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Aalap Raju
Born
(1979-06-06) 6 June 1979 (age 45)
Genres
Pop
indie
rock
jazz
fusion
Occupation(s)
Playback singer
bass guitarist
Instrument(s)
Bass guitar
acoustic guitar
Years active
2010–present
Musical artist
Aalap Raju (born 6 June 1979) is a playback singer and a bass guitar player[1] from Chennai, India. His rendition of Enamo Aedho from the movie Ko composed by Harris Jayaraj topped the music charts for several months in 2011 and won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – 2011. He has sung for music directors like Harris Jayaraj, Thaman, G.V Prakash, Deepak Dev, D.Imman, Sreekanth Deva and many more. His other noticeable songs include Vaayamoodi Summa Iru Da from Mugamoodi, Engeyum Kadhal from Engeyum Kadhal, Endhan Kann Munnae from Nanban, Kadhal Oru Butterfly and Akila Akila from Oru Kal Oru Kannadi, Anjana Anjana from Vandhan Vendran, Kuthu Kuthu from Ayyanar, Nenjodu Cherthu from Yuvvh, Theeyae Theeyae from Maattrraan, Jal Jal Osai from Manam Kothi Paravai, and Maya Bazaar from Ennai Arindhaal.
He is also a well-known bass guitar player, have collaborated for all top composers in Kollywood, Mollywood and all the way to Bollywood. His noticeable Bollywood collaboration was with Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy for the movie Raazi He had played bass guitar for the only track in the album called ‘Dilbaro’ . He has played more than 1000 Live gigs including commercial film, fusion and TV shows.
^"Smooth jazz show". The Hindu. 4 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 November 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
AalapRaju (born 6 June 1979) is a playback singer and a bass guitar player from Chennai, India. His rendition of Enamo Aedho from the movie Ko composed...
dissatisfied with the voice's connection with the visuals, he was replaced by AalapRaju. In a music review of the film, a writer from The Times of India rated...
song, composed by K, with lyrics written by Madhan Karky and sung by AalapRaju for the soundtrack album of the 2011 Indian film Mugamoodi. The song was...
Tamil film Ko, composed by Harris Jayaraj. The song was performed by AalapRaju, Prashanthini, Sricharan, Emcee Jesz, with lyrics written by Madhan Karky...
Kayalvizhi (Lolita) Suman as Rajasekhar Raju Sundaram as Raju Manoj Pahwa as Rajasekhar's client Marion Arnaud as Raju's girlfriend Aurélien Chevallier Uma...
Nominated Edison Awards 10 February 2013 Best Playback Singer - Male AalapRaju (for "Vaayamoodi Summa Iru Da") Won Vijay Awards 11 May 2013 Best Villain...
Shruti Haasan with Navdeep in a supporting role. It was produced by Dil Raju. Chandu (Siddharth) and Siri (Shruti Haasan) are childhood friends, affectionately...
Madhav as Cone Ice Bava Sudha as Premji's sister and Sanjana's mother Gautam Raju as Police officer Rana Daggubati as himself (special appearance) In January...
June 2014 during Ilaiyaraaja's 71st birthday, singers Shweta Mohan and AalapRaju collaborated to make a video in which they performed some of Ilaiyaraaja's...
"Mental Manadhil" A. R. Rahman A. R. Rahman, Mani Ratnam A. R. Rahman, AalapRaju "Mental Manadhil" (Female) 2016 24 "Mei Nigara" Madhan Karky Sid Sriram...
Sreejith, for the lyrics penned by Naveen Marar. "Nenjodu Cherthu" sung by AalapRaju was an instant hit on YouTube. Produced by Chelorys media, the song Nenjodu...
husband, J. M. Raju, himself a playback singer, produces music albums. The couple have two children, AalapRaju and Anupama. Her son AalapRaju is also a musician...
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