Naresh Iyer (born 3 January 1981) is an Indian playback singer. Born in Mumbai, Iyer is fluent in Tamil, Hindi and Marathi. Naresh Iyer has rendered 2000 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 Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967), also known by the initialism ARR, is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and philanthropist known for his works in Indian cinem ...

topped the music charts for many weeks in 2006 and won him the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. He won the Filmfare award in the R.D. Burman Musical Talent category.

Early life

Naresh Iyer was born to a Tamil family Shankar Iyer and Radha on 3 January 1981 and brought up in Matunga,

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. 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

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and

Hindustani classical music Hindustani classical music is the Indian classical music, classical music of the Indian subcontinent's northern regions. It may also be called North Indian classical music or ''Uttar Bhartiya shastriya sangeet''. The term ''shastriya sangeet'' ...

too.

Career

Naresh was spotted by composer

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''. He has also sung for other composers in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam. Naresh is also the vocalist of a

based fusion band called Dhvani. He also won the R.D. Burman Award as the best male upcoming singer. 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" from 'Rang De Basanti'' along with 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 – Mirchi Music Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Nenu Nuvantu" from Orange * 2016 – Malaysian Indian Cine Award for Best Male Singer for the song "Aatham Enakkenave" from ''Muthukumar Wanted''

Partial discography

Soundtracks

Hindi songs

Tamil songs

Telugu songs

Malayalam songs

Television

References

External links

* https://www.facebook.com/nareshiyer.officialpage/ * {{DEFAULTSORT:Iyer, Naresh 1981 births Tamil playback singers Indian male playback singers Bollywood playback singers Kannada playback singers Living people Singers from Mumbai Filmfare Awards South winners Best Male Playback Singer National Film Award winners