Thaikkudam Bridge
Thaikkudam Bridge in 2019
Background information
Origin	Kochi, Kerala, India
Genres	Indian pop Indian rock heavy metal Reggae
Years active	2013–present
Labels	Wonderwall Media Mathrubhumi Music
Members	Full list
Past members	Siddharth Menon Piyush Kapoor Abin Thej
Website	thaikkudambridge.com

Thaikkudam Bridge is a Kerala-based multi-genre music band, founded and formed in 2013 by Govind Vasantha and Siddharth Menon.^[1] The band first became famous through the musical show Music Mojo, which used to telecast on Kappa TV and with their own composition "Fish Rock", which became popular through social networking sites like YouTube and Facebook.

According to sources within the band, the band had its inception near Thaikkudam Bridge at Thaikkudam, Kochi, in early 2013. Since then, the band has gone on to win numerous awards, and has performed at over 400 venues and released their own album.

Band Members

The Band consists of musicians from all over India who contribute their own style and influences to the ensemble.

Musicians

• Peethambaran Menon - Vocalist^[2]
• Govind Vasantha - Vocalist, Violinist, Music Producer & Founder^[3][4]
• Mithun Raju - Lead Guitarist^[5]
• Anish TN - Drummer
• Ashok Betty Nelson - Rhythm Guitarist
• Vian Fernandes - Bass, Vocals
• Ruthin Thej - Keyboard
• Anish Krishna - Vocalist
• Krishna Bongane - Vocalist
• Nila Madhav Mohapatra - Vocalist
• Vipin Lal - Vocalist
• Christin Jose - Vocalist

Sound Engineers

• Amith Bal Kenath
• Rajan K.S^{[citation needed]}
• Hemanth K^{[citation needed]}

Management

Thaikkudam Bridge is exclusively managed by Cochin-based creative entity, Wonderwall Media Pvt. Ltd.^[6]

Managers

• Sujith Unnithan^[7]
• Vipin Vishnu Nair Badlapur^[8]

Discography

Original songs

• "Fish Rock"^[9]
• "Shiva - Navarasam"^[10]
• "One - Navarasam"^[11]
• "Aarachar - Navarasam"
• "Chathe - Navarasam"
• "Urumbu - Navarasam"
• "Viduthalai - Navarasm"^[12]
• "Jai Hanuman - Navarasam"
• "Sultan - Navarasam"
• "Khwaab - Navarasam"
• "Navarasam - Navarasam"

Music Mojo performances

• "Nostalgia"
• "Nostalgia 2"
• "Malayalam Medley"
• "Ilayaraja Medley"
• "Haq Allah"(Music Mojo Season 3)
• "Jam"
• "Aisa Koi"
• "Rahman Medley"
• "Beat it"
• "Aerials"
• "Thekkum Kooradiyathil"- remixed version of song from Ashwamedham
• "Chekele"
• "Appozhum"
• "Godfather & Co"
• "Neeraduvan"- remixed version of song from Nakhashathangal
• "Nothing Else Matters"
• "Khwaja"
• "Inteha Roadhouse blues"
• "Livin' La Vida Loca"
• "Taarangal"
• "Thenpandi cheemaiyile"
• "Tribute for Johnson"
• "Khel Mandala"

Concerts

• Autumn Muse (2014), St. John's Medical College, Bangalore^[13]
• The Band Performed during Pearl, 2016 at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad
• The band's first ever North American trip started on Sept 23, 2016, by Thaikkudam Bridge Live Concert in Hartford Connecticut^[14]
• CIT Takshashila 2023, The band performed live at Chennai Institute of Technology^[15][16]

Controversy

The 2022 Kannada movie Kantara has a track named Varaha Roopam, which garnered a lot of publicity and popularity for its compelling music, visuals, and folk fusion. Social media users started noticing and pointing out this track had a resemblance to the 2017 track Navarasam.

Critics have referred to the musical and thematic similarities of the two tracks. Members of the band took notice as well, to quote one of the band members:
"Initially, we were okay with it as some songs do have similarities at times. However, the comments, messages and calls didn’t stop. In fact, thousands of comments were deleted on Varaha Roopam’s video. We still gave it time, listened to it a number of times and made sure of the similarities."^[17]

The indie band went to court against the creators of Kantara, Hombale Films, causing a temporary take-down of the music video in question. However, there has not been any further action by either parties after the matter.