Job Kurian

Job Kurian (born 29 July 1982) is an Indian singer and composer who works in both indie music and in Malayalam films.^[1] He won the South Indian International Movie Award for Best Male Playback Singer in Malayalam in 2023.

Job Kurian
Born	(1982-07-29) 29 July 1982 (age 42) Vattiyoorkavu, Trivandrum , India
Occupations	Singer composer
Years active	2007–present
Spouse	Athira Job ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	2

In this Indian name, the name Kurian is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Job.

Early life and education

Job Kurian was born in Vattiyoorkavu, Kerala.^[2] He attended St. Shantal, Christ Nagar, and Bhavan's Senior Secondary School, Kodunganoor for schooling.^[2] Prithviraj Sukumaran was his schoolmate at Bhavan's. He pursued his B.Tech. at Malanad College of Engineering, Karnataka.^[1]

Personal life

Job married Athira on 10 November 2012 at St. Joseph's Church in Thiruvananthapuram.^[3] The couple has two sons, with the first born on 25 April 2014.^[3][4]

Career

In 2006, Job participated in the television reality show Super Star, aired on Amrita TV, and became the runner-up.^[5][6] He made his debut as a playback singer in the 2007 film Goal.^[7] With the album Thaalam, he made his debut as a composer, alongside Charan and Yakzan.^[8] In 2015, he debuted as a film composer in Rasam.^[5][9] He started a music project in 2017 called Hope Project, which consisted of four tracks.^[5] Job has been featured along with bands like Avial and Shankar Tucker Band.^[8]

Filmography

Year	Song	Title	Credited as		Notes	Ref.
			Singer	Composer
2007	"Oh Mariya"	Goal	Yes	No	Debut as a playback singer	[7]
	"AathmavinKaaval"	Black Cat	Yes	No
2009	"Chanjalam"	Ritu	Yes	No		[7]
2011	"Aaranne Aarane"	Urumi	Yes	No		[5]
2012	"Melle Kollum"	22 Female Kottayam	Yes	No		[7]
	"Pala Pala"	I Love Me	Yes	No
2013	"Akaluvathenthino"	Red Wine	Yes	No		[7]
	"Manikyachirakulla"	Idukki Gold	Yes	No		[2]
	"Ennalakale"	Honey Bee	Yes	No		[2]
	"Nila Vaname"	English	Yes	No
	"Thaazhe Nee Tharame"	Thira	Yes	No
2014	"Mandaarame"	Ohm Shanthi Oshaana	Yes	No
	"Vaa Maaro Thammaaro"	Garbhashreemaan	Yes	No
	"Thaane Pookkum"	Sapthamashree Thaskaraha	Yes	No
2015	"Unaroo"	Nellikka	Yes	No
	"Dhanumasa Palazhi"	Rasam	No	Yes	Debut as a film composer	[10]
	"Sarasa Sarasaro"		No
	"Mayamo Marimayamo"		Yes
	"Minnaaminunge"	Nirnayakam	Yes	No
	"Dheera Charitha"	Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi	Yes	No
	"Hey Neela Vaan"	Ayal Njanalla	Yes	No
	"Saarangiyil"	Yoo Too Brutus	Yes	No
2016	"Chillu Ranthal"	Kali	Yes	No		[2]
	"Mele Mukilodum"	Kochavva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho	Yes	No
2017	"Aaro Kannil"	History of Joy	Yes	No
	"Aarini Yarini"	Paippin Chuvattile Pranayam	Yes	No
2018	"Naadottukku"	Kuttanpillayude Sivarathri	Yes	No
	"Thodu Thodu"	Angane Njanun Premichu	Yes	No
	"Appooppan Thaadi"	B.Tech	Yes	No
	"Thaa Thinnam"	Theevandi	Yes	No		[11]
	"Melle Mulle"	Mangalyam Thanthunanena	Yes	No
2019	"Oru Thuruthin"	Thottappan	Yes	No
2020	"Aaroral"	Maarjaara Oru Kalluvacha Nuna	Yes	No
	"Uyire"	Kuttiyappanum Daivadhootharum	Yes	No
2021	"Bhoomi Thuranne"	Kannalan	Yes	No
2022	"Arike Ninna"	Hridayam	Yes	No		[12]
	"Pakalo Kaanaathe"	Saudi Vellakka	Yes	No	SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Malayalam	[13]
2024	"Vaanara Lokam"	Kishkindha Kaandam	Yes	No
2025	"Kaavalaai"	Empuraan	Yes	No

Discography

Year	Album	Credited as		Notes	Ref.
		Singer	Composer
2008	Thaalam	Yes	Yes	Debut as a composer, co-composers: Charan & Yakzan	[8]
2013	Aarente	Yes	Yes	Co-singer: Neha Nair
	Empran	Yes	Yes
	Kaanan	Yes	Yes
2015	Padayathra	Yes	Yes	Co-singer: Harish Sivaramakrishnan
	Roots	Yes	Yes
	Poliyo	Yes	Yes	Co-singer: Resmi Sateesh
	Mayamo	Yes	Yes
	Tharaatu	Yes	Yes
	Nilavo	Yes	Yes
	Nenjinneenam	Yes	Yes
	Kannodu	Yes	Yes	Co-singer: Mridula Warrier
2017	Enthavo	Yes	Yes	1st track of Hope Project	[5][11]
2018	Parudeesa	Yes	Yes	2nd track of Hope Project	[14][11]
	Mulla	Yes	Yes	3rd track of Hope Project	[5][11]
2020	Kaalam	Yes	Yes	4th track of Hope Project	[15][5]
	Yennum Yellow	Yes	Yes
2023	Bhaavam	Yes	Yes		[16]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2018	Mazhavil Mango Music Awards	Best Non Film Song	Won	[17]
	Indywood Music Excellence Awards	Best Independent Musical Project	Won	[18]
2023	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Male Playback Singer – Malayalam	Won	[13][19]