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Pradeep Kumar
File:Pradeep kumar.jpg
Background information
Birth namePradeep Kumar Vijayakumar
Also known asV. Pradeep Kumar, Pradeep Vijay, amar, jiiva
Born1986
Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
GenresPlayback singing
Occupation(s)Singer, Music Director
Years active2013–present

Pradeep Kumar (born 1986) is an Indian playback singer and music director who has worked in Tamil language films. After beginning his career as a Carnatic musician, in the 2010s, he has regularly collaborated with composers Santhosh Narayanan and Sean Roldan.

Career

Born to a police inspector father and a music teacher mother, Pradeep Kumar grew up in Trichy. His mother, Lalitha Vijayakumar, taught Carnatic music through private lessons and at a government school in the area, meaning that Pradeep Kumar was constantly exposed to Carnatic music as a youngster and often joined his mother in singing at home. He later was introduced as a playback singer in Tamil cinema through the film Attakathi by Santhosh Narayanan[1] He later began studying music under J. Venkataraman from the Aalathur School of music, who became his first guru.[2]

Outside music, Pradeep Kumar studied science, wrote the engineering entrance examination and joined an engineering college in Thanjavur hoping to become a theoretical physicist. However after a week, he decided to opt out of college. As a backup career plan, he instead pursued a diploma course in audio engineering, which also taught him more about sound composition.[2] In 2003, Pradeep Kumar visited Chennai to participate in a competition conducted by the music studio, Carnatica. K. Shashikiran of Carnatica heard him sing and requested that he stay back in Chennai and subsequently from 2003 to 2005, Pradeep Kumar stayed in Chennai to collaborate with Carnita, and his parents joined him later.[2] He continued to perform in katcheris across Chennai and abroad, while also briefly serving as the secretary of the Youth Association of Classical Music, Chennai.[2] Pradeep Kumar later became nuanced in western classical music after apprenticing with Augustin Paul, and also worked as an audio engineer for four years.[3] In 2014, he worked on a documentary called Arunagiri Perumale, which was a live concert recording of a three-piece Indian band along with a 16-piece chamber symphony orchestra, which had taken place in 2014, in Boston. He described the venture as his "pet project", and relied on crowd-funding to get it completed by 2017.[3][4] During the same period, he married his fellow singer, Kalyani Nair.[5] He also worked as a composer on his first film album for the Telugu project, Maine Pyar Kiya (2014).[6]

Through his work as a musician, Pradeep Kumar became acquainted with composer Santhosh Narayanan. The pair had first met in Trichy when Pradeep Kumar was 18 and then continued to jam together, while studying for the same course in audio engineering. After Santhosh Narayanan became a film composer, Pradeep Kumar regularly worked as his acoustic guitarist.[3] He later featured prominently as a singer, often collaborating with Santhosh Narayanan and another friend Sean Roldan in their albums including Jigarthanda (2014), Irudhi Suttru (2016) and Kabali (2016).[3][7] He had also worked as a lyricist in Jigarthanda.[8] In 2016, a music critic from The Hindu labelled the three as "the new-age musical trio of Tamil cinema".[9]

In 2017, Pradeep Kumar made his debut as a music composer in Tamil cinema after Santhosh Narayanan had convinced the producers of Meyaadha Maan to allow him to work on the film.[10] Subsequently, Rathna Kumar who directed Meyaadha Maan selects him as a music director for Amala Paul's next film, Aadai.[11]

