Naresh Iyer

Naresh Iyer
Naresh Iyer
	Naresh Iyer
Background information
Birth name	Naresh Iyer
Born	3 January 1981; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Years active	2005 – present
Website	www.facebook.com/nareshiyerofficial

Naresh Iyer (born 3 January 1981) is an Indian playback singer. Born in a Tamil speaking family from Mumbai, Iyer is fluent in Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Marathi. Naresh Iyer has rendered film songs in several Indian languages and has several chart hits to his credit. His rendition of "Roobaroo" from the movie Rang De Basanti composed by A. R. Rahman topped the music charts for many weeks in 2006 and won him the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. He also won the Filmfare award in the R.D. Burman Musical Talent category. He is one of the few playback singers to have won both a Filmfare Award and a National Award in his professional debut singing year.

Early life

Naresh Iyer was born to Shankar Iyer and Radha on 3 January 1981 and brought up in Matunga, Mumbai. He has a younger sister named Nisha Iyer, who is an upcoming self-taught Professional Artist. He attended SIES College of Commerce and Economics 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 Carnatic music and Hindustani classical music too.

Career

Naresh was spotted by composer A. R. Rahman 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.[1] He has also sung for other composers in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam.[2]

Naresh is also the vocalist of a Mumbai based fusion band called Dhvani.[3]

He also won the R.D. Burman Award as the best male upcoming singer.[4]

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 – National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Roobaroo" from Rang De Basanti
2007: Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent – Rang De Basanti
2007 - Nominated for IIFA Award for Roobaroo along with Mr.A.R.Rahman
2007 – Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Tamil for the song "Mundhinam Parthenae" from Vaaranam Aayiram
2006 – Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent
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 Vaaranam Aayiram
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

Tamil songs

Year	Film	Song Name	Composer	Co-Singer(s)
2005	Anbe Aaruyire (Ah Aah)	"Mayilirage"	A. R. Rahman	Madhushree
2005	Saravana	"Kadhal Suthudhe"	Srikanth Deva	Sadhana Sargam
2006	Varalaru	"Innisai" "Kamma Karaiyile"	A. R. Rahman	Mahathi Sowmya Raoh
	Sillunu Oru Kaadhal	"Munbe Vaa En Anbe Vaa" "Kummi Adi"	A. R. Rahman	Shreya Ghoshal Siva Chidambaram & Swarnalatha
	Rendu	"Nee En Thozhiya"	D. Imman	Sujatha Mohan
2007	Pachaikili Muthucharam	"Kadhal Konjum" "Karu Karu"	Harris Jayaraj	- Karthik & Krish
2007	Azhagiya Thamizh Magan	"Valayapatti Thavile"	A. R. Rahman	Ujjayinee & Madhumitha
2008	Velli Thirai	"Uyirile"	G. V. Prakash Kumar
	Bheema	"Oru Mugamo"	Harris Jayaraj	Krish
	Vaaranam Aayiram	"Mundhinam Parthene" "Yethi Yethi"	Harris Jayaraj	Prashanthini Benny Dayal & Solar Sai
	Sakkarakatti	"Elay"	A. R. Rahman	Krish
	Aegan	"Hey Salaa"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Blaaze & Mohammed Aslam
	Seval	"Paarvayile Oru Yekkam"	G. V. Prakash Kumar
2009	Pasanga	"Oru Vetkam Varudhe"	James Vasanthan	Shreya Ghoshal
2009	Angadi Theru	"Un Perai Sollum"	G. V. Prakash Kumar	Shreya Ghoshal & Haricharan
2010	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa	"Kannukkul Kannai"	A. R. Rahman
	Bale Pandiya	"Sirikiren" "Happy" "Bale Pandiya"	Devan Ekambaram	Various Various Velmurugan & Ranjith
	Uthamaputhiran	"Kan Irandil"	Vijay Antony
	Mynaa	"Kaiya Pudi"	D. Imman	Sadhana Sargam
	Inidhu Inidhu	"Kodi Kanavu"	Mickey J. Meyer
	Agam Puram	"Kangal Modhi"	Sundar C. Babu	Vichitra
	Engeyum Kadhal	"Thee Illai"	Harris Jayaraj	Mukesh, Gopal Rao, Mahathi & Ranina Reddy
	Thambikottai	"Noorandu Vazhga"	D. Imman	Anitha & Ilavenil
2011	Ko	"Netri Pottil"	Harris Jayaraj
	Ra.One (Dubbed version)	"Ulagam Ulagam"	Vishal-Shekhar
	Veppam	"Mazhai Varum" (male version) "Veppam"	Joshua Sridhar	- Joshua Sridhar
	Ambuli	"3D Era"	Venkat Prabu Shankar	Blaaze
	Vedi	"Kadhalikka"	Vijay Antony	Emcee Jesz & Andrea Jeremiah
	Muran	"Idhuvarai"	Sajjan Madhav	Saindhavi
	7aum Arivu	"Innum Enna Thozha"	Harris Jayaraj	Balram & Suchith Suresan
	Ra. 1	"Ulagam Ulagam"	Vishal-Shekhar
	Mayakkam Enna	"Naan Sonnadhum Mazhai Vanducha"	G. V. Prakash Kumar	Saindhavi
2012	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	"Venaam Machan"	Harris Jayaraj	Velmurugan
	Podaa Podi	"Maattikittenae"	Dharan	Suchitra & Benny Dayal
	Sattam Oru Iruttarai	"Adam Evaal"	Vijay Antony	Harini
	Samar	"Azhagho Azhaghu"	Yuvan Shankar Raja
2013	Virattu	"Podhum Podhum"	Dharan	Andrea Jeremiah
	Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara	"Enge Ponalum" (Prayer)	Siddharth Vipin	Dr. Narayana
	Ambikapathy	"Ambikapathy"	A. R. Rahman
	Endrendrum Punnagai	"Yaelae Yaelae Dhosthu Da"	Harris Jayaraj	Krish & Krishna Iyer
2016	Gethu	"Thillu Mullu "	Harris Jayaraj
2016	Babu Bangaram	"Manella Vaanela"	Gibran
2017	Mersal	"Mersal Arasan"	A. R. Rahman	G V Prakash & Viswaprasad
2019	Sagaa	"Yaayum"	Shabir	Rita
2019	Sivappu Manjal Pachai	"Idhuthaan Idhuthaan"	Siddhu Kumar	Shashaa Tripathi

