Manikka Vinayagam

Manikka Vinayagam
Birth name	Vazhuvoor Manikka Vinayagam Ramaiya Pillai
Born	(1943-12-10) 10 December 1943 Mayiladuthurai, India
Genres	Playback singing, Folk music
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Vocals, Harmonium
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Audiotracs

Manikka Vinayagam is a Tamil playback singer and actor. He has sung for all the south Indian language films and acted in several Tamil feature films as a character artist. He is the son of the famous dancer Vazhuvoor B. Ramiah Pillai. His uncle and music guru was the famous singer C. S. Jayaraman.

Career

Vinayagam debuted as a playback singer in the Tamil film Dhill, with the song "Kannukkulla Gelathi" composed by Vidyasagar. His debut in acting was for Thiruda Thirudi playing the father character to Dhanush. Since then, he has sung close to 800 songs in various languages. Apart from these, he has sung close to 15,000 devotional and folk songs.

Selected singing filmography

• "Kannukkulle" - Dhill (2001)
• "Yelai Imayamalai" - Thavasi (2001)
• "Vidai Kodu" - Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
• "Theradi Veethiyil" - Run (2002)
• "Subbamma Subbamma" - Roja Koottam (2002)
• "Vandi Vandi" - Jayam (2002)
• "Kadhal Vandhal" - Iyarkai (2003)
• "Aruvaa Meesa" - Dhool (2003)
• "Chinnaveeda" - Ottran (2003)
• "Theeratha Dum" - Parthiban Kanavu (2003)
• "Kumbakonam" - New (2004)
• "Oddiyaanam" and "Punnakunnu" - Arul (2004)
• "Pattu Pattu" - Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. (2004)
• "Kokku Para Para" - Chandramukhi (2005)
• "Kattu Kattu" - Thirupaachi (2005)
• "Thaai Sollum" - Kana Kandaen (2005)
• "Ennamma Devi" - Thambi (2006)
• "Chethavadam" - Veyil (2006)
• "Aiyyyayyyo" - Paruthiveeran (2007)
• "Hey Pangaali" - Majaa (2007)
• "Jigu Jickan" - Oram Po (2007)
• "Namma Ooru Nallarukku" - Seval (2008)
• "Theakku Maramaattam" - Magizhchi (2010)
• "Naane Inthiran" - Singam (2010)
• "Antharathil aadum" - Thoppul kodi (2010)
• "Virugambakkam vettu kili" - Pathiladi (2015)

Acting filmography

• Donga Dongadi (2003; Telugu)
• Thiruda Thirudi (2003)
• Giri (2004)
• Perazhagan (2004)
• Bose (2004)
• Kalvanin Kadhali (2006)
• Thimiru (2006)
• Santosh Subramaniam (2008)
• Vettaikkaran (2009)
• Bale Pandiya (2010)
• Va Quarter Cutting (2010)
• Yuddham Sei (2011)