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Sooraj Santhosh
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Sooraj Santhosh (born September 19, 1987) is an Indian singer, songwriter, and composer. He straddles the worlds of independent music and playback singing, moving smoothly between the two. Santhosh is the recipient of a Kerala State Film Award (2016),[3] 2 Mirchi Music Awards,[4] and a Kerala State Film Critics Award (2021).[5] He has sung around 300 songs in 8 languages.
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Santhosh released his independent solo EP, The Gypsy Sun, in 2020. It's a multi-genre, multi-lingual album that consists of 5 songs.
Santhosh was the lead singer and has composed and performed with Masala Coffee until 2019, when he decided to dedicate more time to his own creative endeavors. Now he performs with his own band, Sooraj Santhosh Live.
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In 2016, he was awarded the Kerala State Film Award for Best Playback Singer for the song "Thaniye", composed by Vishnu Vijay for the film Guppy.[6]
Santhosh's first international project was with Ganesh B Kumar and the European Chamber Choir. He performed the Shanmukha Kavacham in Germany along with the Choir.[7]
Independent Music
In 2019, Santhosh started work on his solo independent EP, The Gypsy Sun, which had five songs in it. It's a multi-lingual album with tracks in Malayalam, Hindi and Tamil. He collaborated with musicians from across genres for this, like the hiphop artist Insanoid, music producer Varkey, and the renowned singer Sayanora.[8]
Masala Coffee
Santhosh was the former lead vocalist of Masala Coffee, which made its debut on Kappa TV's Music Mojo. The band composed the soundtrack for the Tamil movie, Uriyadi, co-produced by Nalan Kumarasamy.[9][10] They composed the title track and featured in a promo video for the Malayalam movie, Hello Namasthe.[11] Masala Coffee performed at the RAAG 'N' ROCK Indie Music Festival at Al Nasr Leisureland, Dubai, on September 11, 2015,[12] releasing their first music video titled 'Aalayaal Tharam Venam',[13] in 2016. In November 2019, Masala Coffee announced that they were cordially parting ways with Santhosh, so the latter could pursue a promising solo music career. He made his independent band latter which came to know as Sooraj Santhosh Live[14]
His first song "Inka Etho" composed by G.V Prakash for the Telugu Darling won him the Mirchi Music Awards South conducted by Radio Mirchi for the Best Upcoming Singer in Telugu (2010). "A Special program on the Mirchi Music Awards hosted to felicitate all the singers and musicians of South India"[15]
Santhosh made his entry into the Tamil film industry by singing "Uyirin Suvaril" and "Vegam vegam" in the movie Sridhar (2012), which the music was composed by Rahul Raj. He got his break with a duet song "Yamma Yamma" in All in All Azhagu Raja (2013) with Shreya Ghoshal, music composed by S. Thaman. "Othakadai othakadai" and "Yaelley Yaelley" from the film Pandiya Naadu (2013)[16] composed by D. Imman are other Tamil songs.
He has been nominated in the category of Best Upcoming Vocalist (Male) in Malayalam (2013) by Music Mirchi Awards, for his rendition of the song 'Iniyum Nin Mounam' for the movie KQ.[17]
He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Thaniye Mizhikal" from the film Guppy.[18][19]
The Gypsy Sun
Santhosh is working on his debut solo album, which is a multilingual album consists of 6 songs, Recently he released one among them. "Thani Malayalam" which has wooed the audience with its unique theme and offbeat composition. The song's genesis is rooted in Santhosh's love for language. The Music Video features eminent personalities from Malayalam literature, culture, art and cinema like M T Vasudevan Nair, Sara Joseph, Benyamin, Nedumudi Venu, Peeshapilly Rajeevan, Artist Bhattathiri, Methil Devika, Peruvanam Kuttan Marar, Ramachandra Pulavar.[20][21]
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Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Kannada
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