Ekambaresh Lakshmi Narayanan, better known by his stage name Tippu (born 1 November 1978) is an Indian

playback singer 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 ...

who has performed over 4000 songs in

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Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

, and

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languages.

Biography

Tippu has sung over 4000 songs in various languages such as

and

. He has sung many hit songs in his career. He has lent his voice for the films starring South Indian super stars like

Dr. Vishnuvardhan Sampath Kumar (18 September 1950 – 30 December 2009), known by his stage name Vishnuvardhan, was an Indian actor predominantly in Kannada cinema. He is regarded as one of the popular cultural icon of Karnataka. Vishnuvardhan is often referred ...

and

Rajinikanth Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 160 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannad ...

. He has sung for many stars in South India, but it is his combination with Kannada super star

Puneeth Rajkumar Puneeth Rajkumar (17 March 1975 – 29 October 2021), colloquially known as Appu, was an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter, and producer, who worked in Kannada cinema. He was the youngest son of actor and matinee idol Dr. Rajk ...

that has struck a chord with the audience. This combination has given many hit songs to the industry. The songs 'Shiva antha hoguthidde' from ''Jackie'', 'Yaavanig gothu' from ''Paramaathma'', 'Hey hey Paaru' from ''Raaj'', 'Hejjegondu hejje' from ''Prithvi'', and 'Ley Ley' from ''Raam'' have all been major hits. His combination with the music director

V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, playback singer and film producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada films. After his stint as a programmer and assistant musician, Harikrishna made h ...

is very popular. They have delivered hit songs like 'Aakasha ishta aagideyo' from ''Gaalipata'', 'Shiva antha hoguthidde' from ''Jackie'', 'Yaavanig gothu' from ''Paramaathma'', 'Hey hey Paaru' from ''Raaj'', 'Ley Ley' from ''Raam'', 'Junglee Shivalingu' from ''Junglee'', and 'Edeyolage guitar' from ''Only Vishnuvardhana'', most of them written by top lyricist and filmmaker

Yogaraj Bhat Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian Kannada film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer. He is most known for the 2006 film ''Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office collections in the history of Kannad ...

Discography

Telugu discography

Tamil songs

Kannada songs

Hindi songs

Awards

In 2010, Tippu won the

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), origi ...

for the song "Hey Paaru" from the film ''

Raaj the Showman ''Raaj-The Showman'' is a 2009 Kannada language drama film starring Puneeth Rajkumar and Priyanka Kothari, who made her debut in Kannada films. And Ramnitu chaudhary in the guest appearance The film was directed by Prem. Pavan Ranadheera, who w ...

'' composed by the top most composer of the Kannada Film Industry

. Tippu was awarded the

Kalaimamani The Kalaimamani is the highest civilian award in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. These awards are given by the ''Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram'' (literature, music and theatre), a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of ...

by the Government of Tamil Nadu in 2007.

References

External links

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Tippu's discography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tippu Tamil singers Telugu playback singers Malayalam playback singers Living people Indian male playback singers Musicians from Tiruchirappalli Kannada playback singers Tamil playback singers 1978 births