Singer: Haricharan; Keys: Navneeth Sundar; Recordist and Motivator: Shweta Mohan ;)
Hari, Shwe and I met at my studio a year ago and decided we'd jam something. Hari sang Pakkala Nilabadi composed by St Thyagaraja and I played the keys. Shwe was our audience cum recordist cum motivator. We had total fun that day. Audio captured on a single mic in addition to my keyboard's line.

Pakkala - Navneeth & Haricharan Jam

Navneeth was born in Trichy and brought up in Tuticorin and Chennai. The first signs of his musical prowess began to show up as early as when he was 6 years of age, when his parents discovered that he could play the jingle melodies he heard on TV, on button-based musical toys, all by himself. At the age of 8, he was mentored by Mr. Selvaraj Kumar, a keyboard player and music troupe leader from Tuticorin who honed his musical skills and got him on stage for the first time at around 9 years of age. Soon, he inducted him into his own troupe which kick-started his career as a performer.

Navneeth's moving to Chennai at 16, led to him forming a band called Trinity with his college friends that won many inter-college music competitions. He also started freelancing, playing fusion music, eventually performing with many leading classical and fusion musicians like Padmavibhushan Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, Kalaimamani Rajhesh Vaidhya, Oscar nominee Bombay Jayshree, Drums Sivamani, Tabla maestro Bikram Ghosh, Selvaganesh, Ghatam Umashankar, Sarod Maestros Ayaan and Aman Ali Khan and many others in India and abroad. In 2004, thiru Vaigai Gnanaskandan awarded him the title of "Sangeetha Bhaskara" at Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai, for his excellence in Classical Carnatic music.

Soon, Navneeth started composing and writing for TV promos, corporate anthems, jingles and his own songs. While at the same time his progress as a performer grew from strength to strength. With TV reality shows such as Airtel Super Singer, Hariyudan Naan and many others becoming popular, Navneeth started featuring in those shows as guest performer.

Today Navneeth is an upcoming film music director and a prominent composer in the independent music scene. His first Malayalam film "Buddy" released in 2013 and is a multistarrer with Anoop Menon, Balachandra Menon, Asha Sharath, Bhumika Chawla and many others. He has also collaborated with other musicians and singers to compose tracks, the most popular ones being "Chandrachooda" for the film Karmayogi with Anoop Sankar, "Chinnanchiru Kiliye cover" with Shweta Mohan and "Dhik Dhik" with Vandana Srinivasan.

Navneeth also hold the unique distinction of being the first musician in the world to have performed Carnatic music on the iPad, which he achieved through his performance video of Lalgudi Jayaraman's Desh thillaana composition. The video was shared by Mr. A. R. Rahman, the world's most popular Indian composer and the video became viral henceforth.

Navneeth now has an independent band, named "Navneeth Sundar Ensemble" which focusses on independent music and also  covers of famous songs, rearranged by Navneeth. The band was featured on the television show "Music Mojo" of Kappa TV, where they performed Navneeth's original compositions which have become a hit on social media.

Films:
1. Karmayogi (Malayalam - 2011) [Composed the promotional song]
2. BUDDY (Malayalam - 2013)

TV title songs:
1. Madhavi (2009)
2. Pokkisham (2012)

Albums / Independent Productions:
1. Jungle book (2009) [Indo-western dance ballet]
2. Dhik Dhik Ena Adikkum (2012)
3. Chinnanchiru Kiliye Cover (2013)
4. iPad Kucheri (world's first Carnatic album, played on iPad) - to be released

Jingles / TV promos:
1. Music Carnival (Asianet)
2. Limelight (Asianet plus)
3. TRS Toor Dal
4. Woodpecker
5. Hayagrivas Silk house
6. TRS food products
7. Talk home
8. Royal Sweets

Bands:
1. Navneeth Sundar Ensemble
2. Karthik Music Experience