Siddharth Menon (born 1 July 1989) is an Indian playback singer,

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, co-founder and vocalist of

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music band. He has rendered some film songs but is most popular for his band

. His rendition of ''"Mandaracheppundo"'' from the film ''

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'' for a musical show ''Music Mojo'' in the

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channel

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topped the music charts.

Early life and education

Siddharth Menon was born in a Mumbai-settled

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family of Sathyanathan Pariyadath and Sheela on 1 July 1989, and was brought up in Mumbai. His father, Sathyanathan, is a former employee of an airline company and hails from Irinjalakkuda, Trissur. His mother, Sheela, works with the income tax department in Mumbai and hails from Vaikom, Kottayam. He studied in Vivek Vidyalaya High School, Goregaon, Maharashtra. He attended Vivek College of Commerce where he received a degree in commerce. After graduation he decided to study western classical music and joined A R Rahman’s music college,

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. At present, he resides in Kochi, Kerala. He married

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actress Tanvi Palav on 22 December 2019.

Career

Siddharth Menon grew up in Mumbai with his Malayali parents, attending competitions and youth festivals and winning prizes for music. All he has to show is about a few days he attended in Ajivasan Music Academy in

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. But that never dampened his passion for singing. He performed in the Sony TV reality show, ''

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'', and his group Nirmitee was the finalist of the show. The other members in the group were Vian Fernandez, Pranil More and Ranjana Raja. His first cousin

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composed songs for the musical show "Music Mojo" in

, and "Nostalgia" (the reincarnation of evergreen Malayalam songs), in which Siddharth sang "Mandharachepundo", became a hit on

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. Both of them together started the musical band

. Siddharth made his debut in playback singing with the song "Tharangal" in the 2013 film ''

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''. His debut into the Malayalam film industry was through the movie ''

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'' directed by V.K.Prakash in the year 2015.He has also acted and sung in Musical album''

Yelove ''Yelove'' is a Malayalam language melodic album by Ajith Mathew. The album contains a single titled "Moovanthi Chayum Neram," performed by Siddharth Menon and Shreya Ghoshal. Composed by Ajith Mathew, the song was produced by Shine Mathew and re ...

'' along with

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, the song was released on 7 June 2014. As of 2014, Yelove has achieved 1 million views on YouTube . The next year he again became a part of album ''Yami''. As of 2019, he has also acted in films like Koode,

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in supporting roles and Kadha paranja kadha and Kolambi in lead roles. He also performed in a TV show ''Autumn leaf'' on Amrita TV. He is also a stage performer and has performed in many award shows in Malayalam.

Awards

Filmography

Discography

Film Songs

Other songs

References

External links

Siddharth Menon's official Facebook page

Siddharth Menon
{{DEFAULTSORT:Menon, Siddharth 1989 births Living people Indian male playback singers Singers from Mumbai South Indian International Movie Awards winners