Telugu songs

Year	Film	Songs	Composer	Co-Singer
2007	Munna	"Manasa"(Audio)	Harris Jayaraj	Sadhana Sargam
	Munna	"Manasa"(Film Version)	Harris Jayaraj	Mahalakshmi Iyer
	Happy Days	"Happy Days Rock"	Mickey J. Meyer
	One Love	"One Love"	A. R. Rahman
2008	Surya S/o Krishnan	"Monna Kanipinchavu"	Harris Jayaraj
2008	Kotha Bangaru Lokam	"Ok Anesa"	Mickey J. Meyer
2009	Leader	"Aaunana kaadana"	Mickey J. Meyer
2009	Katha	"Thaka Thaka"	S. K. Balachandran
2010	Ye Maaya Chesave	"Aakaasam"	A. R. Rahman
	Puli	"Amma Thalle"	A. R. Rahman	Shweta Mohan
	Orange	"Nenu Nuvvantu"	Harris Jayaraj
2011	Prema Kaidhi	"Idemiti"	D. Imman
	7th Sense	"Endukanta Joda"	Harris Jayaraj
	G.One	"Alano Elano"	Vishal-Shekhar
2012	Life is Beautiful	"Its your Love"	Mickey J. Meyer
	Routine Love Story	"Yeppatikaina"	Mickey J. Meyer
	Ko Ante Koti	"O Madhurimave"	Shanshikant Kartik
	Gajaraju	"Kanne Sogasulu"	D. Imman
2015	Superstar Kidnap	"Oh Na Manasa"	Sai Karthik
2017	Nenu Local	"Arere Yekkada	Devi Sri Prasad
2017	Kaadhali	"Lokama"	Prasan Praveen Shyam
2018	Chi La Sow
	Idi Naa Love Story
	Nannu Dochukunduvate
	Anagana O Prema Katha	"Nuvvaina Gurthu Cheyyava"	KC Anjan
	Aithe 2.O
2019	Raagala 24 Gantallo	"Aakasanne"	Raghu Kunche	Muskan Sethi

Malayalam songs

Film- Usthad Hotel- Mel Mel Mel (Co - Singer : Anna Katharina Valayil)

Film - Anwar- Kanninima Neele (Co - Singer : Shreya Ghoshal)

Film - Finals - Nee Mazhavillu Polen (Co - Singer : Priya Prakash Varrier)

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

References

"Naresh Iyer on a high note". Deccan Chronicle. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
Chaudhuri, Debanjana (25 December 2005). "Sing with me". Express India. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
Ramamoorthy, Mangala (24 March 2007). "On a melodious track". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
Ramamoorthy, Mangala (22 March 2007). "Melodious track". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 February 2009.

External links

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[1] "Naresh Iyer on a high note". Deccan Chronicle. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2016.

[2] Chaudhuri, Debanjana (25 December 2005). "Sing with me". Express India. Retrieved 23 February 2009.

[3] Ramamoorthy, Mangala (24 March 2007). "On a melodious track". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 May 2009.

[4] Ramamoorthy, Mangala (22 March 2007). "Melodious track". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 February 2009.

National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer
1967–1980	Mahendra Kapoor (1967) Manna Dey (1968) S. D. Burman (1969) Manna Dey (1970) Hemant Kumar (1971) K. J. Yesudas (1972) K. J. Yesudas (1973) Mukesh (1974) M. Balamuralikrishna (1975) K. J. Yesudas (1976) Mohammed Rafi (1977) Shimoga Subbanna (1978) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1979) Anup Ghoshal (1980)
1981–2000	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1981) K. J. Yesudas (1982) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1983) Bhimsen Joshi (1984) Jayachandran (1985) Hemant Kumar (1986) K. J. Yesudas (1987) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1988) Ajoy Chakrabarty (1989) M. G. Sreekumar (1990) K. J. Yesudas (1991) Rajkumar (1992) K. J. Yesudas (1993) P. Unni Krishnan (1994) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1995) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1996) Hariharan (1997) Sanjeev Abhyankar (1998) M. G. Sreekumar (1999) Shankar Mahadevan (2000)
2001–present	Udit Narayan (2001) Udit Narayan (2002) Sonu Nigam (2003) Udit Narayan (2004) Naresh Iyer (2005) Gurdas Maan (2006) Shankar Mahadevan (2007) Hariharan (2008) Rupam Islam (2009) Suresh Wadkar (2010) Anand Bhate (2011) Shankar Mahadevan (2012) Rupankar (2013) Sukhwinder Singh (2014) Mahesh Kale (2015) Sundarayyar (2016) K. J. Yesudas (2017) Arijit Singh (2018)