Sai Vignesh

Sai Vignesh is an Indian Carnatic vocalist, playback singer, and musician who predominantly works in Tamil and Telugu music and cinema. He shot to the limelight after being on Airtel Super Singer 4. Since then he continued touring and performing in India and abroad. Sai made his debut in playback singing in 2018 with Eghantham, but it was the year 2022 that solidified his career as a playback singer with his work in several hit films like Sita Ramam and Kantara.[1] He also was part of the chorus in the hit 2022 film Ponniyin Selvan: I. Sai made his Telugu playback singing debut in 2022 with "Anuragam Asai" from [2] Daarunam. It is the track "Varaha Roopam" from Kantara that truly established Sai as a playback singer and gave him worldwide success.

Sai Vignesh
Background information
Birth nameSai Vignesh Ramakrishnan
BornNovember 20
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
GenresVarious
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2013–present

Biography

Sai Vignesh began learning music from Smt. Lakshmi Ananthakrishnan and is currently under the guidance of Cuddalore Shri. T.R. Vasudevan. He is an All India Radio "B" high grade artist and is an empaneled artist of ICCR, Government of India.[3]

Sai was a participant in singing reality show Airtel Super Singer 4 and made it to top 10.[4] Sai was the winner of “Sing with Shankar Mahadevan Contest 2014“ [5] conducted by Shankar Mahadevan Academy and got an opportunity to perform with Mr. Shankar Mahadevan at Banglore.[6] Sai Vignesh has travelled around the globe and has performed in many leading organizations and sabhas. He has performed with Isaigyani Ilayaraja in his live concerts at Singapore, Perth, Erode, Chennai, Trichy, etc.[7] Sai is also a singing instructor who has been training many aspiring singers and he was the mentor for "Star Singer" (a reality show in Jaya Tv). In 2021, Sai co-founded an Indo-Classical Contemporary Fusion band called GANDIVA alongside dancer-choreographer Kavya Muralidaran.[8][9]

Sai made his debut playback with “Oora Nenjila” song for the movie Eghaantham (2018) [10] composed by Ganesh Raghavendra and also was part of “Kaalai Theme” song in 2018 for the movie Kadaikutty Singam composed by D.Imman. In 2022, Sai had two highly successful releasing includes "Kurumugil" from the movie Sita Ramam composed by Vishal Chandrasekar and "Varaha Roopam"[11] from the movie Kantara.[12] Kantara made $365 million at the box office[13] Both "Kurumugil" and "Varaha Roopam" gained much acclaim with Kurumugil from Sita Ramam (soundtrack) hitting 8 million views on the video on YouTube,[14] and around 4 million views on the lyrics video on YouTube.[15] As of December 10, 2022 Varaha Roopam lyrics video crossed 37 Million views on YouTube. [16] As of March 6, 2023, Varaha Roopam lyrics video crossed 90 million views on YouTube. [17] The video crossed 100 million view on March 26, 2023. Sai made his Telugu playback singing debut in 2022 with "Anuragam Asai" from [18] Daarunam. In December, to honor the success of Varaha Roopam, Sai released "Varaha Roopam" Unplugged, which immediately went viral. [19][20][21] On December 16, 2022 IMDB.in released a top 10 list of most popular Hindi movies of 2022.[22] Of the ten, four (#5 Kantara, #6 Rocketry, #8 Sita Ramam, #9 Ponniyin Selvan: Part One) had songs sung by Sai Vignesh.

Playback Songs List
  • "Oora Nenjila" Eghaantham (2018)
  • "Kaalai Theme" Kadaikutty Singam (2018)
  • "Kurumugil" Sita Ramam (2022)
  • "Rocketry's Shri Venkatesa Suprabatham" Rocketry (2022)
  • "Devaralan Aattam" Ponniyin Selvan I (2022) - part of the backing vocals
  • "Varaha Roopam" Kantara (2022) - Kannada
  • "Varaha Roopam" Kantara (2022) - Hindi
  • "Varaha Roopam" Kantara (2022) - Tamil
  • "Varaha Roopam" Kantara (2022) - Telugu
  • "Varaha Roopam" Kantara (2022) - Malayalam
  • "Anuragam Asai" Daarunam (2022)
  • "Nedumudi Yeaganein" Striker (2023)
  • "Aroro Ariraaro" Ayothi (2023)
  • "Sollamale Sollamale" Virupaksha (2023)

References
  1. "Kurumugil is a very special song to me in my playback singing career: Sai Vignesh - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  2. Anuragam Aashai - Video Song | Daarunam | Srikanth | Vetri | Smruthi | Sai Vignesh | Prakash Nikki, retrieved 2022-11-18
  3. Kotra, Harish (2021-12-29). "Sai Vignesh | Classical Concert - Fests.info". fests.info. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  4. "SS03 Sai Vignesh's Journey - video Dailymotion". Dailymotion. 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  5. "Chennai Margazhi young artiste of the day: R. Sai Vignesh". The Hindu. 2019-12-14. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  6. "Kollywood Singer Sai Vignesh Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  7. Vignesh, Sai. "Sai Vignesh". Sai Vignesh. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  8. "Gandiva Official - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  9. "A celebration of the fierce". Deccan Herald. 2021-03-07. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  10. Oora Nenjila Thaangum Ungala (From "Eghantham") - Single by Jayamoorthi, Sai Vignesh & Ganesh Raghavendra, 2018-07-16, retrieved 2022-11-18
  11. https://metrosaga.com/no-words-pure-bliss-varaha-roopam-singer-is-back-with-the-unplugged-version/
  12. என் song Reels -ல மட்டும் Trend ஆக கூடாது: Singer Sai Vignesh Interview | Kurumugil, Varaha Roopam, retrieved 2022-11-18
  13. Kaushal, Sweta. "Rishab Shetty's 'Kantara' Scores $36.5 Million". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  14. Kurumugil Video Song - Sita Ramam (Tamil) | Dulquer | Mrunal | Vishal | Hanu Raghavapudi, retrieved 2022-11-18
  15. Kurumugil Lyrical Video Song - Sita Ramam (Tamil) | Dulquer | Mrunal | Vishal | Hanu Raghavapudi, retrieved 2022-11-18
  16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH_RYRwVrVM
  17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH_RYRwVrVM
  18. Anuragam Aashai - Video Song | Daarunam | Srikanth | Vetri | Smruthi | Sai Vignesh | Prakash Nikki, retrieved 2022-11-18
  19. https://metrosaga.com/goosebumps-guaranteed-varaha-roopam-singer-sai-vignesh-sings-kantara-song-without-music/
  20. https://telugu.abplive.com/entertainment/kantara-varaha-roopam-singer-sai-vignesh-59284
  21. https://metrosaga.com/no-words-pure-bliss-varaha-roopam-singer-is-back-with-the-unplugged-version/
  22. https://www.instagram.com/p/CmLNPNbLg6J/
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