Kaushik Menon

Kaushik Menon
Kaushik Menon
Born	Karthik; Palakkad
Nationality	Indian
Citizenship	India
Known for	Playback Singer
Parents	Govindan Kutty (father); Sree Parvathi (mother);
Awards	2009 Best Upcoming Playback Singer, Mirchi Music Awards

Kaushik Menon (also known as Kaushik) is a vocalist and an Indian playback singer working in the south Indian film industry. He started his professional playback singing career in the year in 2004, and since has been working as playback vocalist for multiple languages - including Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu. He is known for his song, "Natkal Nagarndhu" – the song of friendship^[1] from the movie Ninaithale Inikkum that gave him a major breakthrough as a playback singer.^[2] He owns a Musical Studio named Tapas Studio.

Playback singing career

Early career

Kaushik Menon started his singing in school youth festivals &stage shows and later at his age of 18 he encouraged by the veteran singer S. Janaki^[3] to go to Chennai and she supported him through giving opportunities to sing in many stage shows.^[4] Later on he got an opportunity to sing in front of music director Ilayaraja and started his play back singing career. He was recognised by people through his Ninaithale Inikkum movie song composed by Vijay Antony and he got the best upcoming play back singer award from Mirchi music awards.^[2]

2009 and onward

In 2009, Kaushik won "Best Upcoming Male Singer" in Mirchi Music Award South for his song "Natkal Nagarndhu", from the movie Ninaithale Inikkum.^{[citation needed]} In 2013, Kaushik attempted singing the male cover version of "Nenjukulle" from A.R. Rahman’s movie Kadal, (originally sung by Shakthisree Gopalan).^[5]^[6]

In 2013, he made entry into the Mollywood with a duet melody number "Nin mounavu from the movie Entry.^[2] His melody number, "Oru Mozhi Mindathe" from the Malayalam film Law Point gave him a major breakthrough in Mollywood, since then, he has worked with many music directors including A.R. Rahman, Harris Jayaraj, Vijay Antony, Joshua Sridhar, and Mejo Joseph.^[4]

Filmography as a playback singer

Tamil songs

Year	Film	Song	Music Director	Co-Singer(s)
2020	Adi adi penne	Omar lulu	Solo
2008	Aasai Paravai	Kannil Kalantha	R.K. Sundar	Solo
2009	Ninaithale Inikkum	Naatkal Nagarndhu	Vijay Antony	Solo
2010	Pesuvathu Kiliya	Boologam Ellaamae	A. R. Reihana	A.R. Reihana, Yemil
2010	Nellu	Kodiyodu Thamara Poo	S.S. Kumaran	Chinmayee
2011	Theneer Viduthi	Mellanna Sripalo	S.S. Kumaran	Mirudula
2012	Oru Mazhai Naangu Saaral	Nanba Sernthu Vaada	A. D. Mohan	Solo
2012	Gokulam	Malli Malli Vaasam	Anuropan	Solo
2012	Thambi Oorukku Pudusu	Anru Unnai	Gurukiran	Kalyani
2013	Anandha Thollai	Sey Seyyaro (Remix)	Ali Mirsa	Padmalatha
2013	Chennaiyil Oru Naal	Kanavey (Male)	Mejo Joseph	Solo

Malayalam songs

Year	Film	Song	Music Director	Co-Singer(s)
2012	Entry	Nin Mounavum	Mejo Joseph	Minmini
2014	Law point^[7]	Oru Mozhi Mindathe	Mejo Joseph	Solo
2016	Dhanayathra	Mutharam	Rajamani
2017	C/O Sairabanu	Aromale	Mejo Joseph
2019	Varikuzhiyile Kolapathakam	Kanniveyil	Mejo Joseph
2019	Anugraheethan Antony^[8]	Bow Bow	Arun Muraleedharan	Anannya Nair

Telugu songs

Year	Film	Song	Music Director	Co-Singer(s)
2008	Prema	Rendojamu	Joshua Sridhar	Rita
2008	Prema	Oh Priya	Joshua Sridhar	Sriya
2008	Swamy IPS	Ayyayyo Ayyayyo	Harris Jayaraj	Shravya
2011	Prema Sagaram	Premalo Regene	Kalai, Shabesh Murali	Solo
2012	Chelagatam	Boys Google	Sundar C. Babu	Hema
2013	Telugabbai	Chitranga Unde	Mejo Joseph	Minmini
2013	Telugabbai	Chitranga Unde Manasu	Mejo Joseph	Minmini
2013	Telugabbai	Na Camera	Mejo Joseph	Geetha Madhuri, Pavani

Kannada Songs


Year	Film	Song	Music Director
2008	Budhivandha	Ravivarmana	Vijay Antony

Television Title Songs


Year	Programme	Language	Music Director	TV Channel
2013	Vani rani	Tamil	Satya	Sun TV
2013	Onnum Onnum Moonu	Malayalam	Arun Muraleedharan	Mazhavil Manorama

Awards

Mirchi Music Awards South^[9]

Year	Category	Song	Film
2009	Best Upcoming Male Singer	Natkal Nagarndhu	Ninaithale Inikkum

References

^ "Koushik values friendship". The Times of India. 26 September 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kaushik gets busy this year". The Times of India. 6 January 2013.
^ "ജാനകിയമ്മ പറഞ്ഞു 'ഇതെന്റെ കുട്ടി': ആർക്കുമറിയാത്തൊരു ഗാനഗാഥ". ManoramaOnline. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Singer Kaushik Menon's got a hit on his hands with a song in Law Point". The Hindu. Thiruvananthapuram, India. 3 April 2014.
^ "Nenjukulle Kadal Song male version". YouTube. 18 December 2012.
^ "I love experimenting with music: Kaushik Menon". The Times of India. 6 June 2014.
^ Sathyendran, Nita (3 April 2014). "Note the point". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ "Bow Bow song from Anugraheethan Antony is cute in many ways - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
^ "Mirchi Music Awards South 2009". Radio Mirchi. 17 July 2010.

External links

[NatkalNagarndhu-1] "Koushik values friendship". The Times of India. 26 September 2010.

[NinaithaleInikkum-2] "Kaushik gets busy this year". The Times of India. 6 January 2013.

[3] "ജാനകിയമ്മ പറഞ്ഞു 'ഇതെന്റെ കുട്ടി': ആർക്കുമറിയാത്തൊരു ഗാനഗാഥ". ManoramaOnline. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[TheHindu06012013-4] "Singer Kaushik Menon's got a hit on his hands with a song in Law Point". The Hindu. Thiruvananthapuram, India. 3 April 2014.

[NenjukkuleMaleCoverSong-5] "Nenjukulle Kadal Song male version". YouTube. 18 December 2012.

[TimesofIndia06062104-6] "I love experimenting with music: Kaushik Menon". The Times of India. 6 June 2014.

[7] Sathyendran, Nita (3 April 2014). "Note the point". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[8] "Bow Bow song from Anugraheethan Antony is cute in many ways - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

[Mirchi_Music_Award_2009-9] "Mirchi Music Awards South 2009". Radio Mirchi. 17 July 2010.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]