Shabareesh Varma

Shabareesh Varma
Shabareesh Varma
Born	North Paravur, Kochi, Kerala
Occupation	Lyricist, singer, actor
Years active	2013–present

Shabareesh Varma is an Indian lyricist, singer and actor working in Malayalam and Tamil films. 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]

Early life[]

Shabareesh Varma was born to P.K Nandan 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.

Outside film industry[]

In 2016, he sung the official theme song of the Manjappada, which is the supporters group of Kerala Blasters.^[3] In 2020, he wrote one song for Yennum Yellow, which is an album released by Kerala Blasters as a tribute to their fans. He also performed one song called 'Vaa Varika Vaa' which is written by Manu Manjith and Nikhil Thomas.^[4]

Filmography[]

All films are in Malayalam, unless otherwise noted.

As Lyricist[]

Year	Song	Film	Singers
2013	Pistah Sumakiraya (Additional Lyrics)	Neram	Shabareesh Varma
2015	Scene Contra	Premam	Shabareesh Varma
	Malare Ninne kanathirunal		Vijay Yesudas
	Ithu Puthan Kaalam		Shabareesh Varma
	Pathivayi Njan		Shabareesh Varma
	Kaalam Kettu poyi		Shabareesh Varma
	Kalippu		Murali Gopy, Shabareesh Varma
	Aluva Puzhayude		Vineeth Sreenivasan
	Selfie	Double Barrel	Shabaraeesh Varma, K S Krishnan, Prashant Pillai
	Athala Pithala		Arun Kamath, Shabareesh Varma, Rahul R Govinda, Gagan Baderiya
	Kadala Varuthu		Shabareesh Varma
	Arikil Ninnarikil	Rock Star	P. Jayachandran
	Puthiya Puthiya	Rock Star	Siddharth Menon, Arun Kamath, Preeti Pillai, Prashant Pillai
2016	Anuraga Karikinvellam	Anuraga Karikkin Vellam	Peethambaran Menon, Govind Menon
	Poyimaranjo		Preeti Pillai, Arun Kamath
	Neeyoo Njano		Vaikom Vijayalakshmi, Niranj, Shabareesh Varma, Sreerag Saji
2018	Get Out House	Naam	Shabareesh Varma
	Tanka Takkara		Shabareesh Varma
	Ellarum Onnani		Shabareesh Varma, Niranj Suresh, Sooraj Santhosh, Suchith
	Adichu Polichu		Shabareesh Varma, Niranj Suresh, Sooraj Santhosh, Suchith
	Thudikottunne		Niranj Suresh
	Alakalay Uyarum		Haricharan Seshadri
	Azhakiyane		Vijay Yesudas,Haricharan Seshadri
	Tanka Takkara		Shabareesh Varma
	Kanne kanne	Mandharam	Neha Venugopal, Niranj Suresh
2019	Vanil chandrika	Luca	Arvind Venugopal, Zia Ul Haq
2019	Bharathi Kadhaliyae Kannamaa	Bharathi Kannamaa	Arunraja Kamaraj
2021	Alare		Nithya Mammen, Ayraan

As an Actor[]

	Denotes films that have not yet been released


Year	Film	Role	Notes
2013	Neram	John	Tamil film
2015	Premam	Shambu	Bilingual film: Tamil and Malayalam
2018	Naam	Harris Mohammed
2018	Ladoo	SK
2019	Thanneer Mathan Dinangal	Siju
2020	Mariyam Vannu Vilakkoothi	TBA
2020	Vasanthi		Kerala State Film Award for Best Film

As a Singer[]

Year	Song	Film	Singer
2013	Thaka Thaka	Neram	Shabareesh Varma
2013	Pistah	Neram	Shabareesh Varma
2015	Scene Contra	Premam	Shabareesh Varma
	Ithu Puthan Kaalam		Shabareesh Varma
	Pathivayi Njan		Shabareesh Varma, Rajesh Murugesan
	Kaalam Kettu Poyi		Shabareesh Varma
	Kalippu		Murali Gopy , Shabareesh Varma
	Selfie	Double Barrel	Shabareesh Varma, K S Krishnan, Prashant Pillai
	Athala Pithala		Arun Kamath, Shabareesh Varma, Rahul R Govinda, Gagan Baderiya
	Kadala Varuthu		Shabareesh Varma
2018	Get Out House	Naam	Shabareesh Varma
2018	Tanka Takkara	Naam	Shabareesh 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'^{[citation needed]}

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[]

^ "The Pistah song is a tribute to Jagathy Sreekumar'".
^ "Premam(film)'".
^ Joseph, Maria (12 October 2016). "Yellow fever song a big hit". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
^ "ആരാധകര്‍ക്കായി സംഗീത ആല്‍ബം പുറത്തിറക്കുന്ന ആദ്യ ക്ലബ്ബായി കേരള ബ്ലാസ്റ്റേഴ്‌സ് എഫ്‌സി". SPORTS MALAYALAM (in Malayalam). 19 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.

External links[]

[1] "The Pistah song is a tribute to Jagathy Sreekumar'".

[2] "Premam(film)'".

[3] Joseph, Maria (12 October 2016). "Yellow fever song a big hit". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

[4] "ആരാധകര്‍ക്കായി സംഗീത ആല്‍ബം പുറത്തിറക്കുന്ന ആദ്യ ക്ലബ്ബായി കേരള ബ്ലാസ്റ്റേഴ്‌സ് എഫ്‌സി". SPORTS MALAYALAM (in Malayalam). 19 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.

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