Yugendran (born Yugendran Vasudevan on 20 December 1976) is an Indian actor and playback singer who has sung several songs in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. He is also an occasional music director and television host.

Personal life

Yugendran is the son of the late Malaysian origin

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playback singer-actor

Malaysia Vasudevan Vasudevan (15 June 1944 – 20 February 2011), popularly known as Malaysia Vasudevan, was a prolific Tamil playback singer and actor. Born in the town of Kuala Selangor in the Federated Malay States (present day Malaysia), he moved to Che ...

. He has two sisters named Pavithra and

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. Prashanthini is a Tamil playback singer as well and has sung in films such as '' 12B'', ''

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''. 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 host. His wife Hayma Malini who was born and raised in Singapore, holds an

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citizenship. Together they have three children, Visashan Naarayan(21 yrs), Kishan Naarayan (20 yrs) and Darshan Naarayan Nair (11 yrs). He, his wife and children had previously resided in

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and

. They currently reside in

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and he runs his own events company Rambutan Media Works NZ Limited and Aroha NZ Charitable Trust.

Music career

Yugendran started out in the music industry as a

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ist and made his debut solo performance at the age of 10. His Mridangam Arangetram had M. Balamuralikrishna accompanying him on the viola and was attended by

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himself. His first song was for the movie '' Uzhavan Magan'', where he sang the shepherd boy's voice. He went on to sing in stage shows with his father 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 such as Switzerland,

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and

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, even before becoming a playback singer. Yugendran's debut as a playback singer was with the song "Pollaachi Santhaiyile" in the film ''

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''. He has sung in the music of the

and also the Oscar award winner

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and the younger music directors such

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. He has composed music for '' Veeramum Eeramum'', '' Nenjathai Killadhe'', '' Balam'', '' Nellai Santhippu'' and ''Kathalaanain''.

Acting career

Yugendran was initially supposed to make his acting debut through Raja Kantheeban's ''Mouname'' in 1998, but the project was shelved. His debut was in the movie ''

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'' (2001) opposite

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and

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. He went on to doing more movies with Vijay. He has acted in TV serials such '' Kolangal'', '' Megala'' and '' Idhayam''. He has acted in TV Dramas in countries such as Singapore and Malaysia. He has acted as a hero in '' Kaiyodu Kai'' (2003), '' Ulla Kadathal'' (2005), ''Pachai Nirame'' (2008) and ''Kaazh'' (2024).

Host

Yugendran started out hosting Musical programs on Jaya TV and went on to hosting more musical shows on Sun TV and VJ TV. He then was also roped in to host other genre programs, especially reality programs such as ''Treasure Hunt'' on Jaya TV and a couples contest show on the same Channel. Recently he has organised online 8 hours music tribute to his father Thiru. Malaysia Vasudevan on 75th Birthday with all renowned singers

TV Producer

Yugendran started a company called Rambutan Productions in India and Rambutan Media Works in Singapore. He is currently producing programs for India, Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. He runs the company with his wife, Hayma Malini. He did TV shows in Singapore under Rambutan Media Works, which includes ''Endrendrum Punnagai'' (Film Based), ''Sollathaan Ninaikirain'' (Talk show), ''Vidumurai Vasantham'' (Holiday Variety), ''Kondaattam'' (info-ed) and ''Achamillai Achamillai'' (Talk show for women by women). Rambutan Media Works is now changed to 23 Frames Pte Ltd. and is currently producing the children's variety series "Vilaiyaattu Pasanga" (https://www.facebook.com/VilayaattuPasanga). He also directed a Reality Game Show on Starhub Varnam Television. He acted in a Singapore Tele-movie ''Sathurangam'', which was telecasted in Singapore on Father's Day 2016 on Vasantham (MediaCorp).

Filmography

As actor

As singer

List of songs sung by Yugendran

As music director

Television

Notes

References

External links

Songs sung by Yugendran
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yugendran 1976 births Living people Indian male playback singers Indian male film actors Indian people of Malaysian descent Tamil playback singers Tamil male actors Tamil film score composers Malaysian people of Indian descent Malaysian people of Malayali descent Indian male film score composers Male actors from Auckland Musicians from Auckland