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Born | Kollam, Kerala, India |
May 13, 1984
Genres | Playback singing, Indi-pop |
Occupations | Singer |
Years active | 2006 - present |
Benny Dayal[1] (Malayalam: ബെന്നി ദയാല്) (born on May 13, 1984)[citation needed] is an Indian singer. He is a member of the band S5 launched by the channel SS Music.[2] Originally from Kerala, he has worked as a playback singer with many noted composers to produce successful soundtracks.
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Biography
Benny Dayal's parents hail from Kollam district, Kerala.[3] Benny was born and brought up in Abu Dhabi and completed his schooling there from Abu Dhabi Indian School(ADIS) and went on to complete his B.Com from Madras Christian College. After his graduation from MCC, he did a diploma in journalism from the same college.[4] He was working as Events Coordinator with RR Donnelley. He quit his job in BPO and decided to dedicate his career to music.[5] Most of the films he sung are for A. R. Rahman in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam. He has since worked with several music composers including Harris Jayaraj, Pravin Mani, Yuvan Shankar Raja, James Vasanthan, Joshua Sridhar, Karsh Kale and Devi Sri Prasad.Currently Benny has been working with the top Music Directors in Bollywood including Amit Trivedi, Salim-Sulaiman, Vishal Shekhar, Pritam and Himesh Reshammiya.
Discography
Albums
- Isai
- Ithu Premamo
- Saaral (Produced by Rainbow Bridge Studios)
- Kavithai Gundar (Produced by Studio8)
- Swaasam (Hexachord)
Film Songs
Tamil Songs
Other Songs
Year | Film | Songs | Language | Composer |
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2006 | Kilukkam Kilukilukkam | "Paatonnu Paadan Marannathende" | Malayalam | Deepak Dev |
2008 | Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na | "Pappu Can't Dance Sala" | Hindi | A. R. Rahman |
Golmaal Returns | "Vacancy" | Hindi | Pritam | |
Yuvvraaj | "Mastam Mastam" "Tu Meri Dost Hai" |
Hindi | A. R. Rahman | |
Ghajini | "Kaise Mujhe" | Hindi | A. R. Rahman | |
2009 | Robinhood | "Parannu Vanna Paingili" | Malayalam | M. Jayachandran |
Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year | "Pocket Mein Rocket" | Hindi | Salim-Sulaiman | |
Pyaar Impossible! | "You and Me" | Hindi | Salim-Sulaiman | |
Love Guru | "Tangaali Tandeya" "Romeokalige Juliet" |
Kannada | Joshua Sridhar | |
2010 | Ye Maaya Chesave | "Kundanapu Bomma" | Telugu | A. R. Rahman |
Badmaash Company | "Badmaash Company" | Hindi | Pritam | |
Darling | "Gum Gum Yeyo" | Telugu | G. V. Prakash Kumar | |
Apoorvaragam | "Noolilla Pattangal" | Malayalam | Vidyasagar[disambiguation needed] | |
Orange | "O Range" | Telugu | Harris Jayaraj | |
Gaana Bajaana | "Gundetu Gundetu" | Kannada | Joshua Sridhar | |
Huduga Hudugi | "Illeana" | Kannada | Joshua Sridhar | |
Kaaryasthan | "Mangalangal" | Malayalam | Berny-Ignatius | |
Band Baaja Baaraat | "Tarkeebein" "Dum Dum Mast Hai" |
Hindi | Salim-Sulaiman | |
2011 | 'Prema Kavali | "Dum Dum" | Telugu | Anoop Rubens |
Seniors | "Aaramam Nirangal" | Malayalam | Alphons Joseph | |
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan | "Choomantar" | Hindi | Sohail Sen | |
Teja Bhai & Family | "Thillana Thillana" | Malayalam | Deepak Dev | |
Oh My Friend | "Nuvvu Nenu Jattu" | Telugu | Rahulraj | |
Aazaan | "Habibi Habibi" | Hindi | Salim-Sulaiman | |
Ladies vs Ricky Bahl | "Aadat Se Majboor" | Hindi | Salim-Sulaiman | |
2012 | Daruvu | "Sexy lady" | Telugu | Vijay Antony |
Jodi Breakers | "Jab Main Tumhare Saath Hu" | Hindi | Salim-Sulaiman | |
Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | "Ek Main Aur Ekk tu" | Hindi | Amit Trivedi | |
Lovely | "Dolare Dola" | Telugu | Anoop Rubens | |
Cocktail | "Daaru Desi" | Hindi | Pritam | |
Heroine | "Tujhpe Fida" | Hindi | Salim-Sulaiman | |
Student of the Year | "The Disco Song" | Hindi | Vishal–Shekhar | |
2013 | Race 2 | "Lat Lag Gayi" | Hindi | Pritam |
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | "Badtameez Dil" | Hindi | Pritam | |
KQ | "Chenthalire" | Malayalam | Stephen Devassy |
Awards
- 54th Filmfare Awards – RD Burman Award for New Music Talent - Kaise Mujhe Tum (Ghajini)
- 2009 Stardust Awards - Max Stardust Awards for New Musical Sensation (Pappu can't dance/Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na)[6]
Live performances
Dayal performed at NIT Calicut on March 26, 2009 as part of the cultural festival Ragam 09. He along with his band Rainbow Bridge[disambiguation needed] performed at the Annual Cultural Festival OASIS 2009 of Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani. He performed at Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy, Tanjore as a part of the cult fest Kuruksastra in 2009. He performed with Stephen Devassy and others at SSN College of Engineering on March 5, 2010 and at Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology on March 21, 2010 as part of a cultural event.[7] He was at Nehru College of Engineering and Research Centre, Pampady on March 5, 2010 for Bloom. He frenzied the audience at the jam packed Music Academy on March 27, 2010 at Sangarsh 10 — a concert for a cause, organised by Rotaract Club of College of Engineering Guindy.[8]
He performed in the 8th Mile, the technocultural fest of RV College of Engineering on 18 April 2010 at Bangalore.[9]
Dayal performed in the Acharya Habba, the culfest of Acharya Institute of Technology, Bangalore on 9 April 2011.[10]
He performed at Paramarsh, a student festival of the Faculty of Technology & Engineering, MSU Baroda on 16th september 2012.[citation needed]
He performed at Valhalla, Sports cum Cultural Festival of XLRI, Jamdshedpur on 28th July, 2013.
Acting career
In the Malayalam film By the people, Benny Dayal performed as an actor along with his 'S5' band partners. All the songs in the movie were sung by 'S5' members for the composer Pravin Mani.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Video interview with Benny Dayal, http://video.webindia123.com/new/interviews/singers/bennydayal/index.htm
- ^ "Scaling heights". Metro Plus (Chennai, India: The Hindu). 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
- ^ George, Vijay (2005-05-16). "S5 's Malayali connection". Metro Plus (Chennai, India: The Hindu). Retrieved 2009-01-06.
- ^ "ABOUT BENNY DAYAL:". Oneindia.in. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- ^ Kamath, Sudhish (2009-10-02). "How Benny made it big". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
- ^ "AWARDS". Oneindia.in. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- ^ Contact Support
- ^ RCEG – Rotaract Club of College of Engineering Guindy
- ^ "The Leading 8th Mile VCE Site on the Net". 8thmilervce.com. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
- ^ "Three-day Acharya Habba starts tomorrow". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2011-04-06.