Benny Dayal
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| Born | (1984-05-13) 13 May 1984 (age 40) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates[citation needed] |
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| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Benny Dayal (born 13 May 1984) is an Indian playback singer. He is a prominent singer in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi and more languages films. He has sung more than 3500 songs in 19+ Indian languages. He is a member of the band S5, launched by SS Music TV channel.[1] He made his acting debut in the Malayalam movie By the People, a suspense thriller. All the songs were sung by S5 members and it was then that A.R. Rahman noticed him and took an audition.
Dayal's parents hail from Kollam district in Kerala.[2] He was born and raised in Abu Dhabi, UAE and completed his schooling there from Abu Dhabi Indian School (ADIS). He went on to complete his B.Com. and Masters in Journalism from Madras Christian College.[3]
Dayal worked as an Events Coordinator with RR Donnelley. He quit his job in BPO to accomplish his career with music.[4] On 5 June 2016, the singer married his model girlfriend Catherine Thangam in a close-knit ceremony in Bengaluru.[5][6]
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Co-singer(s) |
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| 2007 | Sivaji | "Balleilakka" | A. R. Rahman | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, A. R. Reihana |
| Polladhavan | "Neeye Sol" | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Sunitha Sarathy | |
| Sivi | "O Nenje" | Dharan | Dr. Burn, Dharan, Shweta Mohan | |
| Azhagiya Tamil Magan | "Nee Marilyn Monroe" | A. R. Rahman | Ujjayinee Roy | |
| "Maduraikku" | Archith, Darshana KT | |||
| 2008 | Kaalai | "Kaala Kaala" | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Mamta Mohandas |
| "Vandhutaanda Kaala" | Rahul Nambiar, Silambarasan | |||
| Dhaam Dhoom | "Pudhu Pudhu" | Harris Jayaraj | Suchitra, Guna | |
| "Thikku Thikku" | Sayanora Philip | |||
| Jayamkondaan | "Ore Or Naal" | Vidyasagar | ||
| Subramaniapuram | "Theneeril Snegitham" | James Vasanthan | ||
| Kuruvi | "Kuruvi Kuruvi" | Vidyasagar | Dr. Burn, Pravin Mani, Vetri Boys, SuVi | |
| Ananda Thandavam | "Kallil Aadum" | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Shweta Mohan | |
| Sakkarakatti | "Taxi Taxi" | A. R. Rahman | Blaaze, Viviane Chaix | |
| "Chinnamma Chilakkamma" | Chinmayi | |||
| Mahesh, Saranya Matrum Palar | "Katrae Katrae" | Vidyasagar | ||
| Sathyam | "En Anbe" | Harris Jayaraj | Sadhana Sargam | |
| Vaaranam Aayiram | "Adiye Kolludhae" | Krish, Shruti Haasan | ||
| "Yethi Yethi" | Naresh Iyer, Solar Sai | |||
| Seval | "Odamarathu Mullapola" | G. V. Prakash Kumar | ||
| 2009 | Ayan | "Oyaayiyae" | Harris Jayaraj | Haricharan, Chinmayi |
| Pasanga | "Who's That Guy" | James Vasanthan | ||
| Solla Solla Inikkum | "Sagiye Sagiye" | Bharadwaj | ||
| "Rajathi Rajaillae" | ||||
| Guru En Aalu | "Veesuvadhu" | Srikanth Deva | ||
| Muthirai | "Night Is Still Young" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Krish | |
| Kulir 100° | "Boom" | BoBo Shashi | Abhishek Ray, BoBo Shashi | |
