INFORMATION
| Artist Birtday : | 03/01/1981 (Age 44) |
| Occupation(s) : | Playback singer, Actor |
Naresh Iyer (born 3 January 1981) is an Indian playback singer. Born in Mumbai, Iyer is fluent in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and Marathi. Naresh Iyer has rendered 2000 film songs in several Indian languages and has several chart hits to his credit. His rendition of “Roobaroo” from the movie Rang De Basanti composed by A. R. Rahman topped the music charts for many weeks in 2006 and won him the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. He won the Filmfare award in the R.D. Burman Musical Talent category.
Naresh was spotted by composer A. R. Rahman in a reality talent show, Channel V’s Super Singer. Though he did not win the show, Naresh was later contacted by A. R. Rahman and made his debut with the song “Mayilirage” from Anbe Aaruyire. He has also sung for other composers in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam.
Naresh is also the vocalist of a Mumbai based fusion band called Dhvani.
He also won the R.D. Burman Award as the best male upcoming singer.
The same year he also won the National Award for Best Playback Singer(Male) for his rendition of “Rubaroo” from the movie “Rang De Basanti”.
