Naresh Iyer (born 3 January 1981) is an Indian playback singer. Born Mumbai, Iyer is fluent in Malayalam,Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Marathi. Naresh Iyer has rendered 2000 film songs in several Indian languages and has several

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s to his credit. His rendition of "Roobaroo" from the movie ''

Rang De Basanti ''Rang De Basanti'' () is a 2006 Indian drama film written, produced and directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, and co-written by Rensil D'Silva. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Aamir Khan, Siddharth, R. Madhavan, Atul Kulkar ...

'' composed by

A. R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in int ...

topped the music charts for many weeks in 2006 and won him the

National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer The following is a list of winners of the National Film Award (Silver Lotus Award) for Best Male Playback singer. The award was first granted to Mahendra Kapoor in the year 1967. The singers whose performances have won awards have worked in nine ...

. He won the Filmfare award in the R.D. Burman Musical Talent category.

Early life

Naresh Iyer was born to Shankar Iyer and Radha on 3 January 1981 and brought up in Matunga,

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...

. He has a younger sister named Nisha Iyer, who is an upcoming self-taught Professional Artist. He attended

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where he received his Degree in Commerce. After graduation he intended to become a Chartered Accountant and was practicing CA and side by side was learning

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and

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too.

Career

Naresh was spotted by composer

in a reality talent show, Channel V's ''Super Singer''. Though he did not win the show, Naresh was later contacted by A. R. Rahman and made his debut with the song "Mayilirage" from '' Anbe Aaruyire''. He has also sung for other composers in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam. Naresh is also the vocalist of a

based fusion band called Dhvani. He also won the R.D. Burman Award as the best male upcoming singer. The same year he also won the National Award for Best Playback Singer(Male) for his rendition of "Rubaroo" from the movie "Rang De Basanti".

Awards

* 2006 –

for the song "Roobaroo" from ''

'' * 2007:

Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent The Filmfare R. D. Burman Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. Named in honour of music director R. D. Burman, the award recognises new and upcoming talent in the Bollywood music ind ...

– ''

'' * 2007 - Nominated for IIFA Award for Roobaroo along with Mr.A.R.Rahman * 2007 –

Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Tamil The Tamil Filmfare Best Male Playback Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine for best playback singer as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Tamil films. The award was first presented in 2005 with Karthik as winner. Superlatives Winne ...

for the song "Mundhinam Parthenae" from ''

Vaaranam Aayiram ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon and produced by Venu Ravichandran of Aascar Films. The film stars Suriya in dual lead roles as father and son, with Sam ...

'' * 2006 –

* 2005 – Hub Award for Best Playback Singer for the song "Mayilarage" from '' Anbe Aaruyire'' * 2006 – Kannadasan Award for Best Male Debut * 2008 – Hub Award for Best Playback Singer for the song "Mundhinam Parthenae" from ''

'' * 2010 – South Scope Award for Best Male Playback singer for the song "Oru Vetkam Varudhe" from Pasanga * 2011 – Uninor Mirchi Music Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Nenu Nuvantu" from Orange

Discography

Soundtracks

Hindi songs

* 2006 - ''

'' (Rubaru) * 2011 - '' Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji'' (Tere Bin Reprise)

Tamil songs

Telugu songs

Malayalam songs

Film- Usthad Hotel- ''Mel Mel Mel'' (Co - Singer : Anna Katharina Valayil) Film - Anwar- ''Kanninima Neele'' (Co - Singer : Shreya Ghoshal) Film - ''

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'' - ''Nee Mazhavillu Polen'' (Co - Singer :

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] Film- Chewing Gum - ''En Jeevane'' (Co - Singer : Shwetha M)

References

External links

* https://www.facebook.com/nareshiyer.officialpage/ * {{DEFAULTSORT:Iyer, Naresh 1981 births Tamil playback singers Indian male playback singers Bollywood playback singers Kannada playback singers Living people Singers from Mumbai Filmfare Awards South winners Best Male Playback Singer National Film Award winners