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Karthik (born 7 November 1980) is an Indian playback singer. Karthik started his professional career as a backing vocalist and has since been working as a playback singer. He has sung in multiple languages including Telugu( over 500 songs), Kannada( over 300 songs), Tamil( over 1000 songs) and in other languages like Malayalam, Bengali and Hindi. Karthik is known for his versatility in the industry which gave him opportunity to sing a variety of songs. ==Biography== Karthik developed an interest in music, early in his life. He is a trained Carnatic music vocalist and has been training since his school days. He was part of a college band and regularly participated in IIT Madras Fest ''Saarang''. An ardent fan of A. R. Rahman, Karthik's dream was to meet Rahman and sing for him. Playback singer Srinivas, who collaborated often with Rahman was Karthik's close friend's cousin. Srinivas encouraged Karthik to look at singing as a career, which prompted Karthik to resume his singing lessons. One year later, Srinivas recommended Karthik's name to Rahman, who needed fresh voices for backing vocalists for a song from ''Pukar''. Karthik eventually got the opportunity and recorded for the song. Having spent over a year being a backing vocalist, Karthik got his break during the re-recording of ''One 2 Ka 4''. For the background score, A. R. Rahman wanted a high-pitched alap and he eventually chose Karthik to sing the alap. Soon after, Rahman asked him to sing the song "Nendhukittaen" from the film ''Star. Karthik has sung a number of songs for many popular music directors, including A. R. Rahman, Ilaiyaraaja, Hamsalekha, Vidyasagar, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Harris Jeyaraj and Manisharma. Karthik has sung songs in several languages – Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam. "Ennaku Oru Girlfriend" from the Tamil film ''Boys'' was one of the biggest hits of the year as was "Oru Maalai" (''Ghajini''; 2005). His songs for Telugu films for ''Kotha Bangaru Lokam'' (Nijanga Nenenaa), ''Happy Days'' (Arare Arare, Oh My Friend), "Badhulu Tochanai" (''Mr.Perfect''), "Manase Guvvai" (''Naa Peru Shiva''), "Oh Oh My Friend" (''Oh My Friend''), "Yedhuta nlichindhi choodu" (''Vaana''), "Meghama" (''Journey''), "Yevvaro" (''Bodyguard (Telugu)'') are very popular. His other popular songs include "Ava Enna" from the ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' (2009), the title track from ''Unnale Unnale'', "Behka" from ''Ghajini''. Karthik has sung Kannada songs and has many super hit chart buster songs to his credit like Ale Ale, Anuraaga Aralo Samaya, Thangaliyalli Theli Hode, Nee Chummu Chummu Munjaaneli, Manasaithu Ninna Myaale, Sum Sumne Yaako, Hosadondu hesaridu Nanange, Kanne Koodiruvaaga, Madhumasa, Nenapidu Nenapidu, Thanthaane Thannamthaane, Baruve Odi Odi Nalidu, Raktha Sambandhagala, Saluge Saluge, Mannige Mara Bhaarave and many more. In 2010, he sang a track "Behene De", from Hindi film ''Raavan'', which is widely considered as the biggest song in his career. The track, which toped music charts for many continuous weeks, also received rave critical reviews.〔 Karthik also performed the Tamil and Telugu versions of the same song, titled "Usure Poghudhey" and "Usire Poyene" respectively. He also sang "Adhigora Choodu" in the movie Mirapakaay. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karthik (singer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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