Discography

Composer
Year Film Notes
2014 Maine Pyar Kiya
2017 Meyaadha Maan 2 songs
2019 Aadai
Singer
Year Song title Film Language Music Director Notes
2012 "Aasai Oru Pulveli" Attakathi Tamil Santhosh Narayanan
"Vazhi Parthirundhen" Tamil
"Mogathirai" Pizza Tamil
2013 "Boomiyil" Pizza II: Villa Tamil
2014 "Agasatha"
"Kodaiyila"		 Cuckoo Tamil
"Maatra Paravai" Vaayai Moodi Pesavum Tamil Sean Roldan
"Kadhal Kanave" Mundaasupatti Tamil
"Jigar" Jigarthanda Tamil Santhosh Narayanan
"Thaniyile" Aadama Jaichomada Tamil Sean Roldan
"Aagayam Theepiditha" Madras Tamil Santhosh Narayanan Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Tamil
South Indian International Movie Award for Best Male Tamil Playback Singer
Vijay Award for Best Male Playback Singer
2015 "Poo Avizhum Pozhudhil" Enakkul Oruvan Tamil
2016 "Poda Poda" Irudhi Suttru Tamil
"Aval" Manithan Tamil
"Inaivom" Maaveeran Kittu Tamil D. Imman
2016 "Maya Nadhi"
"Veera Thurandhara"
"Vaanam Paarthen"		 Kabali Tamil Santhosh Narayanan Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Male Playback Singer
2016 "Kalavani O Nadhi"
"Gunde Ninda Yenno"		 Kabali Telugu
2017 "Enna Naan Seiven"
"Megamo Aval"		 Meyaadha Maan Tamil Pradeep Kumar
Santhosh Narayanan
2017 "Ammukkutiye" Gemini Ganeshanum Suruli Raajanum Tamil D. Imman
2017 "Azhagazhaga" Karuppan Tamil
2017 "Rail Aaraaro" Nenjil Thunivirundhal Tamil
2017 "Nee Kavithaigala" Maragatha Naanayam Tamil Dhibu Ninan Thomas
2017 "Pogatha Yennavittu" Vikram Vedha Tamil Sam C.S
2017 "Mudalaothonda" C/O Surya Telugu D. Imman
2017 "Kaadhalaada" Vivegam Tamil Anirudh Ravichander
2017 "Manavi Alakinacharadate" Mental Madhilo Telugu Prashanth R Vihari
2018 "Pogaadhey Kanmaniye" Veera Tamil Leon James
"Kannamma" Kaala Santhosh Narayanan
"Thanga Sela"
"Raaye Naa Range Leela" Telugu
"Chittamma"
"Sone Ki Tu Ek Murat" Hindi
"Sengathire" Kadaikutty Singam Tamil D.Imman
"Kalavarame" Thamizh Padam 2 Kannan
"The Life of Ram" 96 Govind Vasantha
"Thaabangale"
"Iravingu Theevai"

Awards

Year Category Song Film
2015 Best Tamil Male Playback Singer Award "Aagayam Theepiditha" Madras
Year Category Song Film
2015 Best Tamil Male Playback Singer Award "Aagayam Theepiditha" Madras
Year Category Song Film
2015 Best Male Playback Singer Award "Aagayam Theepiditha" Madras
Year Category Song Film
2016 Best Male Playback Singer Award "Maya Nadhi" Kabali

References

  1. ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/Suriya-said-his-kids-loved-my-song-Lalitha/articleshow/47292646.cms
  2. ^ a b c d http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/22trichy-v-pradeep-kumar-carnatic-music.htm
  3. ^ a b c d https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/Santhosh-Narayanan-and-I-have-a-vada-poda-relationship-Pradeep-Kumar/articleshow/52449536.cms
  4. ^ http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2017/jan/22/on-a-musical-trail-to-document-a-saint-1562416.html
  5. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5XcGrzXF6A
  6. ^ https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/v-pradeep-kumar.html
  7. ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/I-have-natural-chemistry-with-Anirudh-and-Santhosh-Narayanan/articleshow/49494215.cms
  8. ^ http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/audio-beat-jigarthanda-fusion-folk-rap-and-more/article5788341.ece
  9. ^ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/%E2%80%98Vaa-machaney%E2%80%99/article14012277.ece
  10. ^ http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/meyaadha-maan-director-rathna-kumar-we-wanted-address-song-to-bring-an-end-to-female-bashing-numbers4905734/
  11. ^ https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/south-gossip/article/aadai-first-look-out-a-bruised-and-beaten-amala-paul-hangs-on-to-her-life-in-this-poster/280022

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