Siddharth Menon

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Siddharth Menon
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Born (1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 (age 32)
Mumbai, India
Years active2012–present
RelativesGovind Vasantha (cousin)

Siddharth Menon (born 1 July 1989) is an Indian playback singer, film actor , Co-founder and vocalist of Thaikkudam Bridge music band. He has rendered some film songs but is most popular for his band Thaikkudam Bridge. His rendition of "Mandaracheppundo" from the film Dasharatham for a musical show Music Mojo in the Malayalam channel Kappa TV topped the music charts.

Early life and education[]

Siddharth Menon was born in a Mumbai-settled Kerala family of Sathyanathan Pariyadath and Sheela on 1 July 1989, and was brought up in Mumbai. His father, Sathyanathan, is a former employee of an airline company and hails from Irinjalakkuda, Trissur. His mother, Sheela, works with the income tax department in Mumbai and hails from Vaikom, Kottayam. He studied in Vivek Vidyalaya High School, Goregaon, Maharashtra. He attended Vivek College of Commerce where he received a degree in commerce. After graduation he decided to study western classical music and joined A R Rahman’s music college, KM Music Conservatory in Chennai . At present, he resides in Kochi, Kerala. He married Marathi actress Tanvi Palav on 22 December 2019.[1][2]

Career[]

Siddharth Menon grew up in Mumbai with his Malayali parents, attending competitions and youth festivals and winning prizes for music. All he has to show is about a few days he attended in Ajivasan Music Academy in Mumbai. But that never dampened his passion for singing.

He performed in the Sony TV reality show, X Factor India, and his group Nirmitee was the finalist of the show. The other members in the group were Vian Fernandez, Pranil More and Ranjana Raja.

His first cousin Govind Menon composed songs for the musical show "Music Mojo" in Kappa TV, and "Nostalgia" (the reincarnation of evergreen Malayalam songs), in which Siddharth sang "Mandharachepundo", became a hit on YouTube. Both of them together started the musical band Thaikkudam Bridge.[3]

Siddharth made his debut in playback singing with the song "Tharangal" in the 2013 film North 24 Kaatham. [4]

His debut into the Malayalam film industry was through the movie Rockstar directed by V.K.Prakash in the year 2015.He has also acted and sung in Musical albumYelove along with Shreya Ghoshal, the song was released on 7 June 2014. As of 2014, Yelove has achieved 1 million views on YouTube . The next year he again became a part of album Yami.

As of 2019, he has also acted in films like Koode, Solo in supporting roles and Kadha paranja kadha and Kolambi in lead roles. He also performed in a TV show Autumn leaf on Amrita TV. He is also a stage performer and has performed in many award shows in Malayalam.

Awards[]

Year Ceremony Category Result
2013 BIG FM 92.7 awards best debut male singer of the year Won
2014 South Indian International Movie Awards SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer Nominated
Filmfare Awards South Best Male Playback Singer Nominated
Asianet Film Awards Best Playback singer(Male) Nominated
2016 South Indian International Movie Awards SIIMA Award for Best Debutant Male -Malayalam Won
Vanitha Film Awards Best Debut Actor Won


Filmography[]

Year film Role Notes
2014 Yelove Himself Malayalam language melodic album
2015 Yami Himself Malayalam language melodic album
2015 Haram Himself Cameo Appearance in song Theevandi..
2015 Rockstar Anant Abraham Debut Movie
2017 Omanathinkal Himself Malayalam language melodic album
2017 Solo Nelson
2017 Solo Nelson Tamil film
2018 Kadha Paranja Kadha Ebi
2018 Sidharth Menon Medley Himself Musical Album
2018 Koode Sean
2019 Neermathalam Poothakalam Guest appearance
2021 First Love Himself Musical Album
2021 Instagramam Web series
2021 Kolaambi Soloman Post Production
2021 New TBA Filming
2021 Jan.E.Man Ratheesh Filming[5]

Film songs[]

Year Song Music Director Film
2013 "Tharangal" Govind Menon North 24 Kaatham
2013 "Pontharam" North 24 Kaatham
2014 "Thumbi Penne" Gopi Sundar Bangalore Days
2014 "Neerpalunkin" Govind Menon Vegam
2014 "Theruvukal" Shahabaz Aman Njan Steve Lopez
2014 "Munthirivalliyil" Kilimanoor Ramavarma Actually
2015 "Kaanal Kaate" Thaikkudam Bridge Haram
2015 "Theevandi" Haram
2015 "Varikallo" Prashant Pillai Rockstar
2016 "Down To Nothing" Siddharth Menon Justice League vs. Teen Titans
2018 "Arikilen" Dr.Siju Jawahar Kadha Paranja Kadha
2019 Manasunamanasu Varun Sunil Rajdooth (Telugu)

Other songs[]

Song Vocalists
"Nostalgia" Siddharth Menon, Govind Menon, Vipin Lal, Christine Jose
"Aisa Koi" Siddharth Menon
"Rahman Medley" Siddharth Menon
"Moovanthi Chayum (Yelove)" Siddharth Menon, Shreya Ghoshal
"Abhi mujh mein Kahi" Siddharth Menon
"Tum hi ho" Siddharth Menon
"Allah Allah (Yami)" Siddharth Menon, Haritha Balakrishnan
"One (Navarasam)" Siddharth Menon, Thaikkudam Bridge
Siddharth Menon Medley Sidharth Menon
First love Neeraj Madhav

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.deepika.com/cinema/CinemaNews.aspx?Siddharth-Menon-got-married&ID=4714
  2. ^ "Going Solo".
  3. ^ "Siddarth Menon: DecanChronicle Article".
  4. ^ "Showstopper- The Hindu Article".
  5. ^ "Siddharth Menon: Tanvi and I were able to collaborate on many things, including cooking and composing - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

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