Arvind Venugopal (born 28 September 1991) is an Indian playback singer who predominantly works in the

Malayalam film industry Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both the mainstream film industry a ...

. He started his singing career in the year 2011 with the song "Chirakingu Vanamingu" from the film '' The Train'' composed by popular singer/composer

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. He has since sung in various Malayalam films including

Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla ''Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla'' () is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film directed by V. K. Prakash and written by Shankar Ramakrishnan. Starring Fahadh Faasil in dual roles and Kamalinee Mukherjee. Principal photography began ...

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, Sunday Holiday,

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Hridayam ''Hridayam'' () is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan. It was produced by Visakh Subramaniam under Merryland Cinemas and co-produced by Noble Babu Thomas under Big B ...

and others. He worked on

Koode ''Koode'' () is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language psychological drama film written and directed by Anjali Menon, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Nazriya Nazim and Parvathy Thiruvothu. The music was released by Muzik 247. The film marks the 100th ...

as an

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to director

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Personal life

Arvind Venugopal was born in

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, Kerala. He is the son of famous Malayalam singer,

G. Venugopal Gopinathan Nair Venugopal (born 10 December 1960), popularly known as G. Venugopal, is an Indian playback singer known for his works in Malayalam films. He started his singing career in the film '' Odaruthammava Aalariyam'' (1984). Since then ...

and Reshmi Venugopal. Popular singers Sujatha and

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are his aunt and cousin respectively.

Education

Arvind is an alumnus of St. Thomas Central School (Trivandrum). He did his Bachelors at

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(

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) & went on to pursue a Masters degree at

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(

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) &

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Career

Arvind started singing during his college days in Chennai and was a regular sight at inter-collegiate cultural fests where he would participate along with his band. He was first called to sing in the 2011 movie The Train by the film's composer

. He sang the song "Chirakingu Vanamingu" along with

Sharanya Srinivas Sharanya Srinivas (born 3 January 1991) is an Indian vocalist who has notably worked in Tamil films as a playback singer. She is the daughter of prominent singer Srinivas. Career She then went on to complete her secondary education and chose ...

. His next song was "Kannadi Chillil Minnum" for the 2012 movie

. His other works include "Irul Mazhayil" from the movie

, "Nee Akaleyano" from

My Life Partner ''My Life Partner'' is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by M. B. Padmakumar. It stars Sudev Nair, Ameer Niyas and Anusree Nair in the lead roles and features Sukanya, Geetha Vijayan and Valsala Menon in supporti ...

, "Mazha Paadum" from Sunday Holiday (for which he received the best duet of the year award along with his co-singer/actor

Aparna Balamurali Aparna Balamurali (born 11 September 1995) is an Indian actress and playback singer, who primarily works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Tamil cinema, Tamil films. She is recipient of a National Film Award and a Filmfare Awards South, Filmf ...

presented by Manorama Music Awards 2018 & Red FM Music Awards 2018) ,"Vanil Chandrika" from the 2019 film

,"Nagumo" and "Nagumo Revival" from the 2022 film

and then sang three song in Kannada for the film Monsoon Raaga.His Telugu Debut is through the song "Athiloka Komalangi" in 2024. Apart from playback singing, Arvind is known for his cover versions of popular Malayalam & Tamil songs that he has performed for the show 'Music Mojo' aired on

Kappa TV Kappa TV is an Indian Malayalam language free to air youth music channel owned by Mathrubhumi. The channel was named after Tapioca, a type of starch extracted from the root of Cassava plant, which is called "kappa" in Malayalam language. The c ...

Discography & Filmography

Discography

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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