Ranjith K. Govind (born 21 February 1977), also known as K.G. Ranjith, is an Indian playback singer, working in the Tamil,

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and

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film industries and has sung more than 2500 songs.

Early life

Ranjith was born in

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, India into a Malayali family, hailing from Kalluvazhi, Kerala. He grew up listening to various kinds of music. He used to stay in a locality where there were many Keralites, and had a chance to participate in the local programs there. Later, a family friend suggested that he be trained in classical music. He learned

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and

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. He was trained by Vidwan Cuddalore Subramanian, K. S. Kanakasingam, Trichur P. Ramankutty and P. S. Narayana Swamy. He became popular when he won the Sun TV Saptha Swarangal singing contest in 2001. He is married to a trained Bharata Naatiyam dancer, Reshmi Menon. He has a daughter and a son.

Career

Mani Sharma introduced Ranjith as a playback singer, calling him to sing the song "Adugu Adugu" for the Telugu film '' Bobby'' (2002) alongside accomplished singer, Hariharan. Ranjith's first Tamil song was "Hey Penne" from '' Aasai Aasaiyai'' (2002), also composed by Mani Sharma. However, the song which gained Ranjith popularity was "Suppose" from the film '' Sukran'' (2005). In 2007, he sang his first song in his mother tongue Malayalam, "Innoru Paattonnu Paadaan" for the film '' Kilukkam Kilukilukkam''. Ranjith was nominated for the Best Male Playback Singer prize in the Telugu category at the 56th Filmfare Awards South for the song "Entavaraku" from '' Gamyam'' (2009). In 2005, Ranjith composed, arranged and performed an ensemble of Ayyappa Namaskara Slokas that was compiled into an album titled ''Saranam Ayyappa''. He further composed and arranged the music for the dance ensemble ''Panchamukhi''. He has worked often with Yuvan Shankar Raja,

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and other music directors in Tamil.

Songs

References

External links

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Ranjith's discography
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ranjith Telugu playback singers Malayalam playback singers Living people Singers from Chennai Indian male playback singers Kannada playback singers Tamil playback singers 1977 births International Tamil Film Award winners