Snehan

Snehan

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Snehan Profile

  • Name:
  • Snehan
  • Other Name:
  • Sivaselvam
  • Born:
  • June 23, 1978
  • Education:
  • Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist for his works in the film Perazhagan in 2004

Snehan Biography

Snehan is an Indian poet contributing to Tamil language and is also a lyricist who has penned songs for many Tamil films. He entered the film industry as a lyricist in 1997 through the film Putham Pudhiya Poove and has written more than 2500 songs in his career of more than 20 years. He has also acted in some films.

 

In 2017, Snehan took part in the Tamil reality television show Bigg Boss hosted by Kamal Haasan.

 

Tamil Poet Lyricist Snehan Profile

Snehan was born on 23rd June 1972 in Pudhukariyapatti in Thanjavur District in Tamil Nadu. His original name was Sivaselvam. He has seven elder brothers and belongs to a family of agricultural background.

 

He moved to Chennai and worked with lyricist Vairamuthu for five years. It was director K. Balachander who first gave him opportunity to write songs. He has worked in more than 50 films to date.

 

He has acted in two films namely Yogi and Uyarthiru 420 and has also emerged as a playback singer by singing a song in the film Yogi in the music of Yuvan Shankar Raja. He has written some books namely Mughal Adhyayam, Innum Pengal Azhaga Irukkirargal, Ippadium Irukkalam and Puththagam.

 

Some of the films for which he has penned songs are Putham Puthu Poove, Kovil, Pandavar Bhoomi, Mounam Pesiyadhe, Saamy, April Maadhathil, Padikathavan, Mappillai, Kazhugu, Aadukalam, Muthirai, Pathinaaru, Chakkara Viyugam, Paruthiveeran, Agaram, Kundakka Mandakka, etc.

 

He was caught up in a controversy when an engineer lodged complaint against him saying that he has abducted his wife and child. Snehan refused that strictly saying he was dragged unnecessarily into the family problem of that engineer and he would meet him in the court if needed. 

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Updated: September 29, 2017

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