He made his debut as a music director with the Tamil film, Marina directed by Pandiraj.

[2] In October 2011, Girishh got a chance to meet Pandiraj through Sivakarthikeyan, who eventually signed him on to compose music for Marina, as he required an international sound to the film's score.

[1] The music for Marina released on 9 January 2012, to extremely positive reviews, critical acclaim and popularity,[3][4] with the song "Vanakkam Chennai" and its promo video going viral.

[7][8][9] After Marina, Girishh worked on director Balaji K. Kumar's "Vidiyum Munn", an experimental thriller.

The score was conducted by Brian Morrell, who has worked with the likes of Elton John and Sting.