Kaushik Menon

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.

Kaushik Menon
Born
Karthik

Palakkad
NationalityIndia
CitizenshipIndia
Known forPlayback Singer
Parents
  • Govindan Kutty (father)
  • Sree Parvathi (mother)
Awards2009 Best Upcoming Playback Singer, Mirchi Music Awards

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. 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
YearFilmSongMusic DirectorCo-Singer(s)
2008Aasai ParavaiKannil KalanthaR.K. SundarSolo
2009Ninaithale InikkumNaatkal NagarndhuVijay AntonySolo
2010Pesuvathu KiliyaBoologam EllaamaeA. R. ReihanaA.R. Reihana, Yemil
2010NelluKodiyodu Thamara PooS.S. KumaranChinmayee
2011Theneer ViduthiMellanna SripaloS.S. KumaranMirudula
2012Oru Mazhai Naangu SaaralNanba Sernthu VaadaA. D. MohanSolo
2012GokulamMalli Malli VaasamAnuropanSolo
2012Thambi Oorukku PudusuAnru UnnaiGurukiranKalyani
2013Anandha ThollaiSey Seyyaro (Remix)Ali MirsaPadmalatha
2013Chennaiyil Oru NaalKanavey (Male)Mejo JosephSolo

Malayalam songs
YearFilmSongMusic DirectorCo-Singer(s)
2012EntryNin MounavumMejo JosephMinmini
2014Law point[7]Oru Mozhi MindatheSolo
2016 Dhanayathra Mutharam Rajamani
2017 C/O Sairabanu Aromale Mejo Joseph
2019 Varikuzhiyile Kolapathakam Kanniveyil
Anugraheethan Antony[8] Bow Bow Arun Muraleedharan Anannya Nair

Telugu songs
YearFilmSongMusic DirectorCo-Singer(s)
2008PremaRendojamuJoshua SridharRita
2008PremaOh PriyaJoshua SridharSriya
2008Swamy IPSAyyayyo AyyayyoHarris JayarajShravya
2011Prema SagaramPremalo RegeneKalai, Shabesh MuraliSolo
2012ChelagatamBoys GoogleSundar C. BabuHema
2013TelugabbaiChitranga UndeMejo JosephMinmini
2013TelugabbaiChitranga Unde ManasuMejo JosephMinmini
2013TelugabbaiNa CameraMejo JosephGeetha Madhuri, Pavani

Kannada Songs
Year Film Song Music Director
2008 Budhivandha Ravivarmana Vijay Antony

Television Title Songs
Programme Language Music Director TV Channel
Vani rani Tamil Satya Sun TV
Onnum Onnum Moonu Malayalam Arun Muraleedharan Mazhavil Manorama

Awards

Mirchi Music Awards South[9]

YearCategorySongFilm
2009Best Upcoming Male SingerNatkal NagarndhuNinaithale Inikkum

References
  1. "Koushik values friendship". The Times of India. 26 September 2010.
  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.
  4. "Singer Kaushik Menon's got a hit on his hands with a song in Law Point". The Hindu. Thiruvananthapuram, India. 3 April 2014.
  5. "Nenjukulle Kadal Song male version". YouTube. 18 December 2012.
  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.
  9. "Mirchi Music Awards South 2009". Radio Mirchi. 17 July 2010.
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