Bennet–Veetraag

Bennet Veetraag (ബെന്നറ്റ് വീത്‌രാഗ്) are an Indian music composer duo in the Malayalam film industry. The duo consists of guitarist-songwriter Bennet and singer-musician Veetraag.

Early years and career
Bennet and Veetraag hail from the city of Kozhikode, Kerala, India. Bennet Roland is a guitarist and songwriter with his musical training based in the Classical music (Western), broadened through exposure to other various genres, fusion, and Indian forms of music like the Ghazal. He is also popular through his fusion band called Bennet and the Band that features various frontline singers from the Indian film industry. Veetraag is a singer musician who was initially trained in Carnatic classical music and later developed a keen interest and proficiency in diverse genres of music, including Hindustani classical. They debuted with the hit soundtrack for the Malayalam campus film Out of Syllabus. The songs "Poi Varuvaan" and "Ee Kalppadavil" were notable successes. Their next works, Sooryakireedam (2007) and Dr. Patient (2009) were also noted works. In 2011, the duo worked for Kamal's drama movie Gadhama, which won them critical praise and immediate success.

"Bennet Veetraag" won the best music director award in the Thikkurissi awards instituted by the Thikkurissi foundation for the movie Gadhama