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Anne Amie
Anne Amie is an Indian playback singer and voice artist. She marked her debut in playback singing with the solo 'Ethu Meghamaari - Reprise' for the film Kochavva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho. She received her first Filmfare Award in 2019 for the song 'Aararo' from the movie Koode. She debuted as a voice artist in malayalam cinema in 2020, dubbing for Kalyani Priyadarshan in Varane Avashyamund. Early Life Anne Amie started singing at the age of 7. She was awarded first prize in Kerala State CBSE Youth Festival's Light Music competition in the Sub-Junior Category in the year 2000, while she was studying at 'Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Thrissur'. She did most of her schooling in Dubai, her alma mater being 'Our Own English High School, Dubai'. During this time, she was a regular at youth festivals and was awarded 'Kalathilakam' four times. She used to take part in multiple categories such as Light Music Malayalam and Hindi, Carnatic Music, Malayalam Poetry Recitation, Mappilapattu e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playback Singer
A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not appear on the screen. South Asia South Asian cinema, South Asian films produced in the Indian subcontinent frequently use this technique. A majority of Cinema of India, Indian films as well as Cinema of Pakistan, Pakistani films typically include six or seven songs. After ''Alam Ara'' (1931), the first Indian talkie film, for many years singers made dual recordings for a film, one during the shoot, and later in the recording studio, until 1952 or 1953. Popular playback singers in India enjoy the same status as popular actors and music directors and receive wide public admiration. Most of the playback singers are initially trained in classical music, but they later often expand their range. Mohammed Rafi and Ahmed Rushdi are regarded as two o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahoo!
Yahoo! (, styled yahoo''!'' in its logo) is an American web services provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and operated by the namesake company Yahoo Inc., which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by Apollo Global Management and 10% by Verizon Communications. It provides a web portal, search engine Yahoo Search, and related services, including My Yahoo!, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports and its advertising platform, Yahoo! Native. Yahoo was established by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was one of the pioneers of the early Internet era in the 1990s. However, usage declined in the late 2000s as some services discontinued and it lost market share to Facebook and Google. History Founding In January 1994, Yang and Filo were electrical engineering graduate students at Stanford University, when they created a website named "Jerry and David's guide to the World Wide Web". The site was a human-edited web directory, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sushin Shyam
Sushin Shyam is an Indian music composer who works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. He is also the keyboardist of the Indian folk metal band The Down Troddence. He started gaining popularity in 2018 with the films ''Varathan'' and ''Kumbalangi Nights'' in 2019. Thereafter, he worked continually in many Malayalam films. Sushin is a recipient of Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director in 2019 for ''Kumbalangi Nights''. Early life Sushin attended St.Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Thalassery and Mambaram higher secondary school in Thalassery. His father, being a musician began teaching him to play the keyboard at a very young age. He first performed on stage at age 9. Sushin participated in youth festivals and won a number of state awards during his school years. He went on to study engineering in Sri Sidhartha Institute of technology but dropped out to pursue his career in music. He shifted to Chennai to explore opportunities in the film music. He joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mejo Joseph
Mejo Joseph is a music director from Malayalam Cinema. He made his debut in the blockbuster Malayalam movie '' Notebook''. He has given a splendid performance in Vaarikkuzhiyile Kolapathakam which starred Amith Chakalakkal Personal life Mejo was born to Joseph and Rosemary on 28 January 1981 in Thrissur. Mejo married Merrin on 26 June 2011. The couple has 4 children 2 sons and 2 daughters. He did his schooling at Don Bosco High School, Irinjalakuda. Noted director Rosshan Andrrews is his brother-in-law. Career Mejo made his debut in 2006 Malayalam movie ''Notebook'' which was directed by his brother-in-law Roshan Andrews. The music won him immediate attention. He also made a cameo appearance in the film as 'Firoz' a music enthusiast. Later he worked with Johny Antony Johny Antony is an Indian film director and actor, known for making comedy films in Malayalam cinema. He is from Changanassery in Kottayam district, Kerala. He worked for about a decade as an associat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afzal Yusuf
Afzal Yusuf is an Indian music composer who has made his mark in the South Indian film industry with his mellifluous melodies. Being a visually challenged musician, he has given life to many songs that are familiar to all the music lovers around the world. His music compositions have earned their way onto the hit lists of various Malayalam movies which comprise ''Calendar'', (2009), ''Bombay March 12'' (2011), ''Immanuel'' (2013), ''God for Sale'' (2013), ''Mailanchi Monjulla Veedu'' (2014), ''Theeram'' (2017), ''Engeyum Naan Irupen'' (2017) etc. He debuted into the film industry through the Malayalam movie ''Chandranilekulla Vazhi'' which got released in 2008. Many well-known singers have lent their voices to his songs such as Dr. K J Yesudas, P Jayachandran, Sadhana Sargam, Usha Uthup, Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Armaan Malik, Kailash Kher, Haricharan, Ranjith Govind, Shweta Mohan and so on. He has also contributed his share into the Tamil music industry through the movie †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahabaz Aman
Shahabaz Aman (born 27 December 1969) is an Indian playback singer and composer. He was born in Malappuram, Kerala, India. He is also a stage performer of Ghazal music. Shahabaz is known for his soulful, romantic voice and unique style of singing. He has released music albums of various genres and performed across India and Persian Gulf countries. He is a two time winner of Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer. Early life Career Studio albums Soundtrack albums Singles As playback singer Film songs Non-film songs As lyricist Remix albums Music videos Awards See also * Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer The Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer is an honour, established in 1969, and presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India for best female and male playback singer in Malayalam cinema. The first recipients of the award were P. ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Aman, Shahabaz Living people 1969 birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jassie Gift
