Music runs in his blue blood and stardom has always been akin to his everyday life; yet, he did not wait for a blessed break to have his talent hatched into the world of critics, only to rise and shine as the bright star that he is today. He was still in his teens when he rose to critical acclaim and a thundering round of applause, as a debutante composer. By age 25, he already had 25 albums spinning to his credit. As we all look forward to the next big thing in Kollywood music, close on the heels of Theri's album release, we take this opportune moment to aggrandize the path that GV Prakash has walked, as he clocks a landmark half a ton projects.

It all started when he was called over by his uncle, to record a few lines in a kid's voice. But without even the branding of belonging to ARR's family, the kid's voice reverberated in everyone's hearts (and does, even today), from the blockbuster Gentleman. In the later years and through his adolescence, he kept his ties with music intact, and worked with Harris Jeyaraj, on two of his stellar projects. By the time he turned a legal major, he had an album ready to roll out. However, it was Veyyil that first hit the shelves, and soon, our hearts too. Surprisingly, National Award laurel wasn't the only reason GV Prakash came to be spotlighted, but he had already long been favoured and held dear as 'GV', given the sheer hits like Veyilodu Vilayadi, Urugudhe Marugudhe, and Kadhal Nerupin Nadanam, in his very first album. Come to think, these songs leave a lasting impression to date, which is a decade hence!

It wasn't a wonder dealt down by the celestials to predict that GV is to be a consistent chart topper. True to every letter of the anticipation, all of his successive albums are each a jewel crust curio on show. Following Veyyil, GV had his name engraved on two more melody-favoured, rich albums (Oram Po and Kireedam), before he stepped his youthful zeal a notch up in Polladhavan, roping in the then rage Yogi B, reintroducing rap music to the Tamil audience. Then followed a thread of commercial extravaganza, until a critical album - Aayirathil Oruvan. Uniquely different and ahead of its times in every note, this movie's album favoured not only the story, but was also a runaway hit commercially - Un Mela Aasadhaan continues to be an impressive favourite to date.

The next big applause was for the period set romantic classic Madrasapattinam, especially for the track Pookal Pookkum Tharunam, which combined classical and light music just in the right measure, to blend into a beautiful and seamless melody. With Yathe Yathe and Otha Sollala, GV hit the right chord with his audience, going on to chalk himself to the most favourite music director that year, for Aadukalam. In the following years, GV saw his graph spike with albums such as Deiva Thirumagal, Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal, and Va.

While his talent needs no introduction as such, it is worth mentioning that GV is one among the class league of composers who director Selvaraghavan counts on; getting to work with the creative genius once again, GV marvelled the crew as well as the public, in his myriad collection for Mayakkam Enna. Rubbing on more sparkle to his career, GV churned out super hits such as Thandavam, Paradesi, Saguni, Nimirndhu Nil, Naan Sigappu Manidhan, and Saivam. Along side these, there are also a couple of standalone success stories namely, Raja Rani and Thalaivaa - need we say more?

His talent and prowess wasn't limited to Kollywood alone. Given the impeccable quality of his music, GV has his wings spread over the length and breadth of the country, finding his way into the heart of every music lover in the nation. Some of his noteworthy albums in languages other than Tamil include Ullasamga Utsahamga, Darling, Nanna, and Endukante Premanta in Telugu, Gangs of Wasseypur and Joker in Hindi, and one each in Malayalam and Kannada.

What triggered off for a different project, sowed the seed in his heart nonetheless, to turn on to screen presence. For various reasons, since Pencil was shelved, Darling turned out to be GV's debut as the protagonist (he was spotted a few times earlier, in cameo). This thriller was also musically pepped up by him. Further, he composed for and acted in his next movie, which is a commercial hit and a youth favourite - Trisha Illana Nayanthara. Now, the young composer-singer-actor is looking forward to a bright year, with a number of releases lined up; the most anticipated of these is his 50th, the music for Theri, which is expected this weekend.

Theri marks the association of GV with Ilayathalapathy Vijay for the second time. In Thalaivaa, GV got Thalapathy to sing for himself, after a remarkably long hiatus. Vaanganna Vanakkanganna is a peppy light hearted crowd favourite. From Thamizh Pasanga to Thalaivaa, the movie's grandeur was notched up in entertainment, thanks to GV's music. This time again, there's a song to look forward to, one sung by Vijay himself. But that's not all - GV has roped in composer Deva and the multitalented artiste T Rajender, for a song each. No doubt, Theri is going to nothing short of extraordinary.

50 is a landmark for every artiste's career, and GV is here at it already, in a decade-long career. It has been a consistent, patient, and humble journey for GV Prakash, to the position where he is today. We have seen him rise from scratch, all the way up to stardom, and all of it purely on his own merit and perseverance. The journey that has been a terrific ride, is about to witness the next spell of magic, with Theri. We at Indiglitz are delighted to heartily wish the charming composer GVP, the very best, and a thumbs up to Theri team, as they set out to rock the Kollywood arena!