My Compelling Story

Conversational and funny — that’s how Aditya Ravindran, co-founder and vocalist of city-based Tamil rock band Pithukuli, describes their music. Founded last year, after Aditya and fellow KM Conservatory student Karthik Manickavasakam composed a folk rock song titled Kadavule for a college concert.  The five-piece acoustic band went on to gain more plaudits for the same song when a few producers from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) came to record Indie bands in the city. This prompted them to continue playing in more concerts and festivals (such as Fete de la Musique and IndiEarth Xchange) after roping in more members — guitarist Sreedev, bassists Prateek Naganatham and Anand Ramesh plus Roshan Singh Chabbara on percussions, who will be replaced by Bishwanath YR for the their upcoming performance at Unwind Center.  As not all of their audience know Tamil, Aditya and his team try to keep it simple by composing songs based on some of their daily conversations.