Dhivagaran Santhosh (also known as ''Diwakar'') is an Indian

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 app ...

and live performer. He is best known for winning season 4 of ''

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'', a

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musical

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show which was telecast from December 2012 to February 2014 on

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Career

Television works

Diwakar participated in various reality TV musical competitions telecast on various

TV channels, including

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's '' Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2009 Challenge'',

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's ''Hariyudan Naan'', and season 2 of Sun TV's ''

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''. In 2012, Diwakar was crowned runner up in

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's ''Voice of Tamil Nadu''. On 1 February 2014, he was crowned the winner of season 4 of the ''

'' music competition telecast on

, having received the greatest number of viewer votes. During the show's grand finale, Diwakar's performance of the song "Neeye Unakku Endrum" from the film '' Bale Pandiya'' prompted a standing ovation from the audience and a kiss on his forehead from playback singer,

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Playback singing and recordings

Diwakar recorded his first song as a playback singer for music director

D. Imman Immanuel Vasanth Dinakaran (born 24 January 1983), better known as D. Imman, is an Indian film composer and singer, predominantly working in Tamil cinema. Also worked in Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, and Hindi film industry. His first film as mu ...

for the movie 'Panchu Mittai'. However, his voice as a playback singer was first released in the

movie, ''

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'', for a song co-sung by playback singers

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and

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Film songs

Albums

Filmography

Television

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1990 births Living people Indian male playback singers Tamil playback singers Singers from Chennai