Arya Dhayal

Last updated
Arya Dhayal
Arya Dhayal.jpg
Arya Dhayal performing live at Dublin with K. S. Harisankar Live.
Background information
Birth nameArya Dhayal
Origin Kannur, Kerala
Genres Indian pop, folk, indie
Occupation(s)musician, songwriter, playback singer
Instrument(s) Ukelele
Years active2020–present

Arya Dhayal is an Indian singer, songwriter and a playback singer born in Kannur, Kerala. [1] She gained recognition after her Carnatic (Udayaravitchandrika) and Western cover of Ed Sheeran's song "Shape of You" was shared by Bollywood celebrity Amitabh Bachchan on his Twitter (Now, X) account. [2] She is also known for her musical contributions to major film like Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva and Baby.

Contents

Personal life

Arya Dhayal was born in Kannur, Kerala. [3] She completed her Masters in Statistics at Bharathiar University and later moved to Bengaluru for Mathematics. [4] She studied Carnatic music from childhood [5] .

Career

Dhayal uploaded a video of her recitation of a poem titled ‘Sakhavu’ (Comrade) in 2016. [6] [7] Later, It created the political controversies. [8] Following this, she started creating pop and carnatic mashups of popular western songs and shared them online. [9]

In 2020 she released a cover of Ed Sheeran’s song "Shape of You", which featured udayaravitchandrika and ukulele instruments. [10] The cover went viral on social media, and actor Amitabh Bachchan posted her cover on his Twitter account during the COVID-19 lockdown. [11] She also received substantial support from Malayalam film and music industry. [12] [13] Same year, She released her first English single "King of My Mind" which she has written, composed and sung. [14]

Later, She was invited to perform at Dubai Expo 2020. [15]

In 2021, In collaboration with Woman and Child Development of Kerala, she released "Angane Venam" to raise awareness about the stereotypes that try to limit women. [16]

Same year, she worked with D. Imman in the song Yenge Yen Ponmaalai for the film Udanpirappe which was released on 13 Oct 2021.

In 2022, She sang "Yelamma Yela" for the Tamil film " Yaanai ", starring Arun Vijay [17] . The following year, she collaborated with composer Hesham Abdul Wahab on the song "Rum Pum Pum" for the film " Madhuram ". [18]

Dhayal contributed vocals to the song "Deva Deva" in the 2022 fantasy action film Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva's Malayalam Version. The song also featured vocals by Arijit Singh, Hesham Abdul Wahab and Pritham. Directed by Ayan Mukerji, the film starred Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Mouni Roy, Nagarjuna Akkineni, and Amitabh Bachchan. [19] [20]

In 2023, She was invited to perform at Kappa Original's Music Mojo Season 7. [21]

Later in 2023, She sang "Deva Raaja" for the Vaishnavi Chaitanya starring Telegu Movie " Baby " which received millions of streams. [22] [23]

Discography

TitleFeaturingYearLabel
Aake Thaarumaarithu (From "Oru Sarkar Ulpannam")Ajmal Hasbulla2024 Think Music
Brochevarevarura2024AD Records
Paluke2023 Kappa Originals
Palavidham2023 Kappa Originals
Rum Pum Pum (From "Madhuram")Hesham Abdul Wahab, Nandhagopan V, Suroor Musthafa2023Appu Pathu Pappu Production House
Deva Raaja (From "Baby")Vijai Bulganin2023 Sony Music Entertainment
Hoop Sessions (Hoop) – EP2022AD Records
Thallu Vandi2022Orange Entertainment Media
Deva Deva (From " Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva (Malayalam)")Pritham, Hesham Abdul Wahab, Arijit Singh, Shabareesh Varma2022 Sony Music Entertainment
Yelammaa Yela (From "Yaanai")G.V. Prakash Kumar2022Drumsticks Productions
Harichandana Malarile (Recreated Version)2021 Sathyam Audios
Angane Venam2021AD Records
Zidd HeinAri2020Blakkoffee Productions
NadhiAnil Raveendran2020GreenTunez
Nilaanadi2020Vusic Records
King of my kind2020AD & Friends

Related Research Articles

<i>Abhimaan</i> (1973 film) 1973 film by Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Abhimaan is a 1973 Indian Hindi musical drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Asrani, Bindu and David.The film was loosely based on the 1970 Bengali Film Bilambita Loy starring Uttam Kumar and Supriya Devi.

