Ananth Vaidyanathan (born 1 November 1957) is an Indian singing trainer, who is popular for his appearances on reality singing television shows. He is often regarded as India's leading voice expert. He has also worked on few films as an actor and as a playback singer.

Career

Ananth Vaidyanathan was born in

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and began studying music from veterans

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and Sangita Kalanidhi at the age of seven. He earned an MBA from XLRI - Xavier School of Management and also obtained his undergraduate degree in Economics from the Loyola College, Chennai. After completing his higher studies, he then joined the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, a musical academy in Kolkata at the age of 24. During his early career as a singing trainer, he labelled himself as a victim of wrong vocal techniques. He also confronted issues regarding the voice while training in Hindustani music while being professionally trained in

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. In his early 20s, he also lost his speaking voice and was advised to sing slowly due to his vocal issues. Despite the odds, he became a professional voice expert in the 1990s and started conducting workshops across various parts of the country. He began teaching music from 2003, giving voice lessons and training to contestants on various Indian TV reality shows from 2006. He also established a voice training academy Ananth Vaidyanathan Gurukulam in

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. During his television career as a voice expert, he has worked as a part of the ''

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'' and Josco Indian Voice-Mazhavil Manorama shows, where he provides voice training to the contestants. In 2010, he appeared as an actor in

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's Tamil comedy drama film, ''

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'', where he portrayed a polygamist who was the father of the two lead characters, played by

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and Arya. In 2018, he took part as one of the sixteen contestants in the Tamil reality television show '' Bigg Boss'' hosted by

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. He was the second contestant to be eliminated from the show, departing on day 21. He also made a special appearance as a politician in the film ''LKG''.

Filmography

* ''

'' as Srikanth (2011) * ''LKG'' as Avudaiyappan (2019)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaidyanathan, Ananth 1957 births Living people People from Jamshedpur Indian actors Indian educators Indian male singers Singers from Jharkhand Actors from Jharkhand Loyola College, Chennai alumni XLRI – Xavier School of Management alumni Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) contestants