Arvind Venugopal

In this Indian name, the name Venugopal is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Arvind.

Arvind Venugopal
Arvind Venugopal
Background information
Born	(1991-09-28) 28 September 1991 (age 33)
Origin	Thiruvananthapuram
Occupation(s)	Playback singer, assistant director
Years active	2011–present
Website	arvindvenu.com

Arvind Venugopal (born 28 September 1991) is an Indian playback singer who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He started his singing career in the year 2011 with the song "Chirakingu Vanamingu" from the film The Train composed by popular singer/composer Srinivas.[1] He has since sung in various Malayalam films including Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla, Angels, Sunday Holiday, Luca, Hridayam and others. He worked on Koode as an assistant director to director Anjali Menon.

Personal life

Arvind Venugopal was born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He is the son of famous Malayalam singer, G. Venugopal[2] and Reshmi Venugopal. Popular singers Sujatha and Shweta Mohan are his aunt and cousin respectively.

Education

Arvind is an alumnus of St. Thomas Central School (Trivandrum). He did his Bachelors at Madras Christian College[3] (Chennai) & went on to pursue a Masters degree at Christ University (Bangalore) & New York Film Academy.

Career

Arvind started singing during his college days in Chennai and was a regular sight at inter-collegiate cultural fests where he would participate along with his band.[4] He was first called to sing in the 2011 movie The Train by the film's composer Srinivas. He sang the song "Chirakingu Vanamingu" along with Sharanya Srinivas. His next song was "Kannadi Chillil Minnum" for the 2012 movie Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla. His other works include "Irul Mazhayil" from the movie Angels, "Nee Akaleyano" from My Life Partner, "Mazha Paadum" from Sunday Holiday (for which he received the best duet of the year award along with his co-singer/actor Aparna Balamurali presented by Manorama Music Awards 2018 & Red FM Music Awards 2018) ,"Vanil Chandrika" from the 2019 film Luca,"Nagumo" and "Nagumo Revival" from the 2022 film Hridayam and then sang three song in Kannada for the film Monsoon Raaga.His Telugu Debut is through the song "Athiloka Komalangi" in 2024. Apart from playback singing, Arvind is known for his cover versions of popular Malayalam & Tamil songs that he has performed for the show 'Music Mojo' aired on Kappa TV.[5]

Discography & Filmography

Discography

#	Song	Film	Language	Year	Notes
1	Chirakengu	The Train	Malayalam	2011	Debut
2	Kannadi Chillil	Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla	Malayalam	2013
3	Idhu Preethina	Teenage	Kannada
4	Nee Akaleyano	My Life Partner	Malayalam	2014
5	Irul Mazhayil	Angels (2014 film)	Malayalam
6	Mazha Paadum	Sunday Holiday	Malayalam	2017	2 awards and 1 nomination
7	Manninte Manamulla	Oru Nakshatramulla Aakasham	Malayalam	2019
8	Vanil Chandrika	Luca (2019 film)	Malayalam
9	Kanmani Nin Chiri	Kuttiyappanum Daivadhootharum	Malayalam	2020
10	Mizhikonil Kadal	Kunjeldho	Malayalam	2021
11	Nagumo (composition and lyrics of Tyagaraja)	Hridayam	Malayalam	2022
12	Nagumo Revival (composition by Tyagaraja)
13	Megharajana Raaga	Monsoon Raga	Kannada
14	Hombisilina
15	Jagamagiso Sakhi (Bit Song)
16	Muthe Innen	Enkilum Chandrike	Malayalam	2023
17	Oru Nokkil	Madhura Manohara Moham	Malayalam
18	Kanathirunal	Mehfil	Malayalam
19	Pullanguzhal
20	Nilavuthulli	Kunjamminis Hospital	Malayalam
21	Puthumazhayil Nee	Apposthalanmarude Pravarthikal	Malayalam
22	Vinoram Megangal	Aromalinte Aadhyathe Pranayam	Malayalam
23	Kayampoovin Kannil	Nadhikalil Sundari Yamuna	Malayalam
24	Mazhamukilazhake	Kaathu Kathoru Kalyanam	Malayalam
25	Athiloka Komalangi	Manamey	Telugu	2024	Telugu Debut
26	Oru Shalabhamai	Kurukku	Malayalam
27	Pavizham Pol	Good Friday	Malayalam
28	Eravithilai	Kadha Innuvare	Malayalam

[6]

Filmography

Year	Title	Assistant director	Actor	Singer	Notes
2018	Koode				Director's assistant
2020	Varane Avashyamund				Guest appearance in the song "Nee Vaa En Aarumukha"
2022	Hridayam

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Film	Result
Mazhavil Mango Music Awards	Best Duet (with Aparna Balamurali)	"Mazha Paadum" (Sunday Holiday)	Won[7]
Red FM Malayalam Music Awards			Won
7th South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Male Playback Singer (Malayalam)		Nominated[8]
6th Satyajit Ray International Documentary & Short Film Festival Award 2022	Best Singer	"Thumbikku oru oonjal"	Won
World Television Day Raj Narayanji Media Award 2022	Best Singer	"Pranayavarnagal"(Zee Keralam)	Won
69th Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Malayalam	"Oru Nokkil" (Madhura Manohara Moham)	Nominated

References

1. "Passionate about music and movies". The New Indian Express.
2. "Arvind Venugopal's #LockdownEdition of Pachai Nirame trends online". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
3. "Passionate about music and movies". The New Indian Express.
4. "Passionate about music and movies". The New Indian Express.
5. "Arvind Venugopal performs on Music Mojo". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
6. "List of Malayalam Songs sung by Arvind Venugopal". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
7. "Abrid Shine's Poomaram wins big at Mazhavil Mango Music awards". OnManorama. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
8. "SIIMA Awards 2018 – Malayalam Nominees and Winners". Time For Treat. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2020.