<i>Toofan</i> (1989 film) 1989 Hindi film directed by Ketan Desai

Toofan is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language superhero film directed by Ketan Desai. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan in a double role, one as the titular character and the other as a magician, along with Amrita Singh, Meenakshi Seshadri, Pran and Farooq Sheikh. The film was launched in 1987, but was delayed due to production issues and reshoots of the film post the debacle of Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati (1988), also starring Bachchan and Seshadri.

<i>Laawaris</i> (1981 film) 1981 film

Laawaris is a 1981 Indian masala film directed by Prakash Mehra. The film became known for its song "Mere Angene Mein Tumhara Kya Kaam Hai" rendered twice: the first time by a young Alka Yagnik, who earned her first Filmfare nomination as best female playback singer, and the second time by Amitabh Bachchan. The second version became very popular due to Bachchan's comedic performance in drag. The lyrics pay tribute to every type of wife, be they fat, tall, short, dark, or fair skinned. Even today, the song is popular among audiences.

<i>Mr. Natwarlal</i> 1979 Indian film

Mr. Natwarlal is a 1979 Indian Hindi action comedy film produced by Tony Glaad and directed by Rakesh Kumar. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Ajit, Kader Khan, Amjad Khan and the music is by Rajesh Roshan, the songs are written by Anand Bakshi. The highlight of the film was a children's song sung by Amitabh Bachchan. Tony Glaad decided to take them as the writers of the film. The film was shot in Kashmir with most of the shooting done in Beerwah, Jammu and Kashmir

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sithara (singer)</span> Indian singer, composer, and dancer

Sithara Krishnakumar is an Indian playback singer, composer, lyricist, classical dancer and an occasional actor. She predominantly works in Malayalam cinema in addition to Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Sithara is a well known singer who is trained in Hindustani and Carnatic classical music traditions and is also a recognised ghazal singer. She is the recipient of several awards which includes three Kerala State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer.

Rashi Mal is an Indian actress, dancer and musician. She made her Hindi film debut in 2018 with Helicopter Eela alongside Kajol and Riddhi Sen.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hesham Abdul Wahab</span> Indian music composer and producer

Hesham Abdul Wahab is an Indian music director, Music Producer, singer and audio engineer. Best known for his compositions for the soundtrack of the 2022 Malayalam film Hridayam and the music album Qadham Badha(transl. Step Forward) produced by British singer-songwriter Sami Yusuf. Wahab is the recipient of 2021 Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director for the soundtrack of the film Hridayam.

<i>Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva</i> 2022 Indian film directed by Ayan Mukerji

Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language fantasy action-adventure film written and directed by Ayan Mukerji, dialogues written by Hussain Dalal and produced by Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Hiroo Yash Johar, Namit Malhotra and Mukerji – under Dharma Productions, Starlight Pictures and Prime Focus in association with Star Studios, along with Ranbir Kapoor and Marijke DeSouza. The film serves as the first installment of a planned trilogy, which is itself planned to be part of a cinematic universe titled Āstraverse, and stars an ensemble cast including Amitabh Bachchan, Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Mouni Roy and Akkineni Nagarjuna while Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone appear in cameo roles. The film's songs are composed by Pritam, with soundtrack lyrics written by Amitabh Bhattacharya. Drawing inspiration from tales in Hindu mythology, the story follows Shiva, an orphan musician with pyrokinetic powers who discovers that he is an astra, a weapon of enormous energy. He attempts to prevent the strongest of the astras, the Brahmāstra, from falling into the hands of dark forces that share a history with him.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anne Amie</span> Indian playback singer

Anne Amie is an Indian playback singer and voice artist. She marked her debut in playback singing with the solo 'Ethu Meghamaari – Reprise' for the film Kochavva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho. She received her first Filmfare Award in 2019 for the song 'Aararo' from the movie Koode.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anaswara Rajan</span> Indian actress

Anaswara Rajan is an Indian actress who works mainly in Malayalam films. Her first feature film was Udaharanam Sujatha (2017). Anaswara gained popularity through the commercially successful Malayalam films Udaharanam Sujatha (2017), Thanneer Mathan Dinangal (2019), Adhyarathri (2019), Super Sharanya (2022), Mike (2022), Pranaya Vilasam (2023), Neru (2023) and Abraham Ozler (2024).

