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Viji Manuel
Indian musician
Viji Manuel | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vijay Manuel |
| Died | 15 August 2015 Chennai |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Children | 1 |
| Father | Handel Manuel |
Vijay Manuel (died 15 August 2015) was an Indian musician who worked mainly in Tamil cinema.
He was the son of pianist Handel Manuel.
Early and personal life
Vijay[1] "Viji" Manuel was the son of pianist Handel Manuel and soprano singer Alice,[2][3] who died in 2018.[4] Unlike his classical trained father, Viji was self-taught and formed a rock band "Plastic Glow" and used to play at a hotel at Mussorie where he used to play other instruments if anyone from the band did not show up.[5]
Career
Viji Manuel started his career as bass guitarist for composer Shyam and then went to work for many established composers such as M.
S. Viswanathan, K. V. Mahadevan and with Ilaiyaraaja as acoustic guitarist.[5][6] He als