Jassie Gift is an Indian film music composer and playback singer. He composes songs and sings for Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He became famous after the success of his song "Lajjavathiye" from the film '' 4 The People''. He won the Best Music Director award at The Bangalore Times Film Awards 2011. Biography Hailing from Vithura, Gift was born to Gift Israel and Rajamma. He was interested in music from childhood and was highly influenced by western music. He admired Ilayaraja and was a fan of Freddie Mercury. He had lessons in western piano from a young age and started singing and playing the keyboard in local bands. He is a singer and keyboard player of the band Moby Dick. He entered the film music industry under the guidance of director Jayaraj. Before entering films he composed songs for a couple of albums in Malayalam, including the hit album ''Soona Soona'', and also composed jingles. He pioneered the use of reggae fusion music in the Malayalam music indust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratheesh Vega
Ratheesh Vega ( ml, രതീഷ് വേഗ) is a composer, singer, and musician who works in Malayalam films. His debut as a film music composer was in the 2010 hit film ''Cocktail''. Career Ratheesh completed his degree in music from Madras University. After his degree Ratheesh pursued a short course in sound engineering. But all the while he nursed hopes of becoming a Carnatic vocalist. He learnt music from Thrissur R. Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar. For nearly two years Ratheesh spearheaded Music Talks on Malayalam channel Asianet. This show also provided the turnaround in Ratheesh's career. ''"It was during this time that I met Gopi Sunder, the noted music director and programmer. He told me that I could try my hand at composing music and also introduced me to many people in the music field. I believed in Gopi Sunder."'' -says Ratheesh Vega. He has done jingles in all the South Indian languages with numerous clients and for many big brands. Some of them like Kalyan Silks, Josc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphons Joseph
Alphons Joseph is a music director and playback singer in the Malayalam film industry who got a break as a film music composer after composing for the film '' Vellithira''. Alphons is also noted for singing the famous song " Aaromale" from the film ''Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa'', which was composed by A. R. Rahman. Personal life and early career Alphons was born in Kaachery near Nadathara, Thrissur, Kerala, India to a musically affluent Christian family. His mother was Thankamma and father was Koladi Joseph, a tablist and a singer but by profession, a KSEB sub-engineer. Alphons was the second among their 7 children. His elder brother, Joemon is a pianist and has composed music for two Malayalam films. His younger brother Paulson is a well known exponent of Sitar and has got First Rank in M.A. Hindustani from Dharwad University. He was introduced to Music by his father's younger brother K. K. Paul, who was a well known violinist. Alphons considers Philip, another talented musici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gopi Sunder
Gopi Sundar C. S. (born 30 May 1977) is an Indian music director, programmer, playback singer, songwriter, actor and performer who works prominently in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil film industries. He started his career composing music for television commercials, has nearly 5,000 jingles to his credit. As a keyboard programmer, he has collaborated with many music directors including the composer duo Vishal–Shekhar. He has won several accolades for his soundtrack albums and film scores, including a National Film Award, a Kerala State Film Award, and two Filmfare Awards South. Sundar started his own recording label, Gopi Sundar Music Company in 2014 with an idea to promote aspiring musicians and to make low-budget productions possible. In 2016, he formed a live performance music band calledBand Big G in Dubai. In 2017, his work in the film ''Pulimurugan'' was included in the contender list for the 90th Academy Awards nominations for Best Original Song and Best Original Score ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Prabhakaran
Justin Prabhakaran (born 10 June 1986) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has scored music mostly for Tamil films and also a few Malayalam and Telugu films besides one Hindi film. He made his debut as a film composer in the 2014 Tamil film ''Pannaiyarum Padminiyum''. Early life Prabhakaran was born in Madurai. From childhood, he was interested in music. He was introduced to church music at an early age and groomed to become a keyboard player. He participated in a TV show and won the award for his own composition. He is proficient in playing keyboard and guitar. During a film shoot at the American College, Madurai in 2003–2006, where he studied B.Sc. Zoology, he happened to meet cinematographer Gopi Krishna, who advised him to study sound engineering from M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute, Tharamani, Chennai. Career While studying at M.G.R. Film & TV Institute, Prabhakaran came up with his new composition for the Tamil thendral (cultural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaan Rahman
Shaan Rahman (born 30 December 1979) is an Indian composer and singer, best known for his compositions in the Malayalam cinema. Shaan made his debut as a music director in the 2009 film ''Ee Pattanathil Bhootham'' directed by Johny Antony. He got the chance to work in the film after the wide acceptance and popularity of his 2008 music album "''Coffee at MG Road''" which he did along with his friend, singer, and director Vineeth Sreenivasan. Vineeth invited him to work in his directorial debut film '' Malarvaadi Arts Club'' (2010). Later on, Shaan has frequently collaborated with Vineeth in his films. He gained popularity with the films such as ''Thattathin Marayathu'' (2012), ''Ormayundo Ee Mukham'' (2014), '' Aadu'' (2015),'' Oru Vadakkan Selfie'' (2015), '' Adi Kapyare Kootamani'' (2015), ''Vettah'' (2016), '' Jacobinte Swargarajyam'' (2016), '' Annmariya Kalippilaanu'' (2016), and the song ''Jimikki Kammal'' from the film '' Velipadinte Pusthakam'' (2017) gained nationwide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
