Yugendran

Yugendran
Born	Yugendran Vasudevan (1976-12-20) 20 December 1976 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Citizenship	Singapore
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	1987–2013; 2023-present
Spouse	Hayma Malini
Children	Visashan Naarayan Yugendran Kishan Naarayan Yugendran Darshan Naarayan Yugendran

Yugendran (born Yugendran Vasudevan on 20 December 1976) is an Indian actor and singer who has sung several songs in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. He is also an occasional music director and host.

Personal life

Yugendran is the son of the late Malaysian origin Tamil language playback singer-actor Malaysia Vasudevan. He has two sisters named Pavithra and Prashanthini. Prashanthini is a Tamil playback singer as well and has sung in films such as 12B, Veyil and Vaaranam Aayiram.

Yugendran performed in the Launch of a Tamil radio station in Sri Lanka called Swarna Oli in 1999, where he met his wife, Hayma Malini, a popular RJ host. His wife Hayma Malini who was born and raised in Singapore, holds an Singapore citizenship. Together they have three children, Visashan Naarayan(21 yrs), Kishan Naarayan (20 yrs) and Darshan Naarayan Nair (11 yrs). He, his wife and children had previously resided in India, Malaysia and Singapore. They currently reside in Auckland, New Zealand and runs his own events company Rambutan Media Works NZ Limited.

Music career

Yugendran started out in the music industry as a Mridangamist and made his debut solo performance at the age of 10. His mridangam arangetram had Dr. Balamurali Krishna accompanying him on the viola and was attended by Illaiyaraja himself. His first song was for the movie Uzhavan Magan, "Senthoorave poove", where he sang the shepherd boy's voice. He went on to sing in stage shows with his father in India as well as overseas. Till the age of 14, he used to sing the female portion of the duets his father rendered on stage. After his voice broke, he went on to do solo performances in countries such as Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia and America, even before becoming a playback singer.

Yugendran's debut as a playback singer was with the song "Pollaachi Santhaiyile" (in the film Rojavanam). This was followed by "Parthein Parthein" in the movie Parthein Rasithein. He has rendered most of the songs for Baradwaj. He has sung in the music of the Ilaiyaraaja and also the Oscar award winner A. R. Rahman and the younger music directors of today, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Sri Kanth Deva to Deva, Sirpy and Adidtyan.

Yugendran continues to sing to date, his latest being the song from Goa. He also composes music. He has composed music for Veeramum Eeramum and Balam and he did the re-recording for Aghatiyan's movie Nenjathai Killaathe, starring Vikranth. His latest venture, Nellai Santhippu, released in 2012.

Acting career

Yugendran was initially supposed to make his acting debut through Raja Kantheeban's Mouname in 1998, but the project was shelved. Yugendran Vasudevan’s debut was in the movie Poovellam Un Vasam opposite Ajith Kumar and Jyothika. He went on to doing more movies with Illaiya Thalapathy Vijay. His latest movie is Yuddham Sei, a Mysskin movie of 2011. He has acted as a hero in 3 movies: Kaiyodu Kai, Ulla Kadathal and Pachai Nirame.

He has acted in TV serials such as Savithree, Kolangal, Megala and Idhayam. He has acted in TV Dramas in countries such as Singapore and Malaysia. His latest come back would be in film The Greatest of All Time directed by his close friend and ace director Venkat Prabhu. He is appearing with Ilayathalapathy Vijay after 18 years.

Host

Yugendran started out hosting Musical programs on Jaya TV and went on to hosting more musical shows on Sun TV and VJ TV. He then was also roped in to host other genre programs, especially reality programs such as Treasure Hunt on Jaya TV and a couples contest show on the same Channel. Recently he has organised online 8 hours music tribute to his father Thiru. Malaysia Vasudevan on 75th Birthday with all renowned singers

TV Producer

Yugendran started a company called Rambutan Productions in India and Rambutan Media Works in Singapore. He is currently producing programs for India, Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. He runs the company with his wife, Hayma Malini. He did TV shows in Singapore under Rambutan Media Works, which includes Endrendrum Punnagai (Film Based), Sollathaan Ninaikirain (Talk show), Vidumurai Vasantham (Holiday Variety), Kondaattam (info-ed) and Achamillai Achamillai (Talk show for women by women). Rambutan Media Works is now changed to 23 Frames Pte Ltd. and is currently producing the children's variety series "Vilaiyaattu Pasanga" (https://www.facebook.com/VilayaattuPasanga). He also directed a Reality Game Show on Starhub Varnam Television. He acted in a Singapore Tele-movie Sathurangam, which was telecasted in Singapore on Father's Day 2016 on Vasantham (MediaCorp).

