Rahul Nambiar is an Indian

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and live performer. He won the ''Swapthaswarangal'' show in 2001 and began singing live. He sang more than 2000 songs in movies, and later ventured into playback singing, performing for many leading South Indian film composers in various languages.

Career

Rahul hails from

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, Kerala and was brought up in Delhi and Chennai. After completing his

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and M.Com, Rahul started working for two years in a bank, which he felt was too "monotonous", before performing at live shows with Sunitha Sarathy. In 2001, he won the Sun TV Sapthaswarangal contest, beating 3000 contestants, following which he decided to pursue a singing career. Rahul was introduced as a

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in the Tamil film '' Dishyum''. In 2009, Rahul joined hands with his longtime friend and bass player Aalap Raju to form a band named RAHLAAP. The duo released a self-titled album in

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language based on "Music beyond genres", on which they had worked for four years. He is considered a versatile singer, having sung in various genres such as Western, Carnatic, light music and hip-hop. Rahul has performed more than 400 live shows around India and abroad, and over 350 songs for films, most prominent ones being Mani Sharma's "Vasantha Mullai" (''

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''),

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's "Adada Mazhada" ('' Paiyaa'') which fetched him his first

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nomination for the Best Male Playback Singer Award. In 2012, he won his first

award in the Best Male Playback Singer Award category for Thaman's "Guruvaram" song ('' Dookudu''). He has also lent his voice for several ad jingles. Rahul Nambiar since 2019 is also part of a trio called ''MAKKA'' with his musician friends Aalap Raju and Ranjith Govind, where they perform some rocking cine and non-film songs. Their performance is an extension of their years of friendship. MAKKA has released quite a few cover songs on their YouTube channel & their own compositions like Valentine Oru Vaalu & MAKKA SONG.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nambiar, Rahul Living people Indian male playback singers 21st-century Indian singers Telugu playback singers Tamil playback singers Malayalam playback singers Kannada playback singers Singers from Kannur Film musicians from Kerala Indian male pop singers 21st-century Indian male singers 1981 births South Indian International Movie Awards winners Filmfare Awards South winners