<i>Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire</i> 2023 Indian film

Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire (transl. Commander) is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language epic action film written and directed by Prashanth Neel and produced by Vijay Kiragandur. It stars Prabhas and Prithviraj Sukumaran, with a supporting cast that includes Shruti Haasan, Jagapathi Babu, Bobby Simha, Tinnu Anand, Easwari Rao, Sriya Reddy and Ramachandra Raju. Set in the fictional dystopian city-state of Khansaar, the film follows the friendship between Deva (Prabhas), a tribesman, and Varadha (Prithviraj), the prince of Khansaar. When a coup d'état is planned by his father's ministers and his relatives, Varadha enlists Deva's help to become Khansaar's undisputed ruler.

<i>Gulabo Sitabo</i> (soundtrack) 2020 soundtrack album by Shantanu Moitra, Abhishek Arora and Anuj Garg

Gulabo Sitabo is the soundtrack to the 2020 Hindi-language comedy-drama film of the same name directed by Shoojit Sircar and written by Juhi Chaturvedi. The film's music was composed by Shantanu Moitra, Abhishek Arora and Anuj Garg with lyrics written by Puneet Sharma, Dinesh Pant and Vinod Dubey. Shanthanu Moitra also composed the film score. It was released by Zee Music Company on 22 May 2020.

<i>Kalki 2898 AD</i> Upcoming Indian sci-fi film directed by Nag Ashwin

Kalki 2898 – A.D is an upcoming 2024 Indian epic science-fiction dystopian film, based on Hindu scriptures and is set in a post-apocalyptic world in 2898 AD. The film is directed by Nag Ashwin and produced by C. Aswani Dutt, under Vyjayanthi Movies. The film is produced in the Telugu film industry, and is shot simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi languages. The film stars Prabhas in the lead role alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Deepika Padukone, Disha Patani and others in prominent roles.

<i>Hridayam</i> (soundtrack) 2021 soundtrack album by Hesham Abdul Wahab

Hridayam is the soundtrack album for the 2022 Malayalam film of the same name directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan, starring Pranav Mohanlal, Kalyani Priyadarshan, and Darshana Rajendran in the lead roles. The music and background score is composed by playback singer-composer Hesham Abdul Wahab. The soundtrack album features 15 songs with lyrics written by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, Arun Alat, Guna Balasubramanian and Sreenivasan. It was purchased and marketed by Think Music.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kesariya (song)</span> 2022 song by Pritam

"Kesariya" is a song by Indian singer-composer Pritam, featuring singer Arijit Singh. Written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and produced by Pritam, it was released as a single on July 17, 2022 via Sony Music India, and was featured on the soundtrack album of the 2022 Indian film Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva.

<i>Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva</i> (soundtrack) 2022 soundtrack album by Pritam

Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva is the soundtrack album for 2022 film of the same name starring Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Mouni Roy, Nagarjuna Akkineni and Amitabh Bachchan, written and directed by Ayan Mukerji. It is produced by Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Namit Malhotra, and Mukerji – in his debut production – under the production companies Dharma Productions, Starlight Pictures, and Prime Focus in association with Star Studios, along with Kapoor and Marijke DeSouza. The film serves as the first installment of a planned trilogy, which is itself planned to be part of a cinematic universe titled Astraverse. The film's soundtrack score was composed and written by Pritam and produced and mixed by British musician Steel Banglez, with songs written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and Prasun Gupta, while English composer Simon Franglen assisted Pritam and the crew on some portions of the background score, which was primarily underlined by Jim Satya, Sunny M.R., Prasad Sashte and Ketan Sodha. The score was recorded at Synchron Stage Vienna.

<i>Hi Nanna</i> 2023 Indian film

Hi Nanna is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Shouryuv, in his directoral debut, and produced by Vyra Entertainments. The film stars Mrunal Thakur, Nani and Kiara Khanna in lead roles. The film was officially announced in January 2023 under the tentative title Nani 30, as it is Nani's 30th film as the lead actor, and the official title was announced in July 2023. Principal photography commenced in February 2023. It was shot sporadically in several legs, with filming locations including Mumbai, Hyderabad, Coonoor, and wrapped by late-September 2023. The film has music composed by Hesham Abdul Wahab, cinematography handled by Sanu Varghese and editing by Praveen Anthony.

