S5 (band)

S5 is an Indian pop band formed in 2004. The members of the band are Benny Dayal, Anaitha Nair, Suvi Suresh, Bhargavi Pillai and Arjun Sasi.[1] They were the winners of the first SS Music voice hunt competition.[1][2]

S5
OriginIndia
GenresPop
Years active2004-2005
LabelsSony BMG
Past membersBenny Dayal
Anaitha Nair
SuVi
Bhargavi Pillai
Arjun Sasi

The band's only album "Isai" (English: "music") with 8 songs in Tamil language composed by Praveen Mani[3] was released in March, 2005.[4] They later sung and performed all songs for the Malayalam movie By the People.[2][5] They also recorded a song "Vaa endru koopidum" as a band for composer Yuvan Shankar Raja for a movie named "Vyuham",[6] but it was never released.

After one year the contract came to an end and the band split.[7] Since then, all of them are pursuing their own careers. Benny Dayal has become a famous playback singer, Suvi Suresh has sung many hit songs in Tamil and Bhargavi Pillai in Telugu, while Anaitha Nair has become a Bollywood actress.

Discography
  • 2005: Isai
  • 2005: By the People

References
  1. SS Music rocks Chennai with pop band S5; to set up production centres across South India
  2. The Hindu : Metro Plus Kochi : S5 's Malayali connection
  3. The Hindu : Metro Plus Hyderabad / Music : Beat street
  4. The Hindu : Metro Plus Coimbatore / Music : New spice to song
  5. The Hindu : Entertainment Thiruvananthapuram / Music : Scoring a musical high
  6. Arjun Sasi Live Events/Themed Entertainment Production Managers/Supervisors United Arab Emirates - film tv production
  7. The Hindu : Arts / Music : Three's Company
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