Ganesh Sundaram (born 30 May 1969) is an Indian playback singer active mainly in

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films.

About

Ganesh Sundaram was born to Mr N. Sundaram Chettiyar and Mrs Meenakshi in 1969 at

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. Later he was taken to

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, the cultural capital of

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and had his primary schooling there at the Thekkumbhagam govt upper primary school. He then moved to

govt boys high school and

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Govt higher secondary school. During these school years Ganesh earned enough and more affection from teachers and students as a singer and admirer of arts and Men.

Early life

He started taking lessons in carnatic music at an age of ten. Mrs Lailu was his first guru in carnatic music and later musicians like S.K.Subrahmaniam, Kanjangad Sreenivasan, Kaavalam Sreekumar, Mrs Indira and Tomy Thomas gave him with music lessons. His competence in vocal recital searched higher realms as he progressed from schooling to university education. Prizes and praises that went his way were proofs of his in-born capacity as a musician. As a result, 1988, when he was just 19, he became one of the beloved stars of the professional ganamela stages. In 1989, he was selected to be a Bgrade artist in All India Radio. Just two years later he was elevated to B-high grade artist.

Discography

The work that marked his irrefutable presence in the devotional sector was "Guruthipooja", a devotional offering to the Chottanikkara Devi, It was really a big hit that it later had almost 20 imitations. "Guruthipooja" was preceded by equally great works like "Padmahara priya", "AAlilakkanna", "Sivaranjini", "Sivapooja", "Kaayamboo varnan", "Sree Theertha pradayini", "Devyai Nama", "Amme Nama" etc.

Playback episode

A number of prominent film directors and composers have made of his vocals in their works. This list includes

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, Jayaraj, Kamal Jibu Jacob, Ranjith Sankar,

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, Kaithapram Viswanathan, Vayalar Sarathchandran, Gireesh Puthencheri, Anil panachooran, Santhosh varma, Biji Bal, Afsal Yusuf and S.Balakrishnan. Songs like "Himakanamaniyumee", "Kaayal karayilake pon naaru", "Thaara jaalam", "Changazhi muthumai", "Orukodi tharangale", "Venalozhiyunnu", and "Punchirikkannulla" remain popular. Ganesh has sung for more than 20 Movies in Malayalam like ''Veneesile Vyapari'', ''Violin'', ''Kudumbasree Travels'', ''Loud Speaker'', ''Minnaminnikoottam'', ''Kayamkulam Kanaran'', ''Sree Rama Rajyam'', ''Mayakkazhcha Parankimala'', ''Daivathinte Swantham Cletus'', ''Vikramadithyan'', and ''Vellimoonga'', one multilingual movie (''Swamy'') and one Tamil movie (''Chempattai'').

Awards and accolades

#Got the KERALA SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY AWARD( Best singer for dramas in 2006) # Won prizes for light Music in M.G University Youth Festivals for 3 years consecutively with effect from 1993. # Got 1ST prize in the National Level Competition held by SANGAM KALA GROUP, NEW DELHI. # Have been graded as a B-high artist of AIR in 1989. #Have the Credit of singing around 4000 songs for about 800 Albums which include Hindu, Christian and Muslim devotionals, love songs,Patriotic songs etc. in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Konkani languages. # Have the credit of singing in more than 50 dramas including one Bengali Drama

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sundaram, Ganesh 1969 births Living people Malayalam playback singers Indian male playback singers 20th-century Indian singers Malayali people Singers from Kochi Film musicians from Kerala 20th-century Indian male singers