John P. Varkey

John P. Varkey (c. 1970 – 29 August 2022)^[2] was an Indian guitarist, songwriter and composer. He began his career as a session guitarist. He brought out three albums with Jigsaw Puzzle by the label BMG Crescendo which were innovative and well accepted by the new generation and led to the formation of band Avial. John discontinued from Avial and independently directed music for many Indian big time feature films with prominent productions and directors. His ideas and innovative sound textures made many films come to life. Varkey first came to prominence as a member of the Malayalam rock band Avial, which itself evolved out of a band called Jigsaw Puzzle.^[3][4] Varkey was the guitarist and songwriter for the Thrissur-based band, Slowpedalers.

Varkey studied music at the Trinity College of Music in London.^[4] He started his career as a composer in the film industry through the film Frozen.