The K M College of Music & Technology produces outstandingly talented students every year. In order to provide direction and a means to showcase their talent, Qutub E Kripa was formed.
Qutub E Kripa was announced by Mr Rahman and Director Ashutosh Gowariker jointly during the launch of the T.V. series 'Everest'
Jerry Silvester Vincent
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Originally from Pondicherry, Jerry completed his graduation in Physics from Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education. Whilst there, he studied Piano under the guidance of Suzanne and Composition under composer/pianist Pushkar Riccardo Carlotto. After which Jerry went on to study Piano and Composition at KM Music Conservatory in Chennai, where he completed the foundation programme and received the awards for Best Piano Student and Outstanding Student of the Year (awarded 2009).
On completion of the foundation programme, Jerry taught Music Production and Audio Engineering for the batch of 2009-2010 at KM Music Conservatory and has been actively involved with the institution since as a Music Production and Recording Supervisor, as well as mentoring students in studio craft.
Since 2010 Jerry has been working as a Music Programmer, Score Writer and Engineer for Dr. A.R. Rahman and has been credited in his movies since Rockstar (2010). Some of the key projects Jerry has worked with A.R.Rahman are Rockstar, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Raanjhanaa, Kadal, Maryan, Kochadaiyaan and more. He’s also worked on non-film projects of Dr.A.R.Rahman such as The Classic Incantations (The German Film Orchestra Babelsberg Performs A.R.Rahman) and Coke Studio Season 3.
Being a composer too, Jerry has composed the score for an American movie ‘The Art of Power’ and also for the autobiographical animations of former President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and the IPS Officer Dr.Kiran Bedi.
Riyanjali
Born and brought up in New York, singer/songwriter, vocal coach and music supervisor, Rianjali was in the field of social work until just about a year and half ago. Since trying her hand in the music industry, she has music supervised for a few projects under A.R Rahman for the recently released "MOM", and the upcoming film "Fakir of Venice". Rianjali's singing debut for Rahman sir was for the same film she had music supervised for recently "MOM" in which she penned the lyrics and sang for two tracks on the soundtrack, collaborating with singers such like Jonita Gandhi and Raja Kumari.
She is also working on her own original album in which she has composed and written all of the music and collaborated with producers around the world. Rianjali hopes to release it by the end of this year and continue to explore all of the aspects of the music industry.
Sachin Mannat
Sachin is a film composer and contemporary classical singer specialising in ghazal, opera and carnatic genres. He is musically trained from childhood under his father Dr Balashankor Mannath’s guidance and later by Prof. Neyyatinkara Mohanachandran in Carnatic Music and Ustad Ghulam Akbar Khan of Rampur gharana. An alumni of KM Music Conservatory, he holds a degree in Western Classical Music from Middlesex University, London and a Masters degree in Film Scoring and Music Education from Kingston University, London.
Sachin has performed across India, UK and Europe and has closely associated and worked with A R Rahman for a concert tour Classic Incantations (India and Germany) in 2012 and as a lead vocalist for his Sufi Ensemble from 2010-2012. He is the recipient of LPR Varma Award for Carnatic music (2004) and the first “AR Rahman Scholarship” from Middlesex University, London (2012). He was also featured in the world famous Oprah Winfrey Show in 2012. Introduced into films by ace film maker Jayaraj in 2006. He later scored music for films Unarv (2015), Swayam (2017) and Kamsa (2017) and has also released independent albums like IFID Theme (Moscow), Tribute to Swathi (on 200th anniversary of Swathi Thirunal), Kanthi (UK) etc.
In 2017, he has started Global Ghazal Project that focus on reinventing ghazal genre as a singer, composer and arranger by collaborating with various artists worldwide. He is also working as a Faculty in Voice at A R Rahman’s KM Music Conservatory.
N D Santosh
Santosh finished his foundation course at KMMC in 2012, and started teaching piano at KMMC. He joined as a recording engineer in KM studio in 2013 and has assisted A R Rahman in films like Kochadaiyan, Highway etc. I've also been freelancing for the past 5 years.
Everest (2014)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4059976/OK Kanmani (2015)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4059976/Daughters of Destiny (2017)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4059976/Mom (2017)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4059976/Lake of Fire (2017)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4059976/