Sai Vignesh is an Indian Vocalist, Playback Singer, and Musician. His main training in music is in Carnatic, but he has also sung in other genres. He has released many tracks for solo projects, toured internationally, has performed with music legends like Ilaiyaraaja, SP Balasubramanyam, Shankar Mahadevan, and has been a successful playback singer for Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Sai Vignesh got noticed as a contestant in Airtel Super Singer 4. He made his debut in playback singing in 2018 with Eghantham, but solidified his place in the industry as a playback singer in 2022 with hits like Kurumugil from Sita Ramam and the blockbuster song Varaha Roopam from Kantara.[1] He won a Filmfare Award for "Varaha Roopam" (Kantara).
Biography
Sai Vignesh is an All India Radio "A" high grade artist, is an empaneled artist of ICCR, Government of India, and a playback singer in India.[2] He began singing at a very young age and used to accompany his grandmother V. Vijayalakshmi during her vocal performances. He began music classes from Smt. Kamakshi in the year 2003 and then from Guru Lakshmi Ananthakrishnan for 8 years (2004 to 2011). Since 2011, he has continued training under Cuddalore Sri T.R.Vasudevan (Disciple of Chembai Vaidhyanatha Bhagavathar and Prof. T. R Subramaniam).[3]
Sai Vignesh reached Top 10 position in the singing reality show Airtel Super Singer 4.[4] He was the winner of “Sing with Shankar Mahadevan Contest 2014“ [5] conducted by Shankar Mahadevan Academy and got an opportunity to perform with Shankar Mahadevan at Banglore.[6] He has performed with Ilayaraja in his live concerts at Singapore, Perth, Erode, Chennai, Trichy and other places.[7] He was also the mentor for "Star Singer" (a reality show in Jaya Tv). In 2021, Sai Vignesh co-founded an Indo-Classical Contemporary Fusion band called GANDIVA alongside dancer-choreographer Kavya Muralidaran.[8][9]
Sai Vignesh made his debut playback with “Oora Nenjila” song for the movie Eghaantham (2018) [10] composed by Ganesh Raghavendra and also was part of “Kaalai Theme” song in 2018 for the movie Kadaikutty Singam composed by D.Imman. In 2022, Sai Vignesh had two successful releasing includes "Kurumugil" from the movie Sita Ramam composed by Vishal Chandrasekar and "Varaha Roopam"[11] from the movie Kantara.[12] He also was part of the chorus in the hit 2022 film Ponniyin Selvan: I. Sai Vignesh made his Telugu playback singing debut in 2022 with "Anuragam Asai" from Daarunam.[13] In August, 2023 Sai Vignesh was part of a unique concert experience called "Concert in the Dark" to raise awareness for the visually impaired where he and other musicians were to perform blindfolded. This initiative was conceived by Anil Srinivasan.[14] Sai Vignesh toured the US in September and October of 2023 for "Simply SpB," a tribute show for legend SP Balasubramanian.[15] In 2024, Sai Vignesh returned for another successful tour in the US to Pennsylvania, Texas, and New York. He also toured in New Zealand. Sai Vignesh and Kavya Muralidharan debuted their indo-classical fusion group GANDIVA's inaugural live sow, Prakriti" at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore, Chennai on October 22, 2024. [16]The show was dedicated to mother earth and received much praise, including a standing ovation from the full audience.
