Diwakar

Diwakar

Diwakar
Background information
Born 26 January 1990
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s) Singer

Dhivagar Santhosh (also known as Diwakar) is an Indian playback singer and live performer. He is best known for winning season 4 of Airtel Super Singer,[1][2][3][4] a Tamil language musical reality TV show which was telecast from December 2012 to February 2014 on Vijay TV.

Career

Television works

Diwakar participated in various reality TV musical competitions telecast on various Tamil language TV channels, including Zee Tamil's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2009 Challenge, Jaya TV's Hariyudan Naan, and Sun TV's Sangeetha Mahayuddham. In 2012, Diwakar was crowned runner up in Raj TV's Voice of Tamil Nadu.[5]

On 1 February 2014, he was crowned the winner of season 4 of the Airtel Super Singer telecast on Vijay TV, having received the greatest number of viewer votes.[1][2] During the show's grand finale, Diwakar's performance of the song "Neeye Unakku Endrum" from the film Bale Pandiya prompted a standing ovation from the audience and a kiss on his forehead from playback singer, S. Janaki.[1]

Playback singing and recordings

Diwakar recorded his first song as a playback singer for music director D. Imman for the movie 'Panchu Mittai'. However, his voice as a playback singer was first released in the Tamil language movie, Vadacurry, for a song co-sung by playback singers Vijay Prakash and Ajeesh.

Year Film Name Language Song Title Music Director
2014 Vadacurry Tamil "Nenjukkula Nee" Vivek-Mervin
Kalkandu Tamil "Kannoramai" Kannan
2015 Panjumittai Tamil "My Wifeu Romba Beautifulu" D. Imman
Year Song Composer Album Name
2014 Chennaiyile - The Rhythm of Chennai Ganesh Chandrasekaran U - The Epitome of Love
Kangal Rendum Kousikan Sivanlingam Kousi’s Beginning

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Udhav Naig (3 February 2014). "The victory song - The Hindu". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Dhivagar is Super Singer 4". Times of India. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Winning notes". The Hindu. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Vijay TV Airtel Super Singer 4 Diwakar to sing for D.Imman". TruthDive. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Results of the Raj TV Finals". The Hindu. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

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