Benny Dayal (born 13 May 1984) is an Indian

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. He is a prominent singer in

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and

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and more languages films. He has sung more than 3500 songs in 19+ Indian languages. He is a member of the band S5, launched by SS Music TV channel. He made his acting debut in the

movie '' By the People'', a suspense thriller. All the songs were sung by S5 members and it was then that A.R. Rahman noticed him and took an audition.

Personal life

Dayal's parents hail from

Kollam Kollam (), also known by its former name Quilon , is an ancient seaport and city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. The city i ...

district in

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. He was born and raised in

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. ...

, UAE and completed his schooling there from

Abu Dhabi Indian School Abu Dhabi Indian School ( ar, مدرسة أبو ظبي الهندية), commonly abbreviated as "ADIS", is a private school offering Indian curriculum education in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The school is managed by a Board of Governors ...

(ADIS). He went on to complete his B.Com. and Masters in Journalism from Madras Christian College. Dayal worked as an Events Coordinator with

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. He quit his job in BPO to accomplish his career with music. On 5 June 2016, the singer married his model girlfriend Catherine Thangam in a close-knit ceremony in Bengaluru.

Discography

Albums

* ''Isai'' * ''Ithu Premamo'' * ''Ithu Premamo 2'' * ''Saaral'' (produced by Rainbow Bridge Studios) * ''Swaasam'' (produced by Hexachord) * ''Vazhkai DJ'' (Produced by Benny Dayal and Charles Bosco)

Hindi songs

Tamil songs

Telugu songs

Malayalam songs

Kannada songs

Bengali songs

Gujarati songs

Marathi songs

Urdu songs

Awards and honors

Won * 54th Filmfare Awards – RD Burman Award for New Music Talent – "Kaise Mujhe" for ('' Ghajini'') * 2009 Stardust Awards — Max Stardust Awards for New Musical Sensation – "Pappu Can't Dance" for (''

Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na ''Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na'' ( ''Whether You Know Or Not'') is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language coming of age romantic comedy film written and directed by Abbas Tyrewala and produced by Mansoor Khan and Aamir Khan under Aamir Khan Productions, wi ...

'') * Ananda vikadan cinema awards – Best playback singer – Make

Live performances

*At IIT jodhpur, on 23 February 2020 *At Riviera 2020, VIT Vellore, on 13 February 2020 *At ECHOES 2020, IIM Kozhikode, on 8 February 2020 *At Standard Chartered T&I,Annual Staff Day 2019 December,MGM beach Resorts,Chennai. *At Imperium 2019, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon *At Festember 2019, National Institute of technology, Tiruchirapalli * At Shivaji College (vibration '19), New Delhi on 21 February 2019 * Ranchi Gymkhana club, Ranchi, 20 January 2019 * At Biocon Bangalore (Invivo 40), Bengaluru on 18 February 2019 * At IIM Bangalore (Unmaad – Cultural Fest), Bengaluru on 2 February 2019 * At Madras Christian College, Chennai on 24 January 2019. * At Bacardi NH7 Weekender, Pune on 7 December 2018. * Redbull Music festival,Kochi, 24 November 2018 * At Thapar University, Patiala on 19 November 2018. * At Manpho Convention Center, Bangalore (AT&T Family Day "Odessey 2020") on 18 November 2018 * The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Abu Dhabi Chapter, 16 November 2018 * AIIMS Raipur on 28 October 2018 * At Mountain View, California (Gaana Music Festival) on 19 May 2018. * At Vijayawada (K L University)Samyak 2018 on 24 March 2018. *

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2018, Annual Cultural festival of

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, on 18 March 2018. *

NITK Surathkal National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), also known as NITK Surathkal, formerly known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC), is a public technical university at Surathkal, Mangalore. It was founded in 1960 as KREC while to ...

on 3 March 2018 as part of the cultural festival Incident 2018 (Day 3, Pro Shows) * At Goa (Royal Enfield Raider Maniya)Live in concert on 19 November 2017. * Manipal Institute of Technology on 11 March 2017 as part of Revels, the annual cultural festival of MIT. * At IIT Hyderabad (ELAN- NVISION) Live in Concert on 21 January 2017 * 2017– at world orange festival, Nagpur Maharashtra ... Nikhil.k *

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at its annual cultural fest (

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– 2016) on 22 April 2016 * Anaadyanta at the

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, Bangalore on 5 March 2016 * At PBWA Powai Sarvajanin Durgotsav—Live in Concert on 21 October 2015 * Spirit of Wipro Run 2015 – Wipro Limited, Bangalore on 20 September 2015 * Zee London Mela – London, England on 6 September 2015 * In "Spandan'2015" conducted by JIPMER, Pondicherry on 2 September 2015 *

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(CNE), Toronto, Canada on 23 August 2015 *

Amrita School of Engineering Amrita Schools of Engineering are private engineering schools in India part of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Coimbatore which is spread across its five campuses in Amritapuri (Kollam), Bangalore, Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, and Ama ...

, Coimbatore for ''Anokha'' '15 (Amrita's annual technical festival) on 7 March 2015 *

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Hyderabad annual fest Ekatvam in January 2015 * Infosys Limited, Bangalore,

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for Rebeca '14 on 27 April 2014 * JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bangalore at its annual Techno-Cultural Fest (VERVE – 2014) on 26 April 2014 * Symbiosis Center for Management Studies at its annual Sympulse, in

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, on 15 January 2014 * Annual Cultural Festival OASIS 2014 of Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani *

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on 16 November 2013 at its annual management festival, Quo Vadis *

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2013, the annual cultural festival of

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* 2013 – Annual Cultural Fest, Siliguri Institute of Technology, Siliguri, West Bengal. *

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at Techxetra on 27 October 2013 *

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on 29 September 2013 *Institute of Medical Sciences,Banaras Hindu University (IMS, BHU,Varanasi)~ ELIXIR cultural event on 13 March 2013 * 8th mile, RV college of engineering on 20 September 2011.

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* Acharya Habba at the

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, Bangalore on 9 April 2011 *

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on 21 March 2010 as part of a cultural event *

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on 5 March 2010, with Stephen Devassy and others *

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as a part of the cult fest Kuruksastra in 2009 *

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on 26 March 2009 as part of the cultural festival Ragam '09

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dayal, Benny 1984 births Living people Musicians from Kollam Singers from Kollam Tamil playback singers Bollywood playback singers Indian male playback singers Kannada playback singers Artists from Kollam Telugu playback singers Singers from Kerala Film musicians from Kerala Indian expatriates in the United Arab Emirates 21st-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian male singers People from Abu Dhabi