Ishaan Dev
Ishaan Dev | |
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Born | ShaanMon |
Occupation | Singer, Producer, Composer, Television presenter, programmer, percussionist |
Years active | 2004-present |
Style | Carnatic Music, Indian Music, Filmi, Fusion |
Home town | Thiruvananthapuram |
Shaan mon, better known as Ishaan Dev (Malayalam : ഇഷാൻ ദേവ്) is an Indian music composer, singer, instrumentalist and music programmer who works in all South Indian languages. He is best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema, Tamil and Kannada, with films such as Chintamani kola case, Sound of boot, Don, Kai, Shyloo.[1]
Biography
Ishaan Dev (born 13 August) hails from Trivandrum. He trained under his father, Soman, a musician, from the age of three and later under Iraniyal perumal, Ambalapuzha Vijayan, Neyyatinkara Surendran and Chandrababu . He was interested in music from childhood and was highly influenced by Classical Music. Ishaan studied Zoology at University College, Trivandrum. That was when he teamed up with violinist Balabhaskar to form the music band Confusion. Ishaan was the lead vocalist and percussionist in the band.
Ishaan entered into Malayalam music Industry as the Assosiate of Jassie Gift in composing "Lajjavathiye…" (from Jairaj’s For the People), for which he did the humming. He had composed the song "Kaliya Visha Dhara" for an ad. Director Shaji Kailas noticed it and used it as the title song of his movie The Tiger.
Dev's debut song "Shyloo" from the movie Shyloo won the South Indian music Awards 2011. Dev won Best singer 2011 as well as best Upcoming singer 2011 in Kannada. The film's music director was his buddy Jassie Gift. He has also worked in Kannada movies Shyloo, Munjane and Samkranthi. In Tamil his debut movie was Elam avan seyyal "2008 and released Kai thunindavan in 2012
Filmography
Apart from his concerts and stage shows, Dev has given music to devotional albums in Malayalam.
YEAR | FILM | SONG | LANGUAGE | |
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2005 | The Tiger | Kaliya Visha Dhara | Malayalam | |
2006 | Chinthamani Kolacase | Asathoma | Malayalam | |
2006 | The Don | Theme song | Malayalam | |
2007 | Detective | Theme song | Malayalam | |
2008 | Sound of Boot | Yamuna sangitaam | Malayalam | |
2009 | Kerala cafe (BGM) | Lalitham hiranmyam | Malayalam | |
2010 | Ringtone | 5 songs | Malayalam | |
2010 | "Thriller | BGM | Malayalam | |
2011 | Thaazhvaarakaatu | 5 songs | Malayalam | |
2012 | Shyloo | Shyloo | Kannada | |
2012 | Crime story | 3 songs | Malayalam | |
2012 | Munjane | Yaro Ob Sundari | Kannada | |
2012 | Sankranthi | Belakkilla balali | Kannada | |
2012 | Kai Thunindavan | 5 songs | Tamil |
Awards
- Best male Singer Kannada 2011 (Mirchi_Music_Awards)
- Best Male upcoming Singer Kannada 2011 (Mirchi_)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirchi_Music__South#Best_Male_Playback_Singer
References
- ↑ News, Hindu. "Hindu News".
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirchi_Music_Awards_South#Best_Male_Playback_Singer
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirchi_Music_Awards_South#Best_Upcoming_Male_Singer
See also
- Mirchi Music Awards South
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirchi_Music_Awards_South#Best_Male_Playback_Singer