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- He has sung over 2000 songs in Tamil, Malayalam,
Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.
- He has also worked independently as a music
composer, working on films and private albums.
- His song ‘Minsara Poove’ in ‘Padayappa’ won him the
Tamilnadu Government’s Award for the best Playback Singer .
- He won the Tamil Nadu state award again in 2008 for the
song margazhiyil composed by Bharadwaj.
- He won the Cinema Express Award twice, the Dinakaran
Award once, and the Film Fans Award twice for the best
singer.
- He was also awarded the best playback singer at the
International Tamil Film Awards held at Malaysia for the
song ‘Apple Penne’ from Roja Kootam.
- He was conferred with the Kalaimamani Title by the
Government of Tamil Nadu in 2006.
- In Hindi films, he bagged the A.V Max Award for the best
playback singer for his rendering of the song ‘Kaisi He Yeh
Rut’ from ‘Dil Chahta Hai’.
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