1. Vijay Yesudas was born on 23 March 1979 and is an Indian playback singer and actor.
17 Facts About Vijay Yesudas
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Vijay Yesudas is the son of acclaimed singer K J Yesudas.
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Vijay Yesudas made his debut as a singer with the 2000 Malayalam film Millennium Stars, which had music composed by Vidyasagar.
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Vijay Yesudas has won five Filmfare Awards for Best Singer and four SIIMA Awards for Best Male Playback Singer.
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Vijay Yesudas made a foray into acting by playing the villain role in the Tamil film Maari and the lead role in the Tamil film Padaiveeran.
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Vijay Yesudas was born to singer K J Yesudas and Prabha.
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Vijay Yesudas is the second son in the family, having an elder brother named Vinod and a younger one, Vishal.
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Vijay Yesudas studied in Chennai until 9th grade and went to the US for further studies.
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Vijay Yesudas graduated from Florida International University with a BA in music.
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Vijay Yesudas started learning Carnatic music in the early 1997.
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Vijay Yesudas is popular for songs sung under composer Yuvan Shankar Raja.
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Vijay Yesudas made his playback debut in the 2000 Malayalam film Millennium Stars, on the composition of Vidyasagar.
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Vijay Yesudas won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer for "Kolakkuzhal Vili Ketto" in Nivedyam.
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Vijay Yesudas made his acting debut in the 2010 Malayalam film Avan.
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In 2015, Vijay Yesudas sang "Malare" in the Malayalam film Premam, went viral among young audiences.
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Vijay Yesudas has sung 178 Malayalam songs and 118 Tamil songs.
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Vijay Yesudas met his future wife Darshana at a music concert held in Dubai on 2002 Valentine's Day.