Ghibran Vaibodha (born 12 August 1980) formerly known as M. Ghibran, is an Indian composer. He has composed music for Indian films, advertising films and television commercial jingles in different languages.

Early life

M. Ghibran was born on 12 August 1980, and raised in Coimbatore. When he was in the tenth grade, his family relocated to Chennai after his father suffered a severe loss in business. He had to discontinue studies and do several jobs to support his family.

Ghibran said that he had developed an interest in music after he had seen Yanni perform on TV, when he was about eight or ten. He had enrolled into a music college, but had to drop out and instead attended keyboard classes and learnt keyboard part-time from Paul Augustine. He completed RSA Grade 8 in both piano and music theory through Trinity College London, and obtained a degree in classical composition and film scoring under Australian Composer Lindsay Vickery at the LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. He received an offer to compose music for animations as an in-house composer, and worked there for two years. In 2000, he set up his own studio and over the next six years composed for over 700 ads.

In Singapore, he worked part-time composing music for media houses to meet his expenses. After completing his works, he worked for the Singapore wood and percussion instruments orchestra. He subsequently returned to India, but could not find many advertisements to work on there.

Career

The director A. Sarkunam selected Ghibran to compose the soundtrack for Vaagai Sooda Vaa. N. Venkateswaran of The Times of India wrote of the soundtrack, "M Ghibran joins the list of debut composers who have impressed with their work in recent times. The music score complements the movie, and marks him out as a musician to watch out for". Malathi Rangarajan from The Hindu wrote that "Music is another highlight. M. Gibran's numbers keep ringing in your ears long after you leave the cinema". Rajagopalan Badrinarayanan from musicperk.com wrote "Vaagai Sooda Vaa is a wholesome package with wonderful songs. Being his first movie Gibran has done a great job with the musical score. The album will surely reshuffle the current chart". Ghibran said that after Vaagai Sooda Vaa and that he was then approached by several directors about other projects, but he decided to take a break to look for an urban based script.

In 2013, Ghibran composed the music for the films Vatthikuchi, Kutti Puli and Naiyaandi. His 2014 releases were Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah and Amara Kaaviyam. He also had his first Telugu release Run Raja Run. According to Behindwoods.com, his work in the film "garnered great appreciation from the fans" and the songs had been "in the top of the charts for a long time". He was offered soundtrack work for Vishwaroopam II by Kamal Haasan, as well as his next two projects, Uttama Villain and Papanasam, the Tamil remake of Drishyam.

Ghibran currently shuttles between Chennai, Mumbai and Singapore for all his recording works, and owns a studio in Chennai.

Personal life

Ghibran is married to a Telugu woman from Vijayawada, a scientist, whom he met in Singapore. Ghibran's first child, a son was born on 18 December 2014. His elder brother A. G. Amid is a director. In May 2024, Ghibran announced he had converted to from Islam to Hinduism, and he had changed his name to Ghibran Vaibodha; the name change had been implemented a year before.

Discography

Films

Year	Title	Language	Notes
2011	Vaagai Sooda Vaa	Tamil	Won, Vijay Award for Best Find of the Year Won, Ananda Vikatan Magazine's Top 10 Nambikkaigal (Hopes) of 2011 Won, Mirchi Music Awards South for Best Upcoming Music Director Won, BIG FM Melody Music Award for Best Debut Music Director Won, Vijay Music Awards for Popular Melody of the Year Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
2013	Vatthikuchi
	Kutti Puli
	Naiyaandi
2014	Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah		Won, Mirchi Music Awards South for Best Album of the Year (Mirchi Listeners' Choice) Won, Zee Telugu Santosham Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
	Run Raja Run	Telugu	Telugu film Debut. Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu
	Amara Kaaviyam	Tamil
2015	Jil	Telugu
	Uttama Villain	Tamil	Won, Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Award for Best Original Score Won, Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Award for Best Song (For the Song "Iraniyan Naadagam") Won, Russian International Film Festival Award for Best Original Music Won, Platinum Award from International Independent Film Awards for Original Score Won, Diamond Award from International Independent Film Awards for Original Song ("Iraniyan Naadagam") Won, Diamond Award from International Independent Film Awards for Original Song ("Kaadhalaam") Gold Winner, from Prestige Music Award for Original Song ("Kaadhalaam") Silver Winner, from Prestige Music Award for Original Song ("Iraniyan Naadagam") Won, Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards for Best Music Director Won, Behindwoods Gold Medal for Best Music Director
	Papanasam
	Thoongaavanam Cheekati Rajyam	Tamil Telugu	Bilingual film.
2016	Babu Bangaram	Telugu
	Hyper		Composer of songs only. The film's background score was composed by Mani Sharma.
2017	Adhe Kangal	Tamil
	Ungarala Rambabu	Telugu
	Magalir Mattum	Tamil
	Aramm		Released in Telugu as "Karthavyam"
	Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru		Released in Telugu as "Khakee"
	Maayavan
	Chennai Singapore
2018	Vishwaroopam 2 Vishwaroop 2	Tamil Hindi	Bilingual Film
	Aan Devathai	Tamil
	Ratsasan		Won, Raj TV award for Best Music Director Won, LATCA Los Angeles Theatrical Release Competition & Awards for Best Music Score Won, Oniros Film Awards for Best Soundtrack Won, Diamond Film Awards for Best Original Score Won, Best Sagrada Familia Soundtrack / Music score at Barcelona Planet Film Festival Won, Los Angeles Film Awards for Best Film Score Won, Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival award for Best Music Score Won, International Independent Film Awards (IIFA) for Best Original score Won, Latitude Film Awards for Original Score Won, Starshine Film festival Award for Best Original Score Won, East Europe International Film Festival(Part of Fusion International Film Festivals) Award for Best Original Score
2019	Athiran	Malayalam	Malayalam debut. Background score only.
	House Owner	Tamil
	Kadaram Kondan
	Sixer
	Rakshasudu	Telugu	Remake of Ratsasan
	Saaho	Telugu, Hindi	Background score only.
	Petromax	Tamil
	Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale
2020	Aswathama	Telugu	Background score only
	Ka Pae Ranasingam	Tamil
2021	Maara
	Kasada Thapara		Anthology series – Scored music for "Arampatra" Chapter
	Jango
2022	Hero	Telugu
	Sebastian P.C. 524
	Valimai	Tamil	Background score only.
	Taanakkaran
	Koogle Kuttappa
	Home Minister	Kannada
	Maha	Tamil
	Dejavu
	Trigger
	Naan Mirugamaai Maara
	Pattathu Arasan
	Driver Jamuna
2023	Amigos	Telugu
	Thunivu	Tamil	50th Film
	Hunt	Telugu
	Thalainagaram 2	Tamil
	80s Buildup	Tamil
2024	Kurangu Pedal	Tamil

