Jibin George Sebastian

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Jibin George Sebastian
Born
Kochi, Kerala, India
Occupation(s)Music Composer, Lyricist
Years active2009–present
Known forUnbridled, Rakshapurushan , Beat of Indian Youth , Poradidam
SpouseAnuja Mary Thomas [1]

Jibin George Sebastian is an Indian music composer, lyricist and entrepreneur from Kochi, Kerala who predominantly work in Malayalam Movie Industry. He is the first Indian from Kerala to directly debut in Hollywood as the music composer of the song Sometimes I Can't Relate from the movie Unbridled.[2][3][1][4] He entered into the movie industry through the English movie Unbridled starring oscar nominee Eric Roberts, T.C. Stallings, Jenn Gotzon, Dey Young etc. Later in 2019, he composed and written lyrics for the songs Parayu Engu Nee and Pranayan En Kanavil for the movie Rakshapurushan starring Deepak Menon. The songs were sung by Vijay Yesudas and Najim Arshad and Zee Music acquired the rights for the songs. He is also known for releasing multilingual album named Beat of Indian Youth for which former Indian President A P J Abdul Kalam has written lyrics. The album got Limca Book of Records in 2015 and he was awarded first prize in the Fame Music Awards organized by SAE Institute through an All Indian contest for the Tamil track Vaa Vaa Jaikalam he composed for the album Beat of Indian Youth.[5] He has recently composed and written lyrics for a music album named Poradidam sung by Najim Arshad and Juta Hausla sung by Bollywood singer Alamgir themed to fight against Covid Pandemic [6][2] His upcoming movie Elza has around 26 songs sung by singers including Vineeth Sreenivasan, Najim Arshad, Nithya Mammen etc.[7] His life story was a subject for a TedX Talk[5]

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

Year Title Language
2009 The Divine Love Malayalam
2013 Beat of Indian Youth Multilingual
2014 AAP Song Hindi
2020 Poradidam Malayalam
2020 Juta Haunsla Hindi
2020 Pathira Carol Malayalam

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Movie Songs[edit]

Year Title Movie Ref.
2017 Sometimes I can't relate Unbridled
2019 Parayu Engu Nee Rakshapurushan
2014 Pranayam En Kanavil Rakshapurushan
2022 Achante Sundari Elza [9]
2020 Pranayardramam Elza

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Ref.
2019 Unbridled
2019 Rakshapurushan
2021 Lockdown Case File 144
2021 Muthalaq
2021 Ariyan
2021 Unnamed Tamil Movie TBA
2022 Elza [10]

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Awards and recognition[edit]

Year Award/Recognision Category Song/Album Result
2013 First Place All India Fame Music Award "Vaa Vaa Jaikalam" Won
2015 World Record Limca Book of Records "Beat of Indian Youth" Won
2017 CFF Awards USA Best Song Sometimes I Can't Relate Won

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "കൊതി‌ച്ചത് മലയാളം, കിട്ടിയത് ഹോളിവുഡ്". Malayala Manorama.
  2. ^ a b c "Composer Jibin George Sebastian comes up with multilingual project". The Times of India. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Global Ensemble". Deccan Chronicle.
  4. ^ "മലയാളിയുടെ ആദ്യ സിനിമ ഹോളിവുഡില്‍; അഭിമാനമായി ജിബിന്‍ സെബാസ്റ്റ്യന്‍". MediaOne TV.
  5. ^ a b c "Going places with music". Deccan Chronicle.
  6. ^ a b "'പോരാടിടാം ഒരേ മനസ്സാലെ'; കൊവിഡ് കാലത്ത് പ്രത്യാശ പകരും ഗാനവുമായി നജീം അർ‍ഷാദ്". Times of India Malayalam.
  7. ^ "കാബൂൾ ജീവിതാനുഭവങ്ങൾ സിനിമായാക്കാൻ സാൻ; ചിത്രത്തിൽ 25 ഗാനങ്ങൾ, സംഗീതമൊരുക്കുന്നത് ജിബിൻ ജോ‍ർജ്ജ് സെബാസ്റ്റ്യൻ". Times of India Malayalam.
  8. ^ "ക്രിസ്മസ് കാലത്ത് അനേകര്‍ ഏറ്റുപാടിയ 'പാതിരാ കരോൾ'; പിന്നിൽ ജിബിനും ജിജോയും". Times of India Malayalam.
  9. ^ "'അച്ഛന്റെ സുന്ദരി'; പ്രേക്ഷക ഹൃദയം കീഴടക്കി ഈ ഗാനം". Malayala Manorama.
  10. ^ "കാബൂൾ ജീവിതാനുഭവങ്ങൾ സിനിമായാക്കാൻ സാൻ; ചിത്രത്തിൽ 25 ഗാനങ്ങൾ, സംഗീതമൊരുക്കുന്നത് ജിബിൻ ജോ‍ർജ്ജ് സെബാസ്റ്റ്യൻ". Times of India Malayalam.

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