| Maasilamani | "Nacka Romba Nacka" | D. Imman | Rita | |
| Kanden Kadhalai | "Oru Naal Iravil" | Vidyasagar | Tippu | |
| Aadhavan | "Damakku Damakku" | Harris Jayaraj | ||
| Ninaithale Inikkum | "Nanbanai Partha" | Vijay Antony | ||
| Siddu +2 | "Money Money" | Dharan | Reshmi | |
| Paiyaa | "Poongatre Poongatre" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | ||
| 2010 | Goa | "Idaivezhi Oru" | Mamta Mohandas | |
| Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa | "Omana Penne" | A. R. Rahman | Kalyani Menon | |
| Yathumaagi | "Pesum Minsaram" | James Vasanthan | ||
| "Yathumaagi" | ||||
| Aridhu Aridhu | "Kanavugal Edhuvarai" | S. Thaman | S. Thaman | |
| Angadi Theru | "Kadhaigalai Pesum" | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Hamsika Iyer | |
| "Yenge Poveno" | MK Balaji, Janaki Iyer | |||
| Don | "Sureanna" | Raghava Lawrence | ||
| "Thadai Udaipaan" | ||||
| Raavanan | "Kodu Poatta" | A. R. Rahman | ||
| "Keda Kari" | Bamba Bakya, A. R. Reihana, Tanvi Shah | |||
| Singam | "Naane Indhiran" | Devi Sri Prasad | Manikka Vinayagam | |
| Enthiran | "Arima Arima" | A. R. Rahman | Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam, Naresh Iyer | |
| Vaadaa | "Adi Yennadi Raakkamma" | D. Imman | ||
| Mynaa | "Neeyum Naanum" | Shreya Ghoshal | ||
| Easan | "Meyyana Inbam" | James Vasanthan | Sukhwinder Singh, Sunandan | |
| "Get Ready" | Gerard Thompson | |||
| Chikku Bukku | "Chikku Bukku" | Pravin Mani | Rahul Nambiar, Maya, Sricharan | |
| "Zara Zara" | Lavanya | |||
| Kaavalan | "Step Step" | Vidyasagar | Megha | |
| Veppam | "Minnala" | Joshua Sridhar | ||
| 2011 | Kadhal 2 Kalyanam | "Idhu Kadhalai" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Chinmayi |
| Vaanam | "Who Am I" | |||
| Ambuli | "Happy Farewell Day" | Mervin Solomon | Pop Shalini, Reshmitha, Priyanka | |
| Subramaniam | "Solvanna" | Mani Sharma | Ranjith | |
| Venghai | "Dhenam Dhenam" | Devi Sri Prasad | Baba Sehgal | |
| 7aam Arivu | "Oh Ringa Ringa" | Harris Jayaraj | Suchitra, Roshan, Jerry John | |
| Urumi | "Kondaadu Kondaadu" | Deepak Dev | Rita | |
| Margazhi 16 | Thirunelveli | E. K. Bobby | ||
| 2012 | Podaa Podi | "Podaa Podi" | Dharan | Andrea Jeremiah |
| "Maatikittaenae" | Naresh Iyer, Suchitra | |||
| Marina | "Yelelo" | Girishh G | Sandhya, Andrea Jeremiah | |
| Leelai | "Ponmalai" | Satish Chakravarthy | ||
| "Bubble Gum" | Sunitha Sarathy, SuVi, Leon James | |||
| Kumki | "Yella Oorum" | D. Imman | D. Imman | |
| Vishwaroopam | "Thuppaki Engal Tholile" | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy | Kamal Haasan | |
| Marupadiyum Oru Kadhal | "May Madhaam" | Srikanth Deva | ||
| 2013 | Thalaivaa | "Tamil Pasanga" | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Sheezay. Psycho Unit |
| Neram | "Evan Avan" | Rajesh Murugesan | ||
| JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai | "Uyire Uyire" | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Ramya NSK | |
| 2014 | Aaha Kalyanam | "Kootali Kootali" | Dharan | Usha Uthup |
| Maan Karate | "Darling Dambakku" | Anirudh Ravichander | Sunidhi Chauhan | |
| Anjaan | "Oru Kan Jaadai" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Shweta Pandit | |
