Krishna Iyer (born 20 March) is a

Tamil cinema Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywo ...

Indian playback singer from

Chennai, India Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

who performs Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu songs. His rendition of "En Uchi Mandaila" from the Illayathalapathi film '' Vettaikaran'', composed by

Vijay Antony Vijay Antony (born 24 July 1975) is an Indian music composer, playback singer, actor, film editor, lyricist, audio engineer, and filmmaker working predominantly in Tamil cinema. He made his debut as music composer in 2005. He is the first Indi ...

and starring Vijay, topped the music charts for many weeks in 2009. His first entry into the Tamil music industry was through the movie ''

Kanthaswamy ''Kanthaswamy'' is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language superhero film written and directed by Susi Ganesan, starring Vikram as the titular character, with Prabhu, Shriya Saran, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mukesh Tiwari, Krishna Ghattamaneni and Vadivelu ...

'', starring

Chiyaan Vikram Kennedy John Victor (born 17 April 1966), better known by his stage name Vikram, is an Indian actor and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and has also acted in Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films. He is among the most deco ...

. Krishna rendered the rap portion of the song "En Peru Meenakumari," scored by

Devi Sri Prasad Devi Sri Prasad (; born 2 August 1979) is an Indian film composer, lyricist, singer-songwriter and performer. Popularly known by his initials DSP, he is best known for his work in Telugu-language films, and has also worked in a few Tamil film ...

. He has several night shows and TV programs to his credit. Krishna Iyer has performed in several live shows internationally. His most recent singing credits include

Harris Jayaraj Harris Jayaraj (born 8 January 1975) is an Indian composer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He composes soundtracks predominantly for Tamil films, while also having composed for a few films in Telugu and two films in Hindi. He has been honoured with ...

's "Google Google" from ''

Thuppakki ''Thuppakki'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by AR Murugadoss. Produced by Kalaippuli S. Thanu under his studio V Creations, and distributed by Gemini Film Circuit, the film stars Vijay and Kajal ...

'', which he sang along with actor Vijay. In 2013, "Yaelae Yaelae Dosthu Da" for

, from the movie ''

Endrendrum Punnagai ''Endrendrum Punnagai'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy drama film written and directed by I. Ahmed starring Jiiva, Trisha, Vinay, Santhanam, Andrea, and Nassar. The film has music by Harris Jayaraj and cinematography ...

,'' topped the iTunes India chart. He has worked with music directors Vijay Antony, Harris Jayaraj, Gv Prakash, Prasan Praveen Shyam, Selvanagesh, Shankar Mahadevan, Drummer Sivamani, Gopi Sundar, and Devi Sri Prasad.

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* http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0002013.html * http://www.dishant.com/album/Vettaikaaran.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Iyer, Krishna Tamil singers Living people Telugu playback singers Tamil playback singers Kannada playback singers Indian male playback singers 1985 births Musicians from Chennai