Television

Year	Title	Channel	Notes
2022	Irai	Aha Tamil

Upcoming projects

Year	Title	Language	Notes
2023	Pagaivanuku Arulvai	Tamil
	Iyalvathu Karavel	Tamil
	Munnarivaan	Tamil
	Rekla	Tamil
	Shero	Tamil
	IndruNetruNaalai2	Tamil
	Mohandas	Tamil
	Kotravai	Tamil
	Idhu Vedhalam Sollum Kadhai	Tamil	delayed
	Weapon	Tamil

Independent works and Music videos

Year	Title	Language	Artist	Notes
2021	Veera Vanakkam	Tamil		This song was released by the Honorable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin marking the special occasion of Police Commemoration Day.
2021	Achamae Agandruvidu	Tamil	Vocals by Shruti Haasan and Ramya NSK	Sai kumar's direction and Vairamuthu lyrics from pure Tamil Album called "Naatpadu Theral"
2020	Arivum Anbum	Tamil	Anirudh Ravichander, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Devi Sri Prasad, Shankar Mahadevan, Shruti Haasan, Bombay Jayashree, and many other well-known singers have taken part in the project.	The actor-politician talks about his new virtually-conceived project to spread positivity during the global lockdown. Padmashree Dr. Kamal Haasan is trying to spread hope through music.
2020	Salaam Chennai	Tamil	Cricketers Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Suresh Raina and L. Balaji are featured in the short film, which was made by Happy Unicorn and was released by Think Music.	‘Salaam Chennai’ salutes the relentless work put in by frontline workers and stresses the need to prevent the spread of COVID -19 by wearing masks, maintaining physical distance, and through personal hygiene.
2019	Nee Illama Video	Tamil		5th track from #7UPMadrasGigS2 in collaboration with Sony Music India
2018	Get Your Freaking Hands Off Me	English, Tamil, Hindi		Launched by Padmashree Dr. Kamal Haasan at Jeppiaar Engineering College.
2017	Kalam Salaam	Tamil		Salaam Kalam, has been penned by ‘Kavi Perarasu’ Vairamuthu.

Awards

Year	Awards	Category	Film	Result
2010	Vijay Award	Best Find of the Year	Vaagai Sooda Vaa	Won
	Ananda vikatan Magazine's	Top 10 Nambikkaigal (Hopes) of 2011
	Mirchi Music Awards South	Best Upcoming Music Director
	BIG FM Melody Music Award	Best Debut Music Director
	Vijay Music Awards	Popular Melody of the Year
	Filmfare Award	Best Music Director		Nominated
2014	Mirchi Music Awards	Best Album of the Year	Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah	Won
	Zee Telugu Santosham Award	Best Music Director
2014	Filmfare Award	Best Music Director	Run Raja Run	Nominated
2015	Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Award	Best Original Score	Uttama Villain	Won
	Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Award	Best Song (For the Song "Iraniyan Naadagam")
	Russian International Film Festival Award	Best Original Music
	Platinum Award from International Independent Film Awards	Original Score
	Diamond Award from International Independent Film Awards	Original Song ("Iraniyan Naadagam")
	Diamond Award from International Independent Film Awards	Original Song ("Kaadhalaam")
	Prestige Music Award	Original Song ("Kaadhalaam")		Gold Winner
	Prestige Music Award	Original Song ("Iraniyan Naadagam")		Silver Winner
	Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards	Best Music Director		Won
	Behindwoods Gold Medal	Best Music Director
2018	Raj TV award	Best Music Director	Ratsasan	Won
	LATCA Los Angeles Theatrical Release Competition & Awards	Best Music Score
	Oniros Film Awards	Best Soundtrack
	Diamond Film Awards	Best Original Score
	Barcelona Planet Film Festival	Best Sagrada Familia Soundtrack / Music score
	Los Angeles Film Awards	Best Film Score
	Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival award	Best Music Score
	International Independent Film Awards (IIFA)	Best Original score
	Latitude Film Awards	Original Score
	Starshine Film festival Award	Best Original Score
	East Europe International Film Festival Award	Best Original Score