| Sigaram Thodu | "Sigaram Thodu" | D. Imman | Snigdha Chandra, Santhosh Hariharan | |
| 2015 | Yennai Arindhaal... | "Unakkenna Venum Sollu" | Harris Jayaraj | Mahathi |
| Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga | "Adada Onnum Solladha" | D. Imman | Shakthisree Gopalan | |
| Naanum RowdyDhaan | "Naanum Rowdydhaan" | Anirudh Ravichander | ||
| 2016 | 24 | "Kaalam En Kadhali" | A. R. Rahman | Shashwat Singh, Abhay Jodhpurkar |
| Aandavan Kattalai | "Vaazhkai Oru Ottagam" | K | ||
| Devi | "Chalmaar" | Sajid–Wajid | ||
| 2017 | Vanamagan | "Morada Morada" | Harris Jayaraj | Krish |
| Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen | "Lala Kadai Santhi" | D. Imman | Sunidhi Chauhan | |
| Sathya | "Kadhal Project" | Simon K.King | Keerthana Vaidyanathan, Sharanya Gopinath, Yazin Nizar | |
| Sei | "Machaney Machaney" | NyX Lopez | ||
| 2019 | Saaho | "Bad Boy" | Badshah | Sunitha Sarathy |
| KD | "Tuckulingu" | Karthikeya Murthy | Andrea Jeremiah | |
| 2020 | Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal | "Sirikkalam Parakkalam" | Masala Coffee | Madurai Souljour |
| Irandam Kuththu | "Virginity" | Dharan Kumar | Ramya NSK | |
| 2021 | 99 Songs | "Naalai Naalai" | A. R. Rahman | |
| Pushpa: The Rise – Part 1 | "Odu Odu Aadu" | Devi Sri Prasad | ||
| 2022 | My Dear Bootham | "Master Oh My Master" | D. Imman | |
| Anbarivu | "Kanavugal" | Hiphop Tamizha | Bamba Bakya, Sam Vishal, Srinisha Jayaseelan, Sridhar Sena, Maanasi K, Shilvi Sharon | |
| The Legend | "Vaadi Vaasal" | Harris Jayaraj | Jonita Gandhi | |
| RRR | "Koelae" | M. M. Keeravani | Vishal Mishra, Sahithi Chaganti, Harika Narayan | |
| Bhediya - Tamil (D) | "Kaduna Thrillu Thanada" | Sachin-Jigar | ||
| 2023 | Tiger 3 | ''Tiger Partyla Naam'' | Pritam | Anusha Mani |
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) |
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| 2008 | Jalsa | "Jennifer Lopez" | Devi Sri Prasad |
| Ready | "Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo" | Devi Sri Prasad | |
| Ullasamga Utsahamga | "Chakkori Chakkori" | G. V. Prakash Kumar | |
| 2009 | Current | "Current" | Devi Sri Prasad |
| Village Lo Vinayakudu | "Superman" | Manikanth Kadri | |
| Josh | "Bad Boy" | Sandeep Chowta | |
| Blue | "Gundey Lo Nippundiley" - (Dubbed) | A. R. Rahman | |
| 2010 | Namo Venkatesa | "Tottadoing" | Devi Sri Prasad |
| Bindaas | "Girija Girija" | Bobo Shashi | |
| Ye Maaya Chesave | "Kundanapu Bomma" | A. R. Rahman | |
| Varudu | "Saare Jahaa" | Mani Sharma | |
| Darling | "Gum Gum Yeyo" | G. V. Prakash Kumar | |
| Vedam | "Now or Never" | M. M. Keeravani | |
| Orange | "Orange" | Harris Jayaraj | |
| 2011 | Prema Kavali | "Dum Dum" | Anup Rubens |
| Teen Maar | "Barbie Bommaki" | Mani Sharma | |
| Dhada | "Bhoome Gundranga" | Devi Sri Prasad | |
| Oh My Friend | "Vegam Vegam" | Rahul Raj | |
| "Nuvvu Nenu Jattu" | |||
| Mogudu | "Bachelor Boys" | Babu Shankar | |
| 2012 | Lovely | "Dolare Dola" | Anoop Rubens |
| Poola Rangadu | "Poola Rangadu" | Anoop Rubens | |
| Daruvu | "Sexy Lady" | Vijay Antony | |
| Endukante... Premanta! | "Cinderella" | G. V. Prakash Kumar | |
