In this Indian name, the name Yesudas is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Vijay.
Vijay Yesudas
Background information
Born
(1979-03-23) 23 March 1979 (age 45) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Genres
Filmi
Indian pop
Carnatic music
Occupation(s)
Playback singer
actor
Instrument(s)
Vocals
Years active
1999–present
Labels
Tharangni
Sony Music India
Muzik 247
Musical artist
Vijay Yesudas (born 23 March 1979) is an Indian playback singer and actor. He has sung over 1000 film songs. Vijay works predominantly in the South Indian film industry, mostly in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi. He is the son of acclaimed singer K. J. Yesudas.
Vijay made his debut as a singer with the 2000 Malayalam film Millennium Stars, which had music composed by Vidyasagar. Vijay Yesudas won three Kerala State Film Awards for Best Singer for the songs "Kolakkuzhal Vili Ketto" in Nivedyam (2007), "Akaleyo Nee" in Grandmaster and "Mazhakondu Mathram" in Spirit (2012), and "Poomuthole" in Joseph (2018). He has also won five Filmfare Awards for Best Singer and four SIIMA Awards for Best Male Playback Singer. He made a foray into acting by playing the villain role in the Tamil film Maari (2015) and the lead role in the Tamil film Padaiveeran (2018).[1]
^"Vijay Yesudas shines alongside Dhanush in 'Maari' trailer". Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
J. Yesudas. Vijay made his debut as a singer with the 2000 Malayalam film Millennium Stars, which had music composed by Vidyasagar. VijayYesudas won...
Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Dhana. The film stars VijayYesudas and debutant Amritha Aiyer, with Bharathiraja and Akhil in supporting...
winning Best Female Debut (Sai Pallavi) and Best Male Playback Singer (VijayYesudas for "Malare"). At the 5th South Indian International Movie Awards, it...
Tamil-language 3D film directed by Shalil Kallur. The film stars playback singer VijayYesudas along with Jonita Doda, Rajiv Pillai, and Tanvi Kishore in important...
Vijay Superum Pournamiyum (transl. Vijay Super and Pournami) is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film, written and directed by Jis Joy...
heroism and assertion". Scroll.in. Retrieved 23 December 2023. "John Vijay to VijayYesudas: 10 actors who played the bad cop in Tamil cinema". The Times of...
He was the father of Indian playback singer K. J. Yesudas and grandfather of singer VijayYesudas. He was born in a Latin Catholic family in Kochi, as...
were composed by A. R. Rahman. The first single "Cholappenne" sung by VijayYesudas was released on 12 July 2022, the second title "Mannum Niranje" sung...
two Filmfare Awards South, nine SIIMA Awards, six Edison Awards and five Vijay Awards. His debut song "Why This Kolaveri Di", composed for the 2012 film...
song "Poga Poga Boomi Virikirathe" proved a breakthrough for singer VijayYesudas. S Sudha of Rediff.com wrote, "In his third film Pattiyal, [Vishnuvardhan]...
Pallavi's Advocate Irshad as Ashokan, Govind's Advocate Krishnakumar Menon as Vijay Blessy Kurien as Air Hostess Evelin as Young Pallavi Raveendran Diwakar...
Vidyarthi as Police Commissioner Lakshmi Gopalaswamy as Padma Thalaivasal Vijay as Saamy Tanikella Bharani as Sivaraman Shafi as Chinna's henchman Sampath...
melodious and pleasing to the ear, particularly the Poovum Poovum number by VijayYesudas and Vinaitha". Sify wrote, "Yuvan Shankar Raja’s music is peppy and...
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