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

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. 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

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Sunday Holiday ''Sunday Holiday'' is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Jis Joy. The film features an ensemble cast led by Asif Ali, Sreenivasan, Lal Jose, Aparna Balamurali, Asha Sarath, Dharmajan Bolgatty, Siddi ...

, Luca ,

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and others. He has worked with many critically acclaimed films, including

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as an

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to acclaimed 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 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 Srinivas . He sang the song "Chirakingu Vanamingu" along with

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

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

, "Nee Akaleyano" from

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, "Mazha Paadum" from

(for which he received the best duet of the year award along with his co-singer/actor

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

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

and then sang three song in Kannada for the film

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. 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

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Discography & Filmography

Discography

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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