Devan Ekambaram

Devan Ekambaram (born 25 December 1975) is an Indian American film playback singer, actor and composer. He began his career as a playback singer in Tamil films, and later branched out to many other south Indian languages, such as Telugu and Kannada. Ekambaram has sung for over 500 films.

Devan studied at Freehold Township High School, New Jersey. He enrolled in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where he dropped out in his second year.^[1]

Devan started his singing career in 1999 when he received an unexpected call from the assistants of composer A. R. Rahman, inviting him for a voice audition. He went on to record his first song, "O Maria," for the film Kadhalar Dhinam, collaborating with Yugendran.^[2]

Following "Ore Nyabagam" from the film Minnale (2001) composed by Harris Jayaraj, he sang numerous popular tracks in Tamil and Telugu films, collaborating with composers such as Ilayaraja, Vidhyasagar, Deva, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Karthik Raja, and others. The song "Anbil Avan" from the film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa is composed by A. R. Rahman.^[3]

He sang "Nahna Na Nah" for Director Venkat Prabhu's Biriyani, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. He sang the song "Yennai Arindhaal" from the movie Yennai Arindhaal in collaboration with Harris Jayaraj.

Devan debuted as a music director in the 2010 film Bale Pandiya. The music album was received with a positive response.^[4][5] Besides this film, Devan has composed for several short Tamil album songs and has also sung for them.

As dubbing artist

• Devan Ekambaram at IMDb