S5 (band)

S5
OriginIndia
GenresPop
Years active2004-2005
LabelsSony BMG
Past membersBenny Dayal
Anaitha Nair
SuVi
Bhargavi Pillai
Arjun Sasi

S5 was an Indian pop band formed in 2004. The members of the band are Benny Dayal, Anaitha Nair, Suvi Suresh, Bhargavi Pillai and Arjun Sasi.[1] They were the winners of the first SS Music voice hunt competition.[1][2]

The band's only album "Isai" (English: "music") with 8 songs in Tamil language composed by Praveen Mani[3] was released in March, 2005.[4] They later sung and performed all songs for the Malayalam movie By the People.[2][5] They also recorded a song "Vaa endru koopidum" as a band for composer Yuvan Shankar Raja for a movie named "Vyuham",[6] but it was never released.

After one year the contract came to an end and the band split.[7] Since then, all of them are pursuing their own careers. Benny Dayal has become a famous playback singer, Suvi Suresh has sung many hit songs in Tamil and Bhargavi Pillai in Telugu, while Anaitha Nair has become a Bollywood actress.

Discography

  • 2005: Isai
  • 2005: By the People

References

  1. ^ a b SS Music rocks Chennai with pop band S5; to set up production centres across South India
  2. ^ a b The Hindu : Metro Plus Kochi : S5 's Malayali connection
  3. ^ The Hindu : Metro Plus Hyderabad / Music : Beat street
  4. ^ The Hindu : Metro Plus Coimbatore / Music : New spice to song
  5. ^ The Hindu : Entertainment Thiruvananthapuram / Music : Scoring a musical high[usurped]
  6. ^ Arjun Sasi Live Events/Themed Entertainment Production Managers/Supervisors United Arab Emirates - film tv production
  7. ^ The Hindu : Arts / Music : Three's Company