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 film features the song "Penne" sung by British Singer Susheela Raman.