Shahul Hameed (

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

: சாகுல் ஹமீது; 1953-1998) was an Indian playback singer who sang predominantly in

Tamil cinema Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywo ...

under the music direction of the Academy winner A. R. Rahman. His association with the composer dates back to the TV jingles in the 1980s. He is most known for songs, ''Rasaathi En Usuru'' from ''

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'' (1993), ''Senthamizh Naatu Thamizhachiye'' from ''

Vandicholai Chinraasu ''Vandicholai Chinraasu'' is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed and co-written by Manoj Kumar, and produced by Vivekananda Pictures. This remains the only Sathyaraj film as hero where A. R. Rahman composed the music. It was r ...

'' (1994), '' Urvasi Urvasi'' from ''

Kadhalan ''Kadhalan'' ( ) is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film written and directed by S. Shankar and produced by K. T. Kunjumon. The film stars Prabhu Deva and Nagma (in her major Tamil cinema debut), while Vadivelu, Raghuvaran, ...

'' (1994), ''Vaarayo Thozhi'' from '' Jeans'' (1998).

Early life and career

Shahul used to be a regular TV show singer in the 1980s. He has sung more than 30 songs in ''Isaithendral'' and other shows. He was highly noticed on the television in the year 1982. During this time, he met A. R. Rahman who was also popular in composing TV jingles. Their first association was for the album ''Deen Isai Mazhai'', a Muslim Devotional album in 1989. There were some songs from this combination in the early 1990s and they became close friends.

Death

Shahul died in a car crash in 1998, near

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Discography

Tamil

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* 1953 births 1998 deaths Tamil playback singers 20th-century Indian singers Singers from Chennai Indian male playback singers Road incident deaths in India 20th-century Indian male singers {{India-singer-stub