Kapil Kapilan | |
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Occupation | Playback singer |
Years active | 2017-present |
Kapil Kapilan is an Indian singer who works in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam cinema. His breakthrough song came with "Adiye" from the Tamil film Bachelor . [1]
Kapilan is from Kottarakkara, Kerala. He studied at Mar Ivanios College before moving to Chennai to pursue a career in music. [1]
Kapilan began his career in 2017 in three languages with "Champesaave Nannu" from the Telugu film Nenu Local ; "Baduke Neenentha Nataka" from the Kannada film Happy New Year ; and "Usiredukkum Kootam" from the Tamil film Maragadha Naanayam . [1]
Kapilan's career took a new turn with "Adiye", from the Tamil film Bachelor (2021), [1] for which he won the SIIMA Award for Best Playback Singer – Tamil. [2] He also won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer for the song "Kanave" from the unreleased Malayalam film Pallotty 90s Kids. [3] [4]
Year | Film | Language | Song | Composer | Co-artist(s) |
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2017 | Nenu Local | Telugu | "Champesaave Nannu" | Devi Sri Prasad | |
Happy New Year | Kannada | "Baduke Neenentha Nataka" | Raghu Dixit | ||
Maragadha Naanayam | Tamil | "Usiredukkum Kootam" | Dhibu Ninan Thomas | ||
2018 | Kanaa | Tamil | "Kanne En Kannazhage" | Dhibu Ninan Thomas | |
2021 | Rang De | Telugu | "Emito Idhi" | Devi Sri Prasad | Haripriya |
Bachelor | Tamil | "Adiye" | Dhibu Ninan Thomas | ||
2022 | Kombu Vatcha Singamda | Tamil | "Thamizh Sondhamae" | Dhibu Ninan Thomas | |
Rowdy Boys | Telugu | "Vesane O Nicchena" | Devi Sri Prasad | Sameera Bharadwaj | |
Selfie | Tamil | "Yen Monam" | G. V. Prakash Kumar | ||
Bheeshma Parvam | Malayalam | "Aakasham Pole" | Sushin Shyam | Hamsika Iyer | |
Night Drive | Malayalam | "Paathi Paathi Parayathe" | Ranjin Raj | Nithya Maammen | |
Nadhi | Tamil | "Theera Nadhi" | Dhibu Ninan Thomas | Srinisha Jayaseelan | |
Sita Ramam | Telugu | "Oh Prema" | Vishal Chandrasekhar | Chinmayi Sripaada | |
Trigger | Tamil | "Scooby Doobaa" | Ghibran | ||
The Ghost | Telugu | "Vegam" | Bharatt-Saurabh | Ramya Behara | |
Kaapa | Malayalam | "Yamam Veendum Vinnile" | Dawn Vincent | ||
2023 | Run Baby Run | Tamil | "Aval Oru Varam" | Sam C. S. | |
Vinaro Bhagyamu Vishnu Katha | Telugu | "Oh Bangaram" | Chaitan Bharadwaj | ||
Thugs | Tamil | "Ey Azhagiye" | Chinmayi Sripaada | ||
Ripupbury | Tamil | "Kutty Poona","Thangameeney" | Diwacara Thiyagarajan | ||
Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham | Malayalam | "Insha Allah" | Govind Vasantha | ||
Custody | Tamil | "Timeless Love" | Ilaiyaraaja | ||
Telugu | |||||
Anuragam | Malayalam | "Anuraga Sundhari" | Joel Johns | ||
Dhoomam | Malayalam | "Theeye Dhaahamo" | Poornachandra Tejaswi | ||
Bumper | Tamil | "Kudi Kudi Thoothukudi Kudi" | Govind Vasantha | Govind Vasantha | |
Adiyae | Tamil | "Kaadhale" | Justin Prabhakaran | ||
RDX: Robert Dony Xavier | Malayalam | "Neela Nilave" | Sam C. S. | ||
Rangoli | Tamil | "Sathya Life" | Sundaramurthy KS | ||
Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A | Telugu | "Sapta Saagaradaache Ello Title Track" [1] [3] | Charan Raj | ||
Tamil Kudimagan | Tamil | "Sikkikitendi" | Sam C. S. | Pooja Venkat | |
Chithha | Tamil | "Theera Swasame" | Dhibu Ninan Thomas | ||
Mad | Telugu | "Nuvvu Navvukuntu" | Bheems Ceciroleo | ||
The Road | Tamil | "Nagaraatha Nodiyodu" | Sam C. S. | ||
Bandra | Malayalam | "Vaarmeghame" | Sam C. S. | Shweta Mohan | |
Bad Manners | Kannada | "Oga Oga" | Narayan Sharma | ||
Maharani | Malayalam | "Chathayadina Paatu" [5] | Govind Vasantha | ||
Animal | Malayalam | "Pennaale" | JAM8 | ||
Parking | Tamil | "Chella Kalliye" | Sam C. S. | ||
2024 | Eagle | Telugu | "Gallanthe" | Davzand | Lynn |
Lover | Tamil | "Velagaadha" | Sean Roldan | Aparna Harikumar | |
Premalu | Malayalam | "Kutty Kudiye" | Vishnu Vijay | Vagu Mazan | |
Tamil | "Mini Maharani" | ||||
Malayalam | "Welcome To Hyderabad" | Shakthisree Gopalan | |||
Por | Tamil | "Nanpagal Neram" | Dhruv Visvanath | ||
Om Bheem Bush | Telugu | "The Wedding Song" | Sunny M.R. | ||
Idi Minnal Kadhal | Tamil | "Siragaatchi Poove" | Sam C. S. | Priyanka NK | |
Romeo | Tamil | "Sidu Sidu" | Barath Dhanasekar | ||
Rathnam | Tamil | "Uyire En Uyire" | Devi Sri Prasad | Ranina Reddy | |
Darling | Telugu | "Raahi Re" | Vivek Sagar |
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