Madhu Balakrishnan

                                   Present – 1999 

                Tamil , Telugu , Kannada , Malayalam


                Madhu Balakrishnan (born twenty four June1974) is associate Indian playback singer United Nations agency sings in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada languages. 

Life 

              Madhu Balakrishnan holds a degree in music from the Academy of Indian Music and humanities, Chennai. He started coaching in carnatic music from his childhood underneath Sreedevi and Chandramana Narayanan Namboothiri, and later had the steering of T. V. Gopalakrishnan, Manikrishna Hindu and Vedavalli of city. 

             Madhu Balakrishnan is from Tripunithura, Cochin, Kerala in Asian country. he's a hierarchical creative person for All India Radio and Doordarshan. He has performed with major playback singers like K.J. Yesudas, Asha Bhosle, Jayachandran, M. G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chitra, Sujatha Mohan, Madhuri and P. Susheela. he's a life member of the Malayalam Cine Technicians Association (MACTA). He performs frequently within the "Swaralaya Dance & Music Festival" control in Palakkad "Chembai Sangeethootsavam" in Guruvayur and also seems in widespread tv programs on south Indian tv channels like Doordarshan, Kairali TV, Asianet and Amrita TV. He has conjointly performed overseas in countries like UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Malaysia, North American nation and Singapore

           Madhu is married to Viditha ("Divya"), sister of the Indian athlete Sreesanth. they need 2 sons, Madhav (b. 2002) and Mahaadev (b. 2009).

Career 

Singing : 

              Madhu shot to fame with the song "Amme Amme" from the film "Vaalkannadi" in 2002, that got him a Kerala Government State Award. He has sung around one hundred fifty malayalam film songs, sixty five Kannada film songs, forty five Telugu film songs and eighty Tamil film songs. He has sung virtually 10,000 songsin pious and alternative non-film albums.

             Some of Madhu's hits embrace "Kuttanadan Kaayalile" from "Kazhcha" in malayalam, "Konjaneram Konjaneram" a duet with Asha Bhosle from "Chandramukhi", the Rajnikanth starrer, "Kanakandenadi Sharade" from "Aptamitra" in Kannada and "Kannaa kandeinadee" from the Tamil film "Parthiban Kanavu". His hit song "Pichai Pathiram", written and set to music by Ilaiyaraaja for the motion-picture show Naan Kadavul, won him the Mirchi Music award in 2010. Madhu has conjointly Lenten tide his voice for the abundant acclaimed Ilaiyaraaja album Thiruvasagam.

            Recently Madhu herbaceous plant the title song for the Malayalam serial "Swamy Ayyappan", that has become a good hit in most Hindu households. The song "Sabarimaamala vazhum Ayyappa" is one amongst the simplest pious songs on Lord Ayyappa discharged recently. In 2010 Madhu, heading a team of amateur singers, won the inaugural Sun TV music competition "Sangeetha maha Yuttham" against 5 different groups, every helmed by an expert singer.

               In Oct 2010, Madhu and his friends, S36 the band, discharged their self-titled debut album of experimental songs. The band is helmed by athlete Sreesanth, United Nations agency is additionally Madhu's relative-in-law. The album could be a compilation of songs that the cluster had informally discharged on the net earlier. These embrace "Jaago India", Associate in Nursing sacred song supposed for the planet Twenty20 Championship in 2007, Associate in Nursingd a song supposed as an unofficial theme for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

          Madhu, along side M. Jayachandran and M. G. Sreekumar, recorded songs for the Acethetik initiative. His contribution includes lightweight music and Hindu pious songs for the web site.

Awards

Kalaimamani award : 

2007 : For excellence in music, dance, cinema and art conferred by the Tamil Nadu state government. 

Kerala Film Critics Award : 

2009 : Pathaam Nilayile from Theevandi 

Mirchi Music Award : 

2010 : Best Male Singer for "Pichai Pathiram" from the movie "Naan Kadavul" 

Kerala State Film Award  : 

2002 : for Best Singer for the song "Amme Amme" from the film "Vaalkannadi" 

Tamil Nadu State Film Award : 

2006 : Best Male Playback Singer 

Filmfare award : 

2007: Rock n roll from Rock N Roll 

Ujala Asianet Film Award : 

2007 : for Best Male Playback Singer for the movie Rock N Roll

Other awards : 

2011: International Malayalam film award 

2011: Gandhi darshan award

2004 : LPR Award

2004 : Kerala Film Critics Award

2004 : Best Melody Singer(Virtuoso Award–Tamil Films)

2003 : Kerala Film Critics Award

2002 : Solar Award

2002 : Mahatma Gandhi Educational Foundation Award

2002 : Junior Chamber Award

2001 : Drisya Award for Best Male Playback singer (Television)

2000 : Soma Award for Best Male Playback singer