Rahul Nambiar is an Indian

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and live performer. An

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and M.Com-graduate, he won the Swapthaswarangal show in 2001 and began singing live. He sung more than 2000 songs in movies,He later ventured into

playback singing 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 ...

, performing for many leading South Indian film composers in various languages.

Career

Rahul hails from

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, Kerala and was brought up in Delhi and Chennai. After completing his

and M.Com, Rahul started working for two years in a bank, which he felt was too "monotonous", before performing at live shows with

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. In 2001, he won the Sun TV Sapthaswarangal contest, beating 3000 contestants, following which he decided to pursue a singing career. Rahul was introduced as a

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in the Tamil film ''

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''. In 2009, Rahul joined hands with his longtime friend and bass player

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to form a band named RAHLAAP. The duo released a self-titled album in

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language based on "Music beyond genres", on which they had worked for four years. He is considered a versatile singer, having sung in various genres such as Western, Carnatic, light music and hip-hop. Rahul has performed more than 400 live shows around India and abroad, and over 350 songs for films, most prominent ones being

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's "Vasantha Mullai" (''

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''),

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's "Adada Mazhada" (''

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'') which fetched him his first

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nomination for the Best Male Playback Singer Award. In 2012, he won his first

award in the Best Male Playback Singer Award category for

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's "Guruvaram" song (''

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''). He has also lent his voice for several ad jingles. Rahul Nambiar since 2019 is also part of a trio called ''MAKKA'' with his musician friends

and

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, where they perform some rocking cine and non-film songs. Their performance is an extension of their years of friendship. MAKKA has released quite a few cover songs on their Youtube channel & their own compositions like Valentine Oru Vaalu & MAKKA SONG.

Discography

References

External links

RAHLAAP – official website

- Rahul Nambiar's YouTube Page

RAHLAAP - RAHLAAP's YouTube page

- MAKKA's YouTube page

- MAKKA reference
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nambiar, Rahul Living people Indian male playback singers 21st-century Indian singers Telugu playback singers Tamil playback singers Malayalam playback singers Kannada playback singers Singers from Kannur Film musicians from Kerala Indian male pop singers 21st-century Indian male singers 1981 births