Anand Aravindakshan (born 1989) is an Indian playback singer, and the
2016 title winner of Airtel Super Singer Season 5, a television-based
reality singing competition in Tamil televised on Vijay TV.Anand did
his school education from Chennai, and while in high school at Sri
Sankara Senior Secondary School in Chennai, Anand started representing
his school at cultural events and competition. After his graduation in
commerce at Vivekananda College in Chennai, Anand completed a course
in sound engineering from Soundtech Media School of Sound Engineering
and Recording in Chennai and his MBA from Symbiosis College in the
same city.During this period Anand also took part in about four
reality shows, where he won two shows and was announced first
runner-up in the other two.[citation needed] He was the first runner
up in the 2007 edition of Gandharva Sangeetham, a reality music show
telecast by Kairali channel and in the 2008 edition of Athiradi
Singer, a reality music show telecast by Sun TV. He was the title
winner of the 2010 edition of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa challenge, a reality
music show telecast by Zee Tamil.[citation needed] However, his latest
reality show win in 2016 stirred up a lot of discussion and brought
Anand to the limelight. This show was the fifth season of Airtel Super
Singer, a television-based reality singing competition in Tamil
televised on Vijay TV, and Anand was the title winner of this edition.
With playback singers such as Srinivas, Unnikrishnan, Usha Uthup, and
Mano judging the show, Anand was part of the top 30 contestants who
were selected to participate in the various rounds. He was eliminated
in the later rounds of the show but he made a comeback to the show as
a wild card candidate. He was part of the top 5 in the grand finale.
He was eventually announced the winner in the grand finale of the
season, but this victory instantly fuelled controversial social media
discussions questioning this decision, mentioning that Anand was
already a playback singer. Anand later clarified his stand, and Vijay
TV released a statement confirming that this rule of rejecting
playback singers as candidates was not applicable for the fifth season
since the rule was removed two years earlier for the Super Singer
Senior category, they clarified that Anand's victory was valid. Anand Aravindakshan Top Movies & Young Movies