| Rebel | "Keka Keka" | Raghava Lawrence | |
| "Keka Keka"(Remix) | |||
| English Vinglish (Dubbed version) | "English Vinglish"(Male) | Amit Trivedi | |
| "Uliki Padenule" | |||
| "Manhattan" | |||
| Genius | "Ambani Alludaina" | Joshua Sridhar | |
| "Chirigina Notu" | |||
| 2013 | Vishwaroopam | "Thupakee Thone" | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy |
| Chinni Chinni Aasha | "Idhigo Ila" | M Karthik | |
| Iddarammayilatho | "Run Run" | Devi Sri Prasad | |
| 2014 | Aaha Kalyanam | "Savari Savari" | Dharan Kumar |
| Bang Bang! | "Ivvaleyee Gaaluloo" | Vishal–Shekhar | |
| "Uff" | |||
| "Bang Bang" | |||
| 2015 | Yentha Vaadu Gaani | "Neekem Kaavaalo" | Harris Jayaraj |
| 2016 | 24 | "Kaalam Na Preyasi" | A.R. Rahman |
| Sardaar Gabbar Singh | "Sardaar Gabbar Singh" | Devi Sri Prasad | |
| 2017 | Venkatapuram | "O Maya" | Achu |
| C/o Surya | "Rudrakshaa" | D. Imman | |
| 2018 | Touch Chesi Chudu | "Manasa" | KAG |
| Next Enti | "Love Ostavam" | Leon James | |
| Anaganaga O Prema Katha | "Oka Tholi Prema" | KC Anjan | |
| Antariksham 9000 KMPH | "Dheemaga" | Prashanth R Vihari | |
| 2019 | Dev | "Rey Bava Dev" | Harris Jayaraj |
| Maharshi | "Phir Shuru" | Devi Sri Prasad | |
| ABCD: American Born Confused Desi | "America Naa America" | Judah Sandy | |
| Arjun Suravaram | "Thikamaka Makatika" | Sam C. S. | |
| 2020 | World Famous Lover | "Comosava Paris" | Gopi Sundar |
| 2021 | Paagal | "Ee Single Chinnode" | Radhan |
| 2022 | Bhediya (Dubbed version) | ''Adavullo Chichu Regeraa'' | Sachin-Jigar |
| 2023 | Tiger 3 (Dubbed version) | ''Yegire Manasey'' | Pritam |
| 2024 | Siddharth Roy | "Nuvvevaro Mari" | Radhan |
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Writer(s) | Co-singer(s) | Ref. |
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| 2005 | By the People | "Asthala Vista" | Pravin Mani | |||
| "Malare" | ||||||
| "Vasco da Gama" | ||||||
| "Rock Me" | ||||||
| 2006 | Kilukkam Kilukilukkam | "Paatonnu Paadan Marannathende" | Deepak Dev | Bichu Thirumala, Gireesh Puthenchery | Ranjith Govind, Arjun Sasi, Smitha | |
| 2009 | Robin Hood | "Parannu Vanna Paingili" | M. Jayachandran | |||
| 2010 | Apoorvaragam | "Noolilla Pattangal" | Vidyasagar | Santhosh Varma | Devanand, Ranjith Govind, Naveen Anand, Cicily, Suchithra | |
| 2010 | Kaaryasthan | "Mangalangal" | Berny–Ignatius | Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri | ||
| 2011 | Seniors | "Aaramam Niranje" | Alphons Joseph | Anil Panachooran | Lakshmi | |
| Teja Bhai & Family | "Thillana Thillana" | Deepak Dev | ||||
| 2015 | KL 10 Patthu | "Halakinte avilumkanji" | Bijibal | |||
| 2018 | Queen | "Saare Njangalingana" | Jakes Bejoy | Joe Paul | Jakes Bejoy, Ziya Ul Haque, Kavitha Gopi, Zonobia Safar | |
| My Story | "Pathungi Pathungi" | Shaan Rahman | B. K. Harinarayanan | Manjari | ||
| Koode | "Paranne" | Raghu Dixit | Rafeeq Ahamed | |||
| 2019 | Sakalakalashala | "Illatha Kashinu" | Aby Tom Cyriac | |||
| Queen Of Neermathalam Poothakalam | "Kalathin Mayajala" | Nahoom Abraham | S.Chandra | |||
| Saaho (D) | "Bad Boy" | Badshah | Vinayak Sasikumar | Sunitha Sarathy | ||
| Finals | "Chalaname" | Kailas Menon | Manu Manjith | |||