Filmography

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	Poovellam Un Vasam	Karna
2002	Enge Enadhu Kavithai	Auto driver	Guest appearance
	Youth	Pratap
	Bagavathi	Anand
	Kadhal Samrajyam		Unreleased
2003	Student Number 1	Sathya
	Kaiyodu Kai	Manik (Manikkam)
	Anbe Anbe	Shiva
	Thayumanavan	Veeramuthu
2004	Madurey	Jeevan
	Oru Murai Sollividu	Sundar
2005	Thirupachi	Inspector Veluchamy
	Ulla Kadathal	Robert
	Saadhuryan	Manoj
	Alaiyadikkuthu
2006	Amirtham	Veerayan
2007	Mudhal Kanave	David
2008	Nenjathai Killadhe	Inspector Meyyappan
	Muniyandi Vilangial Moonramandu	Raju
	Pachai Nirame	Manoj
2009	Kannukulle	Dhanasekhar
	Newtonin Moondram Vidhi	Deva
	Rajadhi Raja	Advocate
2011	Yuddham Sei	Inba
2012	Kathalaanain		Singapore film
2013	Vizha	Manimaaran
2024	Kaazh	Lead actor	Yet to be released. Filmed & Produced in Australia (During the Pandemic, non-lock down times)
2024	The Greatest of All Time	Protaganist	September 5. Film directed by Venkat Prabhu

As singer

Song Name	Album Name	Co-singers	Music
A samba A samba	Pandavar Bhoomi	Subha, TL. Maharajan	Bharadwaj
Thozha Thozha	Pandavar Bhoomi	Chtira Sivaraman	Bharadwaj
Aadi Aadi Vamma	Indran	Srivarthini	Mani Sharma
Adida! Nayaandiya	Goa	S.P.B.Charan	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Autograph	I Love You Daa	Pop Shalini	Bharadwaj
Carolinaa	Kadhal Sadugudu	Karthik	Deva
Cherry Cherry Oh Cherry	Love Channel	Anuradha Sriram	Deva
Enna Parkurai	Thavamai Thavamirundhu	Suchitra	Sabesh–Murali
Kalayanamthan Katti	Saamy	Kay Kay, Srilekha Parthasarathy	Harris Jeyaraj
Kilakke Paarthen	Autograph		Bharadwaj
Koodaimela Kooda Vetchu	Kannan Varuvaan	K.S. Chitra, S. P. B. Charan	Sirpy
Kozhi Vandhadha	Aahaa..!	Anuradha Sriram, Malaysia Vasudevan, Sujatha	Deva
Mekki Mekki	Kaadhal Thirudaa	Anuradha Sriram	Bharani
Mullai Poo	Kadhal Samrajyam	S.P.B.Charan, Venkat Prabhu	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Muthal Muthalai	Lesa Lesa	Srimathumitha, Tippu	Harris Jeyaraj
Nenjathai Killadhe	Nenjathai Killadhe	Prashanthini	Premji Amaren
Oh Shalalala Jamaai	Junior Senior	Prem, Yuvan Shankar Raja	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Oh.. Maria	Kadhalar Dhinam	Devan, Febi Mani	A. R. Rahman
Oru Mathiri	Kee Moo	Prashanthini	Elngo Kalaivanan
Parthen Parthen	Parthen Rasithen	Reshmi	Bharadwaj
Patthe Patthe	Relax	Chorus	Deva
Picaso Oviyam	Royal Family	Prasad	Bharani
Poddale Kaddila	Kathal Jaathi	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Ilayaraja
Rosapoo Uthadula	Thamizh	Anuradha Sriram	Bharadwaj
Sudumvarai Neruppu	Jananam	Balaji, Karthik, Timmy, Tippu	Bharadwaj
Suthuthae Suthuthaey	Nepali		Srikanth Deva
Pollaachi Sandhaiyile	Rojavanam		Bharadwaj
Vilakkuvonu Thiriya Paarkudhu	Devathayai Kanden	Malathi	Deva

As music director

Year	Film	Notes
2007	Veeramum Eeramum
2008	Nenjathai Killadhe	composed only one song
2009	Balam
2011	Nellai Santhippu
2012	Kathalaanain

Television

Year	Programme / Show	Role	Channel	Language	Notes
2023	Bigg Boss Tamil 7	Contestant	Vijay TV	Tamil	Evicted Day 28

External links

• Songs sung by Yugendran

Actor Yugendran Latest Stills Photos