Aalaap Raju (born 6 June 1979) is a playback singer and a bass player
from Chennai, India. His rendition of Enamo Aedho from the movie Ko
composed by Harris Jayaraj topped the music charts for several months
in 2011 and won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer
â€" 2011. He has sung for music directors like Harris Jayaraj, Thaman,
G.V Prakash, Deepak Dev, D.Imman, and Sreekanth Deva. His other
noticeable songs include Vaaya moodi summa iru da from Mugamoodi,
Engeyum Kadhal from Engeyum Kadhal, Endhan Kann Munnae from Nanban,
Kadhal Oru Butterfly and Akila Akila from Oru Kal Oru Kannadi, Anjana
Anjana from Vandhan Vendran, Kuthu Kuthu from Ayyanar, Nenjodu Cherthu
from Yuvvh, Theeyae Theeyae from Maattrraan, Jal Jal Osai from Manam
Kothi Paravai, and Maya Bazaar from Ennai Arindhaal.Music was
something that was natural to him since he hails from a musical
family. His parents, J. M. Raju and Latha Raju, are playback singers
in Malayalam while his grandmother, late Smt. Santha P. Nair and
grandfather, late K. Padmanabhan Nair were well known names in the
Malayalam music industry in 60s and 70s. Though in his school days he
wanted to become a professional cricketer and represent India in the
International level, his under graduation days at SVCE (Chennai) had
other plans for him. His college mates inspired him to take up singing
and bass guitar in parallel in his last year. Months of practice made
Aalaap a self-taught musician in playing bass guitar and singing,
Aalaap's name spread through the most prestigious cultural events in
India especially 'Saarang' (hosted by Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT), Chennai) where he was awarded 'Best Instrumentalist' for his
bass playing. And that was the starting point of numerous recording
sessions and live performances in India and abroad. His singing took
more prominence once Ennamo Yedho and "Engeyum Kadhal' released in
2011, composed by Harris Jayaraj. Aalaap now concentrates on singing
and bass playing equally in Studios and Live.As a singer and bass
player, Aalaap has performed with several prominent artists such as
Dr. T.V. Gopalakrishnan, Dr. L. Subramaniam, Frank Dubier, etc., and
has recorded with noticeable composers such as Ilayaraja, Harris
Jayaraj, Mani Sarma, G.V Prakash, Thaman, Deepak Dev etc. He has more
than 300 concerts to his credit. Aalap Raju Top Movies & Young Movies