| Valiyaperunnal | "Uyirullavarum Sakalorkkum" | Rex Vijayan, Street Academics | Dimal Dennis, Thasreeq Abdul Salam | |||
| 2022 | Thallumaala | "Ole Melody" | Vishnu Vijay | Muhsin Parari | Haricharan, Salim Kumar, Vishnu Vijay | |
| Brahmāstra: Part One - Shiva | "Piri Ilaki Aadi" | Pritam | Shabareesh Varma | |||
| 2023 | Kasargold | "Alaye" | Vishnu Vijay | Mu.Ri | Vishnu Vijay | |
| Otta | "Peyneer Poley" | M. Jayachandran | Rafeeq Ahamed | P. Jayachandran | [7] | |
| "Paral" | Unni Elayaraja, M. Jayachandran |
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Writer(s) | Co-singer(s) | Ref. |
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| 2008 | Mast Maja Maadi | "Shakalaka Boom" | P.B Balaji | Ram Narayan | Janaki Iyer | |
| "Jhana Jhana Kanchana" | Krish, SuVi, P.B Balaji | |||||
| 2009 | Ullasa Utsaha | "Chakkori Chakkori" | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Kaviraj | Tippu, Rita | |
| Love Guru | "Romeogalige juliet" | Joshua Sridhar | Joshua Sridhar | Blaaze | ||
| "Minchi Hoithu" | Vijayshankar | |||||
| "Thangaali Thandeya" | ||||||
| "Yaaru Kooda" | Karthik | |||||
| 2010 | Prithvi | "Hejjegondu Hejje" | Manikanth Kadri | Kaviraj | Shweta Mohan, Clinton Cerejo | |
| "Jagave Ninadu" | K. Kalyan | Manikanth Kadri | ||||
| Gaana Bajaana | "Gundetu Gundetu" | Joshua Sridhar | Chinmayi | |||
| Huduga Hudugi | "Illeana" | Kaviraj | Krissy, Rita | |||
| 2016 | Mungaru Male 2 | "My Daddy is My Hero" | Arjun Janya | Chandan Shetty | Chandan Shetty | |
| 2021 | Ninna Sanihake | "Olavaagidhe" | Raghu Dixit | Vasuki Vaibhav | Aishwarya Rangarajan |
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Writer(s) | Co-singer(s) | Ref. |
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| 2013 | Rangbaaz | "O Madhu I Love You" | Jeet Gannguli | Raja Chanda | Monali Thakur | |
| Korisna Rangbazi | Prasen | Neeti Mohan | ||||
| 2014 | Game: He Plays To Win | "Party All Night" | Jalsha Movies Production | |||
| Bachchan | "Bachchan Bachchan (Title Track)" | Raja Chanda | ||||
| 2015 | Herogiri | "Maria" | Raja Chanda | Shalmali Kholgade | ||
| "Janemon" | Deepali Sathe | |||||
| Agnee 2 | "Akk Khan Chumu" | Akassh | Priyo Chatterjee | |||
| Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey | "O Lolona" | Indradeep Dasgupta | Prasen (Prasenjit Mukherjee) | Satrujit Dasgupta | ||
| 2016 | Beparoyaa | "Piya Basanti" | Indra, Kutty | Dipankar | Akriti Kakkar | |
| 2017 | Jio Pagla | "Jio Pagla (Title Track)" | Jeet Gannguli | Prasenjit Mallick | Monali Thakur |
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Writer(s) | Co-singer(s) | Ref. |
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| 2017 | Chor Bani Thangaat Kare | "Mauj-E-Dariya" | Sachin–Jigar | Niren Bhatt |
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Writer(s) | Co-singer(s) | Ref. |
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| 2019 | Highway | "Kangaroo" | Reva | Ashwin |
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Writer(s) | Co-singer(s) | Ref. |
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| 2016 | Bachaana | "Bachaana" | Ali Sher | Shakeel Sohail | Komal Ghazanfar | [8][9] |
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