Sai Vignesh is an Indian Carnatic vocalist, playback singer, and musician in

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music and cinema. He shot to the limelight after being on

Airtel Super Singer 4 ''Airtel Super Singer 4'', the fourth season of Airtel Super Singer, premiered on 4 February 2013. The show was a reality-based Indian singing competition in Tamil that aired on STAR Vijay. It was designed to be a talent hunt to find the bes ...

. Sai made his debut in playback singing in 2018 with Eghantham. In 2022, he sang in several hit films like

Sita Ramam ''Sita Ramam'' is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language period romantic drama written and directed by Hanu Raghavapudi. Produced by Vyjayanthi Movies and Swapna Cinema, the film stars Dulquer Salmaan, Mrunal Thakur (in her Telugu debut), Rashmika Mand ...

and Kantara. He also was part of the chorus in the hit 2022 film Ponniyin Selvan: I. Sai made his Telugu playback singing debut in 2022 with "Anuragam Asai" from Daarunam. He is best known for the Kannada song "Varaha Roopam" from Kantara.

Biography

Sai is an All India Radio "A" high grade artist and is an empaneled artist of ICCR, Government of India. He was in top 10 position in the singing reality show

. He was the winner of “Sing with Shankar Mahadevan Contest 2014“ conducted by Shankar Mahadevan Academy and got an opportunity to perform with Shankar Mahadevan at Banglore. He has performed with

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in his live concerts at Singapore, Perth, Erode, Chennai, Trichy and other places. He was also the mentor for "Star Singer" (a reality show in Jaya Tv). In 2021, Sai co-founded an Indo-Classical Contemporary Fusion band called GANDIVA alongside dancer-choreographer Kavya Muralidaran. Sai made his debut playback with “Oora Nenjila” song for the movie Eghaantham (2018) composed by Ganesh Raghavendra and also was part of “Kaalai Theme” song in 2018 for the movie

Kadaikutty Singam ''Kadaikutty Singam'' () is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Pandiraj and produced by Suriya on his studio 2D Entertainment. The film features an ensemble cast of Karthi, Sayyeshaa, Sathyaraj, Soori, Vi ...

composed by D.Imman. In 2022, Sai had two successful releasing includes "Kurumugil" from the movie

composed by Vishal Chandrasekar and "Varaha Roopam" from the movie Kantara. Sai made his Telugu playback singing debut in 2022 with "Anuragam Asai" from Daarunam. In August, 2023 Sai was part of a unique concert experience called "Concert in the Dark" to raise awareness for the visually impaired where he and other musicians were to perform blindfolded. This initiative was conceived by Anil Srinivasan.https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/pianist-anil-srinivasan-navin-napier-and-krishna-kishor-along-with-sai-vignesh-will-be-performing-at-a-concert-in-hyderabad-on-august-24-2023/article67208559.ece

Playback Songs List

* "Oora Nenjila" Eghaantham (2018) * "Kaalai Theme" Kadaikutty Singam (2018) * "Kurumugil"

(2022) * "Rocketry's Shri Venkatesa Suprabatham" Rocketry:_The_Nambi_Effect (2022) * "Devaralan Aattam" Ponniyin_Selvan:_I (2022) - part of the backing vocals * "Varaha Roopam"

Kantara_(film) ''Kantara'' () is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film written and directed by Rishab Shetty, and produced by Vijay Kiragandur, under Hombale Films. The film stars Shetty as a Kambala champion who is at loggerheads with an upri ...

(2022) - Kannada (used in other languages) * "Anuragam Asai" Daarunam (2022) * "Nedumudi Yeaganein" Striker (2023) * "Aroro Ariraaro" Ayothi (2023) * "Sollamale Sollamale" Virupaksha (2023) * "Acchacchacho" Mr. Natwarlal (2023) - Kannada * “Nan Hudugi” - Unlock Raghava (2023) - Kannada * "Nagu Hoove" - Kaiva (2023) - Kannada

Awards

Playback Singing

Other Awards and Recognitions * Recipient of Bharat Ratna Dr.M.S.Subbulakshmi Fellowship In Music from Shanmuganandha Sabha , Mumbai * Excellence Award 2021 from Sri Sathya Sai Organization, Puttaparthi * “Best Concert” Award from the Music Academy, Chennai for HCL Concerts Series 2019 * “Best Vocal” artist from the Music Academy, Chennai for Spirit of Youth Festival 2018 * “Sangeetha Nakshathra” Award from Maham Enterprises for the year 2018 * “Top Voices for the Future 2017” from TAG, Carnatic Music Forum and Shruti's 3rd Talent Hunt 2017 * “Bala Kala Ratna” award for the year 2016 from Bala Kala Sagaram Trust, Chennai. * ISAI award for Carnatic vocal music from Lions Club of Golden Cultural Capital for the year 2016 * Runner up in “Times Thyagaraja Award” 2014 conducted by the Times of India. * “Valayapatti Kashyap Award” for Carnatic Vocal Music for the year 2011.

References

External links

Sai Vignesh Official

Interview With India Glitz Nov 2022

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