Sathyaprakash

Sathyaprakash
Background information
Also known as	D. Sathyaprakash, Sathyaprakash Dharmar
Born	March 18, 1990 (age 28) Sholavandan, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Genres	Carnatic classical, Semiclassical, Classical fusion

Sathyaprakash Dharmar is a playback singer and a stage performer who is well-versed in Carnatic, semi-classical, devotional, light, and fusion music. He is predominantly active in the South Indian music industries working with eminent composers like Ilaiyaraaja, A. R. Rahman, D. Imman, Anirudh Ravichander, Vidyasagar, G. V. Prakash Kumar, Harris Jayaraj, M. Ghibran, and many others.

Sathyaprakash is known in the music fraternity for his hits in commercial movies, independent albums, advertisements and several corporate and cultural events. He is based in Chennai. He not only performs classical, devotional, and fusion concerts at several sabhas, but he is also a frequent traveler to perform multiple stage shows and live concerts across the globe. His consistent enthusiasm coupled with his gripping knowledge in music gives him a variety of options to work with leading music directors.

He has competitively proven his singing in other languages including Telugu and Kannada movie albums, and he is recognized for his ability to quickly grasp the arrangement and technicalities of the project to effectively manage time and clarity. Additionally, he brings in a lot of newness and unique dimension to recreate timeless classics by producing cover versions of various songs using emerging instrumentation and arrangements. His experience in conducting and supervising vocal recordings ensuring technical correctness and clear output has given him an upper hand in music production as well.

Previous Experience, Milestones, & Awards

Sathyaprakash showed constant interest and willingness to learn Carnatic music ever since he was 8 years old. He says, “All these wouldn't have been possible without the constant guidance from my guru Dr. Pandanallur Chandrasekhara Bhagavathar and my grandfather Mr. Ramaiah pillai”. He also learned voice culture from India's leading voice expert Ananth Vaidyanathan and also a student of Augustin Paul, who is one of the senior most western teachers in Chennai.

• He secured first prize in the state level carnatic music competition held by “The New Indian Express“ during the years 2003, 2004 & 2005 in Coimbatore.
• He won the first prize in Carnatic music competition held by Kerala Cultural Centre in the year 2003 with the "Kalaprathibha award".
• Airtel Super Singer, Season 3 show on Vijay TV was a life-changing experience. He was the first to be directly chosen to Top 20 contestants by the judges, mentioning a stand out performance, with no further levels of auditions. He earned tremendous support from public for his outstanding performance at the finals and was awarded the “Best Performer of the Grand Finale” award at the special program held based on discussions by the judging panel and the Star vijay television crew.
• "The Vijay Tele Award" (September 2015) from Vijay TV for the favorite singer category for the song "Ammadi Un Azhagu" from Vellaikaara Durai.
• "MGR-Shivaji Academy Award" (January 2016) from TTPTU for the best playback singer for the song "Aanaalum Indha Mayakkam" from 10 Endrathukulla.
• "Young Achiever" (October 2011) Rotary club of metropolis, Coimbatore
• "Voice of the World" by the Lions club, Chennai (September 2011)
• "Youth Excellence Award” for the year 2012-2013 from Lions club, Coimbatore (December 2012).
• "Scintillating Singer Award" for the year 2017 from Rotary club of coimbatore west 3201.
• "Best Playback Singer Award" for the year 2016-2017 from Provoke Lifestyle magazine for the song "Nallai Allai" from the movie Kaatru Veliyidai.
• "Best Male Playback Singer Award " for the year 2017 from Hello fm 106.4 for the song "Nallai Allai" from the movie Kaatru Veliyidai.
• "Benze Award" for the best playback singer category for the year 2017 from for the song "Aalaporaan Thamizhan" from the movie Mersal.

Discography

Sathyaprakash had released four Carnatic music albums featuring his music (Padatha Pattillai, Jananam, Pazham née, and Soundaryam) released under Rajalakshmi fine arts, a famous carnatic music sabha in Coimbatore.

Starting from 2012 to present, Sathyaprakash has sung over 85 movie songs in various languages. Some of the notable chartbusters are Aalaporaan Thamizhan, Raasali, Nallai Allai, Ammadi Un Azhagu, Adiye Unna paathida, Nee Paarkkum Paarvai, Po Nee Po (Remix), and so on.

Songs contributed for movies

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Songs contributed for independent music

Covers

References

External links

• The Hindu: Bound by music
• https://twitter.com/dsathyaprakash
• https://www.facebook.com/spmusic1990
• https://www.youtube.com/user/musicmechanic09
• www.instagram.com/sathyaprakash90