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Jassie Gift
Jassie Gift Performing atCollege of Engineering Chengannur
Background information
Born	(1975-11-27)November 27, 1975 (age 49)
Origin	Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala, India
Occupations	Music composer Playback Singer Music Producer
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Dr.Athulya Jayakumar (married 2012-present)

Jassie Gift is an Indian cinematic music composer and playback singer.^[1] He composes songs and sings forMalayalam,Kannada,Tamil andTelugu films. He became famous after the release of the song "Lajjavathiye" from the film4 The People.^[2]

(2004) which became a huge chartbuster. He won the Best Music Director award at The Bangalore Times Film Awards 2011.^[3] Some of his other well-known songs include "Themma Themma Themmadikkatte"(2004) and "Nillu Nillu"(2004). He is credited with popularisingRapping andHip-hop in Kerala.^[4] He is also known for Sanju Weds Geetha (2011), Anniyan (2005) and Myna (2013).

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Hailing fromVithura, Jassie was born to Gift Israel and Rajamma.^[1] He was interested in music from childhood and was highly influenced by western music. He admiredIlayaraja and was a fan ofFreddie Mercury. He had lessons in westernpiano from a young age and started singing and playing the keyboard in local bands. He is a singer and keyboard player of the band Moby Dick.

He entered the film music industry under the guidance of directorJayaraj. Before entering films he composed songs for a couple of albums inMalayalam, including the hit albumSoona Soona, and also composed singles. He pioneered the use of reggae fusion music in theMalayalam music industry with the backing roots of Indian ragas. Jassie's first film composition was for the movieSaphalam. His songs written for the movie4 The People became hits inKerala, especially "Lajjavathiye",^[2] and his music contributed to the success of the film, which became 2004's biggest Malayalam film.^[2] The film was later remade inTamil, and also asMalliswarive inTelugu^[5] The song was successful in all languages.^[6]

Jassie mixed Indian and western music on the album,Rain, Rain Come again,^[6] as well as the music for the Kannada filmHudugaata, and the songs "Eno Onthara", "Mandakiniye" and "Ommomme Heegu". He has worked with many South Indian musicians such asHarris Jayaraj,Devisri Prasad,Yuvan Shankar Raja, andM M Keeravani, andAnirudh Ravichander, and collaborated with many music directors from south India. He composed songs for the movieSanju Weds Githa, sung byShreya Ghoshal andSonu Nigam.

Jassie Gift has a master's degree in philosophy fromUniversity College, Thiruvananthapuram, and a PhD in Philosophy fromKannur University on the topic of "The Philosophy of Harmony and Bliss with Reference to Advaita and Buddhism".

On 12 September 2012, Jassie married Dr Athulya, who accomplished a PhD in Information Technology/Physics from Kannur University. On 24 December 2021, Jassie Gift has been appointed as chairman ofKerala State Development Corporation for Christian Converts from Scheduled Castes and the Recommended Communities.^[7]

• Jassie Gift atIMDb
• Hits of Jassi JassieArchived 8 February 2010 at theWayback Machine

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