Sundarayyar

Born| 1976 or 1977 (age 46–47)[1]

Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu, India

Occupation(s)| School teacher, singer and street play performer
Spouse| Kavitha
Musical career
Genres| Playback singing, Folk songs, filmi
Instruments| vocals

Musical artist

Sundarayyar is an Indian singer, school teacher and street play performer. He is a recipient of one of India's most prestigious award, "The National award". He was awarded the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer in the year 2017 for lending his vocals for the soundtrack of film Joker's song "Jasemin-u".The award is highest recognition in India for playback singers.[1][2][3][4]

## Early life and career[edit]

Sundarayyar studied in the Government Music College, Chennai. After finishing studies he took up job of a school teacher and used to perform in the street plays.[1][5][4]

One of his friend insisted him to audition for the film Joker. He auditioned to Sean Roldan and was selected for recording the soundtrack of the film Joker. Joker fetched him the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.[1][5][4]

## Accolades[edit]

* National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer (2017).[1][4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e "Journey of Sundarayyar". Retrieved 7 July 2017.
2. ^ "Vairamuthu wins his 7th national award Tamil news". Retrieved 8 July 2017.
3. ^ Selvaraj, Raymond (16 April 2017). "Sundar ayyar India's best playback singer of 2016". SBS Tamil. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
4. ^ a b c d "National award winning singer sundarayyar was a street play artist and government school teacher". Retrieved 8 July 2017.
5. ^ a b "From Street Play artiste to national award winner". Retrieved 8 July 2017.

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National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer

1967–1980|

* Mahendra Kapoor (1967)
* Manna Dey (1968)
* S. D. Burman (1969)
* Manna Dey (1970)
* Hemant Kumar (1971)
* K. J. Yesudas (1972)
* K. J. Yesudas (1973)
* Mukesh (1974)
* M. Balamuralikrishna (1975)
* K. J. Yesudas (1976)
* Mohammed Rafi (1977)
* Shimoga Subbanna (1978)
* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1979)
* Anup Ghoshal (1980)

1981–2000|

* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1981)
* K. J. Yesudas (1982)
* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1983)
* Bhimsen Joshi (1984)
* Jayachandran (1985)
* Hemant Kumar (1986)
* K. J. Yesudas (1987)
* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1988)
* Ajoy Chakrabarty (1989)
* M. G. Sreekumar (1990)
* K. J. Yesudas (1991)
* Dr. Rajkumar (1992)
* K. J. Yesudas (1993)
* P. Unnikrishnan (1994)
* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1995)
* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1996)
* Hariharan (1997)
* Sanjeev Abhyankar (1998)
* M. G. Sreekumar (1999)
* Shankar Mahadevan (2000)

2001–present|

* Udit Narayan (2001)
* Udit Narayan (2002)
* Sonu Nigam (2003)
* Udit Narayan (2004)
* Naresh Iyer (2005)
* Gurdas Maan (2006)
* Shankar Mahadevan (2007)
* Hariharan (2008)
* Rupam Islam (2009)
* Suresh Wadkar (2010)
* Anand Bhate (2011)
* Shankar Mahadevan (2012)
* Rupankar (2013)
* Sukhwinder Singh (2014)
* Mahesh Kale (2015)
* Sundarayyar (2016)
* K. J. Yesudas (2017)
* Arijit Singh (2018)
* B Praak (2019)
* Rahul Deshpande (2020)
* Kaala Bhairava (2021)

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