Rajhesh Vaidhya (or, Vaidya), is an Indian veena

Veena

Veena may refer to one of several Indian plucked instruments:With frets*Rudra veena, plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music*Saraswati veena, plucked string instrument used in Carnatic musicFretless...

 player hailing from Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. Besides performing on stage, he has worked with various film music composers. He also acted in the movie Viswa Thulasi and in Premi, a tele-serial. Vaidhya was a winner of the 2010 Kalaimamani

Kalaimamani

The Kalaimamani is an award in Tamil Nadu state, India. These awards are given by the Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Manram for excellence in the field of art and literature....

 award for his veena playing.

Music Carrer

Rajesh Vaidya has composed various albums and given many stage performances. He was music director for the movie Vegam

Vegam

-Plot:The Story is Copied from the English Movie Cellular.The movie revolves around Ashwin who runs an event management company romances Archana. Aswin comes to Malaysia to meet her. He comes across a telephonic call from a woman, who cries out for help.A former cop Sriman kidnaps a housewife...

by S.Ve.Shekher, starring Ashwin Shekher. He has also worked with Vidyasagar

Vidyasagar

Vidyasagar may refer to:People*Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the Bengali scholar *Acharya Vidyasagar, the prominent Digambar Jain Acharya *Vidyasagar , the South Indian music directorOther...

, Harris Jeyaraj, Bhardhwaj, Deva

Deva (music director)

Deva is an Indian film composer and singer. He has composed songs and provided background music for Tamil films in a career spanning about 20 years. Many know his gaana songs, written mostly using Madras Tamil. He is known as the "Father of Gaana Genre" in the Tamil film industry.Deva has composed...

, Devi Sri Prasad

Devi Sri Prasad

Devi Sri Prasad is a music composer and playback singer in Telugu and Tamil films. His soundtracks have been dubbed or remade in several other languages as well.- Awards :...

 and Srikanth Deva

Srikanth Deva

Srikanth Deva is a music director of Tamil films. He made his debut as music director in the Tamil movie Doubles in 2000. He is the son of Tamil music director Deva.-Biography:...

. He composed the music for K. Balachander

K. Balachander

K. Balachander is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. Balachander is known for his distinct film-making style. His films analyse unusual or complicated interpersonal relationships and social themes. He has directed nearly 80 films and has worked in 100 films either as director or...

's Sahana, a television series.
He collaborated with Playing for Change

Playing for Change

Playing for Change is a multimedia music project created by the American producer and sound engineer Mark Johnson with his Timeless Media Group, that seeks to bring together musicians from around the world...

, on the album Songs Around The World, (2008)

External links

• Rajhesh Vaidhya website