INSTRUMENTALISTS
Govind P Menon
Violinist, Vocalist/Sound Engineer and Founder
Founder member of the musical sensation Thaikkudam Bridge, Govind Menon is also a well-known individual and personal in the field of music. He is a leading musician and composer in the South Indian film industry including Malayalam and Tamil. Govind has lent his music for well-noted movies like 24 north katham, Vegam, Njan Steve Lopez, Nagaravaridhi, 100 days of love and many more to come. Govind debuted in Tamil with Oru Pakka Katha and now is one of the most noted amongst the music composers juggling over 6 big projects at the same time. Govind was also the main sound programmer for music directors Ouseppachan sir and Gopi Sundar. He comes with the unique experience of working in more than 120 movies as the background score arranger for leading music directors of the country.
Mithun Raju
Lead Guitars
With an experience of working in over 120 movies in various language film industries as a guitarist and music producer, Mithun Raju is a professional musician par excellence. He was the founder member of famous bands like Pseutopia ( Alternative rock ) and Mother Jane. The band’s track “Same Parade” was a chartbuster and was featured in Rolling Stone magazine, the number one music magazine in the new noises vol 1 compilation. The band also reached the 7th position on New Jersey Reverbnation charts. Coming with galore of experience with noted bands all over Mithun who is one of India’s most wanted guitarists, now helms the main position in Thaikkudam Bridge as the lead.
Ashok Betty Nelson
Rhythm Guitars/ Sound Engineer
Ashok, the lead guitarist spent the first nine years in Delhi, studying at K.V. Gol market, started learning Mridangam at the age of 4 from Sri Prem Kumar(Delhi), and later from Suresh Kumar(Trivandrum). During his stint at the Law college Trivandrum, he started playing the guitar which became his life-altering passion. Was part of his popular music band for a long time before he graduated and left for Chennai with the dream of being a full-time musician. Had the privilege to assist the prominent music director M. Jayachandran from 2008 to 2012. He was also a part of Solid Band, accompanying Stephen Devassy in and outside India for more than hundred stages.
Vian Fernandes
Bass Guitars, Vocals
Vian Fernandes is the star who took Mumbai University to a 4-year straight row gold in western group singing in Zonal, State, and National festival. His interests always lay in foundations of instruments and played the bass for the band Infernal wrath which won the rolling stone best metal band award in India in the year 2010/2011. Vian as a presence in Infernal Wrath has shared the stage with most of the legendary musicians and has extensive festival experience being a part of noted ones such as Independence Rock, Bacardi NH7, Rock Ethos to name a few. He was a part of Nirmitee, a band which was featured amongst the top 4 bands in the reality show X-Factor curated by ace Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
Ruthin Thej
Keyboards
Ruthin a trained keyboardist started his zest with the instrument since the age of 9. Completed till 4th grade from London trinity college of music and continued to be a live performer in many piano concerts like music quest (Pune, 2009) till the age of 20 and worked as a music producer for different movies in different languages like Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada and Hindi albums. Currently the mainframe instrumentalist for Thaikkudam bridge.
Anish T N
Drums
Anish is the energetic drummer who ornaments the Thaikkudam team. He is a prodigy known for playing the drums at any time signatures. He plays acoustic and electronic drums with ease and keeps the audience on their toes for hours during live shows with his infectious groove and flair for foot-tapping beats. A name to reckon with in the Kerala music scene with frequent appearances in the media, Anish has also received his training in South Indian Percussion Instrument ‘Mridangam’ from RLV College of Music, Kochi. Anish started his musical journey about 10 years ago, at the age of 17 and has been working with the greatest of musicians ever since.
VOCALISTS
Peethambaran Menon
Vocals
Starting off his musical career as the lead singer of the band conjoined by legendary musician Johnson, Peethambaran Menon pursued music out of pure passion and innate talent. From his school days, he has been bagging awards in his kitty for his musical performances which include the awards both district and state levels. He joined the government services in the irrigation department and retired in 2012. His musical genius never left its true calling and he is the star performer now a part of Thaikkudam bridge, the most leading contemporary music band and there has been no looking back since then.He is now a noted playback in the Malayalam music industry.