Pradip Somasundaran

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Pradip Somasundaran
പ്രദീപ് സോമസുന്ദരൻ
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Born (1967-01-26) 26 January 1967 (age 58)
Nelluvaya, Thrissur, India
Alma mater Bharathidasan University [1]
Occupations
  • Singer
  • composer
  • music producer
  • lecturer
Years active1993–present
SpouseRanjini Pradip
Children2
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels
  • East Coast Audios
  • HMV

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 principal by profession.

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Early life

Pradip Somasundaran was born on 26 January 1967 in Nelluvaya, Thrissur district of Kerala. His parents are 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. [2] [3]

Music career

It was music director Raveendran who gave Pradip the first break in 1993, with the song "Samayam Manoharam" in the film Ezhuthachan. He has also worked with the late Johnson, Mohan Sithara and Ilaiyaraaja 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 Vidyadharan for Surya TV. In addition to being a playback singer he sings carnatic music, ghazals and devotional songs. [3]

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. [4]

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. [5]

Personal life

Pradip holds a master's in electronics from Andhra University and is currently working as the principal of College of Applied Science Vadakkencherry. [5] [6] 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. [7] He has been residing at Thrissur for a long time.

Discography

Film songs

SongFilmReleased byMusic DirectorYear of Release
Samayam ManoharamEzhuthachan HMV (RPG) Raveendran 1993
PerumathodiMannadiyar Penninu Chenkotta ChekkanAnkith Audio Raveendran 1996
PunyamKalyanappittennuSargam Raveendran 1997
Muthe Ninne ThediManasamAnkith Audio Johnson 1997
Vavaa VoManasamAnkith Audio Johnson 1997
Moham ManassilArjunan Pillayum Anju MakkalumSargamMohan Sitara1997
Mohini EnikkayiManjeeradhwaniJohny Sagariga Ilayaraaja 1998
Sandhya RagamaiKannadikkadavathuEast Coast AudioBalabhaskar2000
Manava MochanaArunam–Ramesh Narayan2006 (To be Released)
Chitti Aayi Re Bujjigadu Made in Chennai (Telugu)Aditya Audios Sandeep Chowta 2008
Poolu Gusa Gusa Saleem (Telugu) Sony Music Sandeep Chowta 2009
Virahardra, MutholaDhanyam (Malayalam)Pooram ArtsK.K Sebastian2012
Chenkadalu ViriyunnaD Company (Malayalam)Happy & RubyRatheesh Vegha2013
Hey Ganga MaiyaMaiyaIris FilmsPoly Varghese2018
NimishamKaliyuga (Telugu) Aditya Music D Kamal Kumar2019

Non-film albums

AlbumLanguageReleased byMusic DirectorYear of Release
Pratyasha Vol 1,2,3,4HindiDharmabharathiFr. Paul Poovathigal1994, 1997, 2000, 2006
SangeetharchanaMalayalam HMV (RPG)Jaya Vijaya1997
AyyappamayamMalayalamSargamSuresh & Suma Varma1997
PradakshinamMalayalamAudiotracsKalyan Anand1997
KripaMalayalamJohny SagarigaJerson Antony1997
Sangeetha SangamamMalayalamJohny SagarigaMACTA Live Program1998
NinakkayiMalayalamEast Coast AudiosBalabhaskar1998
PonnonamMalayalamSargam Audios Raveendran 1998
The Golden VoiceHindiMaruthi AudiosCover Versions1998
AadyamayiMalayalamEast Coast AudiosBalabhaskar2000
OnappeeliMalayalamEast Coast AudiosBalabhaskar2000
AyyappathrippadamMalayalamPranathy AudiosRavindran Paingodu2000
AngelMalayalamAngel Vision Johnson, Joy Cheruvathoor, Ouseppachan2000
EnnennumMalayalamSatyam AudiosManoj George2001
JeevanMalayalamGrace CommunicationsJoy Cheruvathoor2002
Koti PranaamMixedThe Art of Living Foundation InternationalHimself2007
RithubhangiMalayalamManorama MusicKallara Gopan2009
MazhanrithamMalayalamHighness VideoHimself2011

References

  1. ↑ "Pradip Somasundaran - About". Facebook . Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Profile of Pradip Somasundaram". Ship for World Youth Alumni Association. Archived from the original (DOC) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  3. 1 2 Pradip, Somasundaran. "Music" . Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "Actor sings in new musical album". The Hindu . 22 October 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  5. 1 2 Anandan, S. (22 January 2011). "For five minutes of fame". The Hindu . Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  6. ↑ "COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCE" . Retrieved 4 February 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ Pradip, Somasundaran. "About me" . Retrieved 4 February 2012.
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