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Nationality
  
Indian

Children
  
Sankar Sreedhar

Occupation
  
Singer

Parent(s)
  
N.S.Chettiar Meenakshi


Years active
  
1999 – present

Name
  
Ganesh Sundaram

Spouse(s)
  
Smitha

Role
  
Playback Singer

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Born
  
May 30, 1969 (age 54) (
1969-05-30
)
Ernakulam, Kerala, India

Albums
  
Kattileshwari, Manivarnan, Archanappookal, Konnappoo

Similar People
  
Bijibal, Madhu Balakrishnan, Rafeeq Ahammed, Unni Menon, K G Markose

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Ganesh Sundaram (born May 30, 1969) is an Indian playback singer active mainly in Malayalam films.

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About

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Ganesh Sundaram was born to Mr N.S. Chettiyar and Mrs Meenakshi in 1969 at Chanacherry . Later he was taken to Tripunithura,the cultural capital of Ernakulam and had his primary schooling there at the Thekkumbhagam govt upper primary school.He then moved to Tripunithura govt boys high school and Chottanikkara Govt higher secondary school. During these school years Ganesh earned enough and more affection from teachers and students as a singer and admirer of arts and Men.

Early life

He started taking lessons in carnatic music at an age of ten. Mrs Lailu was his first guru in carnatic music and later musicians like S.K.Subrahmaniam, Kanjangad Sreenivasan, Kaavalam Sreekumar, Mrs Indira and Tomy Thomas gave him with music lessons. His competence in vocal recital searched higher realms as he progressed from schooling to university education. Prizes and praises that went his way were proofs of his in-born capacity as a musician. As a result, 1988, when he was just 19, he became one of the beloved stars of the professional ganamela stages. In 1989, he was selected to be a Bgrade artist in All India Radio. Just two years later he was elevated to B-high grade artist.

Discography

The work that marked his irrefutable presence in the devotional sector was "Guruthipooja", atrue devotional offering to the Chottanikkara Devi, It was really a big hit that it later had almost 20 imitations. "Guruthipooja" was preceded by equally great works like "Padmahara priya", AAlilakkanna", "Sivaranjini"' "Sivapooja", "Kaayamboo varnan", "Sree Theertha pradayini", "Devyai Nama", "Amme Nama" etc.

Playback episode

A number of prominent film directors and composers have made of his vocals in their works. This list includes Lal Jose, Siby Malayil, Jayaraj, Kamal Jibu Jacob, Ranjith Sankar, Rafeeq Ahammed, Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, Kaithapram Viswanathan, Vayalar Sarathchandran, Gireesh Puthencheri, Anil panachooran, Santhosh varma, Biji Bal, Afsal Yusuf and S.Balakrishnan. Songs like "Himakanamaniyumee", "Kaayal karayilake pon naaru", "Thaara jaalam", "Changazhi muthumai", "Orukodi tharangale", "Venalozhiyunnu", and "Punchirikkannulla" remain popular. Ganesh has sung for more than 20 Movies in Malayalam like Veneesile Vyapari, Violin, Kudumbasree Travels, Loud Speaker, Minnaminnikoottam, Kayamkulam Kanaran, Sree Rama Rajyam, Mayakkazhcha Parankimala, Daivathinte Swantham Cletus, Vikramadithyan, and Vellimoonga, one multilingual movie (Swamy) and one Tamil movie (Chempattai).

Awards and accolades

  1. Got the KERALA SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY AWARD( Best singer for dramas in 2006)
  2. Won prizes for light Music in M.G University Youth Festivals for 3 years consecutively with effect from 1993.
  3. Got 1ST prize in the National Level Competition held by SANGAM KALA GROUP, NEW DELHI.
  4. Have been graded as a B-high artist of AIR in 1989.
  5. Have the Credit of singing around 4000 songs for about 800 Albums which include Hindu, Christian and Muslim devotionals, love songs,Patriotic songs etc. in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Konkani languages.
  6. Have the credit of singing in more than 50 dramas including one Bengali Drama

References

Ganesh Sundaram Wikipedia