Yugendran
| Yugendran | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Yugendran Vasudevan Nair 20 December 1976 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1987–present |
Yugendran (Tamil: யுகேந்திரன், Malayalam: യുഗേന്ത്രൻ; born Yugendran Vasudevan Nair on 20 December 1976) is an Indian film actor and singer, who has sung more than 600 songs. He is also an occasional music director and host.
Yugendran is the son of veteran popular playback singer-cum-actor Malaysia Vasudevan. He has 2 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-cum-host, Hayma Malini is a Singaporean and together they have three children: Visashan Naarayan,Kishan Kutty Naarayan and Darshan Naarayan Nair.
Yugendran started out in the music industry as a mirundangist and made his debut solo performance at the age of 10. His mirundanga arangetram had Dr Balamurali Krishna accompanying him on the viola and attended by the maestro 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 dad 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 like, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, America even before becoming a playback singer.
Yugendran's debut as a playback singer was with the song Pollaachi Santhaiyile (Karthik movie). This followed by Parthein Parthein in the movie Parthein Rasithein. He has rendered most songs for Baradwaj. He has sung in the music of the Maestro 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, 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, Balam and he did the re-recording for Aghatiyan's movie, Nenjathai Killaathe starring Vikranth. His latest venture Nellai Santhippu is yet to be released.
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