Kapil Kapilan is an Indian singer who works in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam cinema. His breakthrough song came with "Adiye" from the Tamil film ''

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Early life

Kapilan is from

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, Kerala. He studied at

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before moving to

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to pursue a career in music.

Career

Kapilan began his career in 2017 in three languages with "Champesaave Nannu" from the Telugu film ''

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''; "Baduke Neenentha Nataka" from the Kannada film ''

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''; and "Usiredukkum Kootam" from the Tamil film ''

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''. Kapilan's career took a new turn with "Adiye", from the Tamil film ''

'' (2021), for which he won the SIIMA Award for Best Playback Singer – Tamil. He also won the

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for the song "Kanave" from the unreleased Malayalam film ''Pallotty 90s Kids''.

Discography

References

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