Native name പ്രദീപ് സോമസുന്ദരൻ Name Pradip Somasundaran Website pradipsomasundaran.com | Years active 1993–present Instruments Vocals | |
Occupation(s) Singer, musician, lecturer Role Singer · pradipsomasundaran.com Genres Playback Singer, Carnatic music, Bhajan Similar People | ||
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Pradip Somasundaran (born 26 January 1967), is an Indian playback singer, who sang around 100 songs in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi languages. He is also a college professor by profession.
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- Early life
- Music career
- Achievements
- Personal life
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- References
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Early life
Pradip Somasundaran was born on 26 January 1967 in Nelluvaya, Vadakkaancherry, Thrissur, Kerala, India. His parents are late Somasundaran and Santha. He was initially trained in Carnatic music under Geetha Rani and later under V. Gopalan of Thrissur, and started giving stage performances at the age of sixteen.
Music career
It was music director Ravindran who gave Pradip Somasundaran the first break in 1993, with the song "Samayam Manoharam" in the film Ezhuthachan. He has also worked with the late Johnson, Mohan Sitara and Ilayaraaja in Malayalam. Sandeep Chowta introduced him in Telugu films with Bujjigadu directed by Puri Jagannadh. He also sang for Saleem another Sandeep Chowta musical, directed by YVS Chowdary. He has also sung the title song "Bhagavane" for the television series Gajarajan Guruvayur Keshavan which was composed by Vidhyadharan for Surya TV. In addition to being a playback singer he sings Carnatic music, ghazals and devotional songs.
In 2007 he released "Koti Pranam" his first international album as a composer and singer for the Art of Living foundation. In 2011 he released "Mazhanritham" his first musical work in Malayalam as a composer collaborating with other playback singers like Gayatri Asokan, Franco, Shahabaz Aman and actor Manoj K Jayan.
Achievements
He won the "Lata Mangeshkar Trophy" for the best male singer along with Sunidhi Chauhan who won in the female category, in the national level music competition Meri Awaz Suno in 1996, which was telecast by Doordarshan. Meri Awaz Suno was conducted jointly by Doordarshan, Lata Mangeshkar, and Yash Chopra's Metavision.
Personal life
Pradip holds a masters in electronics from Andhra University and is currently working as the principal of College of Applied Science, Vadakkencherry, Palakkad. He is a free software enthusiast and was involved in the activities of the Free Software Foundation India during Richard Stallman's 2001 visit to Kochi. He is married to Ranjini Pradeep since 1995 and they have a daughter named Aishwarya. He now resides in Thrissur city.