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Tamil actors who are also playback singers

ETimes.in | Last updated on - Dec 25, 2021, 10:15 IST
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Tamil actors who are also playback singers

It is not new for Kollywood celebrities to take up different roles in the industry. Here is a list of male actors in the Tamil industry who are also top-rated playback singers.

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Simbu

Silambarasan TR also has played multiple roles in the movie industry which include acting, singing, dancing, and lyric writing. He debuted as a child artist in 1984 and frequently appeared as a singer from 1999. He has sung more than 90 songs. The most famous songs of his are ‘Evan Di Una Pethan’ from ‘Vaanam’ and ‘Love Panlama Venama’ from ‘Poda Podi’. Apart from singing for movies, the actor has also sung many independent albums.

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​Dhanush

Dhanush started his acting career in 2002. Dhanush has played multiple roles as a producer, actor, singer and lyricist in the Tamil movie industry. He started his career as a playback singer in 2004. He has sung more than 25 songs and the most famous songs of his are ‘Why this Kolaveri Di’ from ‘3’ and ‘Rowdy Baby’ from ‘Maari 2’.

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​Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan started his acting career in 1960 as a child artist. He has taken up the role of a actor, director, producer, singer, dancer and many others in the film industry in different languages. Kamal Haasan started singing in the year 1987 and has sung more than 150 songs. The most famous songs of his in Tamil are ‘Neela Vaanam’ from ‘Manmadhan Ambu’ and ‘Ella Machi’ from ‘Anbe Sivam’.

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​Vijay

Vijay started his acting career as a child artist in 1984. His mother Shobha Chandrasekhar is also a singer. Vijay started out as a playback singer in the year 1994 and has sung along with SP Balasubramaniam, KS Chitra, Unni Krishnan, Sujatha and many more from the Tamil music industry. The most famous songs of his in Tamil are ‘Ennoda Laila’ from ‘Badri’ and ‘Google Google’ from 'Thuppaki'.

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​Siddharth

Siddharth debuted in the year 2003 as an actor through the movie ‘Boys’. He primarily works in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi industries. Siddharth, apart from acting, has also done screenwriting and playback singing. He made his debut as a playback singer for movies in 2006 and has sung more than 15 songs to date. The famous songs of his are ‘Adada Adada’ from ‘Santhosh Subramaniam’ and ‘Shoot the Kuruvi’ from ‘Jil Jung Juk’ in Tamil.

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