<i>Hi Nanna</i> (soundtrack) 2023 soundtrack album by Hesham Abdul Wahab

Hi Nanna is the soundtrack to the 2023 Indian Telugu-language film of the same name directed by Shouryuv and starring Nani and Mrunal Thakur. The film is scored by Hesham Abdul Wahab and the soundtrack features 10 songs with lyrics written by Anantha Sriram and Krishna Kanth. The soundtrack was released by T-Series on 18 December 2023. It is notably the first India film to re-record the background music through artificial intelligence.

Samuel Aby is an Indian music composer and music director from Kollam, Kerala, India. He made his debut with the 2019 film Kakshi: Amminippilla starring Asif Ali. His second film was Manoharam starring Vineeth Sreenivasan. His song "Uyyaram Payyaram" from the film Kakshi Amminippilla was written in Malayalam by Manu Manjith, and went viral across social media platforms including YouTube and Instagram, with more than 45 million views.

References

  1. ↑ "Catch Up With Arya Dhayal, The Indie Musician Who Is Making A Mark". PinkLungi. 2023-01-18. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  2. ↑ M, Athira (2020-07-25). "Singer Arya Dhayal's videos featuring a mix of Carnatic and Western music go viral". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  3. ↑ archive, From our online (2020-07-26). "Kannur girl's fusion music 'brightens' Amitabh Bachchan while undergoing COVID-19 treatment". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  4. ↑ Cris (2020-07-27). "Meet Arya, the fusion singer whose music brightens Amitabh's hospital days". The News Minute. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  5. ↑ "I was blown away by the response for my music including from Big B: Arya Dhayal". The Times of India. 2020-07-27. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  6. ↑ "'നാളെയീ പീതപുഷ്പങ്ങൾ...' വീണ്ടും 'സഖാവ്' കവിത ആലപിച്ച് ആര്യാ ദയാൽ". Mathrubhumi. 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  7. ↑ Cris (2020-07-27). "Meet Arya, the fusion singer whose music brightens Amitabh's hospital days". The News Minute. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  8. ↑ Correspondent, D. C. (2019-06-14). "Making her own luck". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  9. ↑ Monalisa, Monika (2020-11-28). "Rhythms and ragas". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  10. ↑ M, Athira (2020-07-25). "Singer Arya Dhayal's videos featuring a mix of Carnatic and Western music go viral". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  11. ↑ "Amitabh Bachchan loves this singer's version of Shape of You. Watch". Hindustan Times. 2020-07-25. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  12. ↑ "I was blown away by the response for my music including from Big B: Arya Dhayal". The Times of India. 2020-07-27. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  13. ↑ "Amitabh Bachchan loves this singer's version of Shape of You. Watch". Hindustan Times. 2020-07-25. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  14. ↑ M, Athira (2020-11-30). "Singer Arya Dhayal on her new English single, 'King of My Kind'". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  15. ↑ Tusing, David (2022-01-21). "A South Indian music festival is coming to Expo 2020: here's the line-up". The National. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  16. ↑ UR, Arya (2021-04-24). "No more compromises". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  17. ↑ "Brahmastra singer croons Baby's second single | Latest Telugu cinema news | Movie reviews | OTT Updates, OTT". 123telugu.com. 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  18. ↑ Karthik. "Milliblog Weeklies, Week 169 – Jan.16, 2022 – Milliblog!" . Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  19. ↑ Deva Deva (From "Brahmastra (Malayalam)") by Pritam, Hesham Abdul Wahab, Arijit Singh & Arya Dhayal on Apple Music, 2022-08-08, retrieved 2024-03-22
  20. ↑ "Brahmastra singer croons Baby's second single | Latest Telugu cinema news | Movie reviews | OTT Updates, OTT". 123telugu.com. 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  21. ↑ "Music Mojo – Season 7". specials.mathrubhumi.com. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  22. ↑ Bureau, NewsTAP (2023-04-04). "Deva Raja: Another super hit song from Baby". www.newstap.in. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  23. ↑ "Latest: Deva Raaja from Baby hits different | Latest Telugu cinema news | Movie reviews | OTT Updates, OTT". 123telugu.com. 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.