Manikka Vinayagam

Manikka Vinayagam
Birth name Vazhuvoor Manikka Vinayagam Ramaiya Pillai
Born (1943-12-10) 10 December 1943
Mayiladuthurai, India
Genres Playback singing, Folk music
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocals, Harmonium
Years active 2001–present
Labels Audiotracs

Manikka Vinayagam is a Tamil playback singer and actor. He has song for all the south Indian language films and acted in several Tamil feature films as a character artist. He is the son of the famous dancer Vazhuvoor B. Ramiah Pillai. His uncle and music guru was the famous singer C. S. Jayaraman.

Career

Vinayagam debuted as a playback singer in the Tamil film Dhill, with the song "Kannukkulla Gelathi" composed by Vidyasagar. His debut in acting was for Thiruda Thirudi playing the father character to Dhanush. Since then, he has sung close to 800 songs in various languages. Apart from these, he has sung close to 15,000 devotional and folk songs.[1]

Selected singing filmography

Acting filmography

References

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