Sridhar is the Chief Audio Engineer at Media Artists. A mathematics graduate, with keen interest in electronics and formal music training, he started a professional sound engineering career in 1988. He has engineered over 200 films so far and has worked closely with directors like Mani Ratnam, K Balachandar, Bharathiraaja, Shankar, Kamal Hassan, P C Sreeram, Priyadarsan, Sibi Malayil and Ramgopal Varma.

Among Sridhar's many professional credits is the fact that he engineered all songs and background scores for the renowned music director A R Rahman. Some ground-breaking films to his credit are Roja, Gentleman, Kadhalan, Thiruda Thiruda, Bombay, Duet, Mahanadi, Rangeela, Kuruthippunnal, Muthu, Indian, Minsaara Kanavu and Iruvar. He also engineered the background music score and songs for the national award winning films Kaala Paani for music director Ilaiyaraaja and Minasaara Kanavu for music director A R Rahman. Sridhar has been awarded the President's Gold Medal (The National Award for Best Audiography) four times: for the film "'Mahanadi in 1994, Dil Se in 1999, Lagaan in 2001 & Kannathil Muththamittal in 2003."'Having pioneered the use of Digital Sound for Indian films in the DTS format, Sridhar has successfully completed six-track surround sound mixing for more than 200 films including Karuppu Roja, Siraichaalai, Indian, Bharatheeyudu, Hindustani, Paeyi, Iruvar, Minsaara Kanavu, Sapnay, Ziddi, Judwaa, My Dear Kuttichathan 3D, V I P, Aflatoon, Devathai, Chhota Chetan, Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya , Satya , Jeans, Dil Se, Kadhalar Dinam, Padayappa, Mudhalvan, Pukaar, Alaipaayuthey, Kandukondain Kandukondai, Kushi, among others.

Sridhar has also engineered and mixed albums for international artists like George Harrison of The Beatles, John Neptune Kaizan, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain, L.Shankar and John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra & Shakti fame).

Following are some of H Sridhar's works -
# Dasavathaaram (2008) (Sound Design & Final Mix)
# Jodhaa Akbar (2008) (Music Mix & Song Mix)
# Cheeni Kum (2007) (Sound Design & Final Mix)
# Bombil & Beatrice (2007) ( Audiography & ReRecording Mixer)
# Sivaji (2007) (Mixing Engineer)
# Guru (2007) (Audiography)
# Dharam (2007) ( Mixing Engineer)
# Provoked (2006) (sound re-recording mixer)
# Godfather-Tamil (2006) (sound engineer)
# Water (2005) (additional music editing) (sound engineer)... aka Agua (Spain) [es]
# Ramji Londonwaley (2005) (audiographer)
# Ah Aah: Anbe Aaruyire (2005) (sound mixer)
# The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey (2005) (music programming) (sound engineer)... aka Mangal Pandey (India: Hindi title)... aka Mangal Pandey: The Rising (India: English title)
# Swades (2004) (sound engineer)... aka Our Country (International: English title) (USA)... aka Desam (India: Tamil title: dubbed version)... aka Swades - Heimat (Germany: TV title) [de] ... aka Swades: Nous, le peuple (France) [fr]
# Ayitha Ezhuthu (2004) (sound engineer)
# Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities (2004) (sound designer)
# New (2004) (sound mixer)
# Boys (2003) (sound)
# Saathiya (2002) (sound designer)
# Om Jai Jagadish (2002) (sound re-recordist: Media Artists) (as H. Shridhar)
# Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin (2002) (re-recording and song mixing)
# Kannathil Muthamittal (2002) (sound mixer) (DTS mix)... aka A Peck on the Cheek (USA: literal English title)... aka Amritha (India: Telugu title: dubbed version)
# Nayak: The Real Hero (2001) (sound recordist)
# Dil Chahta Hai (2001) (final mixing)... aka Do Your Thing (USA: TV title)
# Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) (final mixing engineer) (song recording)... aka Lagaan (India: Hindi title: short title)... aka Land Tax (International: English title: informal literal title)... aka Lagaan: Érase una vez en la India (Argentina: video title) (Spain) [es] ... aka Lagaan (France) [fr] ... aka Lagaan - Era Uma Vez Na Índia (Brazil) [pt] ... aka Lagaan - olipa kerran Intiassa (Finland) [fi]
# Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa (2000) (sound re-recordist: Media Artist, Chennai) (as H. Shridhar)
# Pukar (2000) (sound re-recordist: Media Artist, Chennai)
# Alai Payuthey (2000) (dts mix)... aka Sakhi (India: Telugu title: dubbed version)... aka Waves (International: English title)

# Thakshak (1999) (sound mixer)
# Mast (1999) (audiography) (as H. Shridhar)
# Vaastav: The Reality (1999) (re-recording and mixing: Media Artist)... aka The Reality (International: English title)
# Sooryavansham (1999) (audiography: Media Artists) (as H. Sridhar)... aka Suryavansham (India: Hindi title: alternative transliteration)
# Kaun (1999) (sound designer)... aka Evaru (India: Telugu title: dubbed version)... aka Thriller (India: English title)
# Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998) (re-recordist: Media Artist) (as H. Shridhar)
# Dil Se.. (1998) (audiography) (song recordist: Panchathan Records INN) (sound mixer: Panchathan Records INN)... aka From the Heart (USA)... aka Prema Tho (India: Telugu title: dubbed version)... aka Uyire (India: Tamil title: dubbed version)... aka De tout coeur (France) [fr] ... aka Dil se - fra hjertet (Denmark: TV title) [da] ... aka Vom Herzen... (Germany) [de]
# Satya (1998) (sound designer) (as Sridhar)... aka Mumbain alamaailma (Finland: TV title) [fi]
# Kabhi Na Kabhi (1998) (song recordist: Panchathan Recording Inn, Madras) (as Sridhar) (sound re-recordist: Panchathan Recording Inn, Madras) (as Sridhar)
# Aflatoon (1997) (sound re-recordist: Media Artists, Chennai) (as H. Sridar)
# Daud: Fun on the Run (1997) (music mixer) (as Sridhar)
# Jeet (1996) (background music recordist) (as H. Shridhar)
# Bumbai (1995) (song recordist) (sound re-recordist)... aka Bombay (India: English title)... aka Bombayi (India: Telugu title: dubbed version)
# Rangeela (1995) (music mixer: Media Artistes) (sound effects: Media Artistes)... aka Full of Colour (USA: TV title)

ee also

* Panchathan Record Inn - Rahman's own recording studio
* A.R.Rahman - Ace Music director.

References

* [http://www.media-artists.com/people/sridhar.htm Media Artists H.Sridhar affiliation]
* [http://imdb.com/name/nm0820237/ H. Sridhar's IMDb Profile.]