Shabareesh Varma

Shabareesh Varma is an Indian lyricist, singer and actor working in Malayalam cinema. Shabareesh made his debut in the Alphonse Putharen's acclaimed 2013 film Neram where he rose to fame with his lyrics for the song Pistah in Neram, which was also used as the promo song for the 2016 Indian Premier League.[1][2]

Shabareesh Varma
Born
North Paravur, Kochi, Kerala
OccupationLyricist, singer, actor
Years active2013–present

Early life

Shabareesh Varma was born to P.K Nandana Varma and Sulekha Varma in North Paravur, Ernakulam. He studied in SAE Institute and graduated in Audio Engineering and Music Production. After completing the graduation course, he worked in the films Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, Ye Maaya Chesave, Nadunisi Naaygal, Pizza , Soodhu Kavvum, Pizza II: Villa, and Jigarthanda. He started his acting stint with a short film "Cling-Cling" followed by "Neram (short film)" in which he was the protagonist pitched up against Vijay Sethupathi (as Vatti Raja).

Film career

His first film was the Tamil version of Neram directed by Alphonse Putharen. In 2015, he was a part of the Malayalam movie Premam as a lyricist, singer and actor. He wrote the lyrics for 7 songs, sung 5 of them and played the character 'Shambu' in the film.

Filmography
  • All films are in Malayalam, unless otherwise noted.

As Lyricist
YearSongFilmSingers
2013Pistah Sumakiraya (Additional Lyrics)NeramShabareesh Varma
2015Scene ContraPremamShabareesh Varma
Malare Ninne kanathirunalVijay Yesudas
Ithu Puthan KaalamShabareesh Varma
Pathivayi NjanShabareesh Varma
Kaalam Kettu poyiShabareesh Varma
KalippuMurali Gopy, Shabareesh Varma
Aluva PuzhayudeVineeth Sreenivasan
SelfieDouble BarrelShabaraeesh Varma, K S Krishnan, Prashant Pillai
Athala PithalaArun Kamath, Shabareesh Varma, Rahul R Govinda, Gagan Baderiya
Kadala VaruthuShabareesh Varma
Arikil NinnarikilRock StarP. Jayachandran
Puthiya PuthiyaSiddharth Menon, Arun Kamath, Preeti Pillai, Prashant Pillai
2016Anuraga KarikinvellamAnuraga Karikkin VellamPeethambaran Menon, Govind Menon
PoyimaranjoPreeti Pillai, Arun Kamath
Neeyoo NjanoVaikom Vijayalakshmi, Niranj, Shabareesh Varma, Sreerag Saji
2018Get Out HouseNaamShabareesh Varma
Tanka TakkaraShabareesh Varma
Kanne kanneMandharamniye niye pokathe
2019Vanil chandrikaLuca

As an Actor
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotes
2013NeramJohnTamil film
2015PremamShambu
2018NaamHarris Mohammed
2018LadooSK
2019Thanneer Mathan DinangalSiju
2020Mariyam Vannu VilakkoothiTBA

As a Singer
YearSongFilmSinger
2013Thaka ThakaNeramShabareesh Varma
PistahShabareesh Varma
2015Scene ContraPremamShabareesh Varma
Ithu Puthan KaalamShabareesh Varma
Pathivayi NjanShabareesh Varma, Rajesh Murugesan
Kaalam Kettu PoyiShabareesh Varma
KalippuMurali Gopy , Shabareesh Varma
SelfieDouble BarrelShabareesh Varma, K S Krishnan, Prashant Pillai
Athala PithalaArun Kamath, Shabareesh Varma, Rahul R Govinda, Gagan Baderiya
Kadala VaruthuShabareesh Varma
2018Get Out HouseNaamShabareesh Varma
Tanka TakkaraShabareesh Varma

Awards and nominations

Vayalar Samskarika Vedhi Film Award 2016– Best Debut Actor (Male)- Shambhu from Premam

SIIMA

2015 – Best Lyricist for 'Malare' from 'Premam'

IIFA Utsavam Awards

2015 – Best Lyricist for 'Malare' from 'Premam'

Vanitha Film Awards

2015 – Best Newcomer for the role 'Shambhu' from 'Premam'

Asianet Comedy Awards

2015 – Best Comical Song for 'Scene Contra' from 'Premam'

References
  1. "The Pistah song is a tribute to Jagathy Sreekumar'".
  2. "Premam(film)'".
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