Tippu (singer)

Biography

Tippu was born as Ekambaresh in Ponmalai, Trichy to Tamil people S. Lakshmi Narayanan and M. K. Meenakshi.^[1] He has two siblings, an elder sister Gayathri and a younger brother Shamkumar.^[1] Tippu did his schooling at the Kamaraj Matric School, Old Washermenpet and the St. John's Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Alwarthirunagar, Tamilnadu.
Tippu is married to playback singer Harini. He has two children, a girl named Sai Smruti and a boy, Sai Prathyankar. He has sung 150 songs for Illayaraja and many songs for DSP and Harris Jayaraj. He is very famous for Voice modulation and Articulated rendition in all languages.

Songs

Song	Album
Venmathi / Oh Mama	Minale
Enai Konja	Kakha kakha
Mudhal Mudhalai	Lesa Lesa
Moongil Kadugale	Samurai
Silu Silu	Kovil
Kadhal Vandhal	Iyarkai
Palli Thozhiye	Thithikudhe
Raa Raa	Chandramukhi
Ella Machi Machi	Anbe Sivam
Karka Karka	VV
Jalsa	Chennai 28
Something Something	Something Something... Unakkum Enakkum
Pakadhe	Aaru
Solladi	Kadhalil vilundhen
Girl Friend	Boyz
Gala Gala / Aga Naga	KO
Yaro	Vengai
Veyilodu vilayadi	Veyil
Poovin Manam	Narthagi
Vada Mappiley	Villu
Merkey	Citizen
Oh Nanbaney	Dhill
Kapakelange	Dhool
Ghilli Ghilli	Ghilli
Hot Party	Tamilan

He is often the first choice to sing dance or jazzy songs to be picturised on popular Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar. His song Yavanig gottu from the movie Paramathma has become an instant hit.

Awards

Tippu was awarded the Kalaimamani by the Government of Tamil Nadu in 2007.^[3] He has received two nominations for the Best Male Playback Singer prize in Tamil and Kannada at the 57th and the 58th Filmfare Awards South, respectively. In 2010, he won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Hey Paro" from the film Raaj the Showman.^[4]