Vijay Yesudas

In this Indian name, the name Yesudas is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Vijay.
Vijay Yesudas
Vijay Yesudas at the 62nd Britannia Filmfare South Awards
Vijay Yesudas at the 62nd Britannia Filmfare South Awards
Background information
Born (1979-03-23) 23 March 1979 (age 45)
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Genres
Occupations
InstrumentVocals
Years active1999–present
Labels

Vijay Yesudas (born 23 March 1979) is an Indian playback singer and actor. He has sung over 1000 film songs. Vijay works predominantly in the South Indian film industry, mostly in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi. He is the son of acclaimed singer K. J. Yesudas.

Vijay made his debut as a singer with the 2000 Malayalam film Millennium Stars, which had music composed by Vidyasagar. Vijay Yesudas won three Kerala State Film Awards for Best Singer for the songs "Kolakkuzhal Vili Ketto" in Nivedyam (2007), "Akaleyo Nee" in Grandmaster and "Mazhakondu Mathram" in Spirit (2012), and "Poomuthole" in Joseph (2018). He has also won five Filmfare Awards for Best Singer and four SIIMA Awards for Best Male Playback Singer. He made a foray into acting by playing the villain role in the Tamil film Maari (2015) and the lead role in the Tamil film Padaiveeran (2018).[1]

  1. ^ "Vijay Yesudas shines alongside Dhanush in 'Maari' trailer". Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.