Anoop Sankar

Anoop Sankar (born 22 May 1979) is a South Indian Film Playback singer, Songwriter, Stage Performer, VJ, RJ and media personality.^[1]

Early life and Family

Anoop Sankar was born on 22nd May 1979 into a family of music lovers, as the eldest son of T.A Sankar and Latha Sankar who are ardent music lovers. Latha Sankar is a trained classical vocalist and the winner of Kerala University classical music competition held in 1973.^[2] Anoop was initiated into Carnatic classical music learning at the age of six under the guidance of Sri. Chalappuram Pappa, under whom he learnt for 12 years. After completing his graduation, he moved to Chennai where he continued his learning under the renowned musician Sri. Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan. Anoop Sankar after completing his MCA & M.Tech chose to pursue his career in Music. He got married to Viji Viswanathan in 2009. Viji is a playback singer and a Songwriter .^[3][4]

Career

Anoop Sankar came into limelight after winning the 2002 edition of the popular musical talent hunt ‘Sapthaswarangal” telecast in Sun TV. In the same year, on September 21 and 22, Anoop along with 20 musicians under the name “Sangamam” set the Guinness World Records for the longest musical performance spanning over 40 hours at the Santhome Monfort School Auditorium, Chennai.^[5] He has performed extensively across the globe with legends like Dr.S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Shankar Mahadevan , Hariharan (singer) , K. S. Chithra , Sujata Mohan, Sadhana Sargam and Anuradha Sriram.

Anoop Sankar is a popular media personality having an experience of more than a decade. He has been a part of more than 1500 episodes of various television and radio shows of South Indian media as Judge, Host and Music mentor.^[6]

In 2003, he started working with the renowned music director Gopi Sundar and he was associated with him for more than 100 commercials of leading brands as a singer and a writer. Later he Sang for the movies of National Award winning music directors like Ouseppachan , Vidyasagar, M. Jayachandran & Biji bal. Anoop’s biggest hit came through the Musical single “Kurutham Kettavan” which was written and composed by Hariprasad and performed by National award winning actor Suraj Venjaramoodu and Popular VJ Ranjini Haridas. He also got wide appreciation for the challenging classical song “Chandrachooda” composed by Navneeth Sundar from the movie “Karmayogi”.^[7][8][9]

Anoop made his debut in Tamil playback singing through Yuvan Shankar Raja musical ”Agarram” and into Tulu films in the year 2015 through the song “Ora Oppi Bokka” for the movie “Dhand” composed by Abhishek SN. Anoop was also the Model for the brands Kalyan Sarees and Vishraam Builders and he did a cameo in the Malayalam Movie Vaadhyar.He is also the founder and creative head of AUM – Academy of Universal Music at Thrissur which was launched in the year 2016.^[10][11]

Filmography

As Playback Singer

As lyric Writer

Television

Awards and Honors

• Member and lead male singer of the band “Sangamam” which created Guinness World Records in the year 2002 for the longest musical performance spanning 40 hours
• Frame media award for best singer for his single “Kurutham kettavan” in 2010
• Vibgyor award for the best single “Kurtham Kettavan” in 2010.

References

External links

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