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{{short description|Indian film singer}}
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{{tone|date=May 2017}}{{more sources|date=April 2019}}{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Devan Ekambaram
| native_name = தேவன் ஏகாம்பரம்
| native_name_lang = tam
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|12|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Freehold Township, New Jersey]], United States
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| instrument = Vocals, Guitar
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| occupation = Playback Singer,Film Composer, Actor
| years_active = 1999–present
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'''Devan Ekambaram''' (born 25 December 1975) is an [[Indian American]] film [[playback singer]], [[actor]] and [[Film composer|composer]]. He began his career as a playback singer in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] films and later branched out to many other south Indian languages as well like Telugu, Kannada and has sung for over 500 films.

==Education==
Devan pursued his higher school studies at the [[Freehold Township High School]], [[New Jersey]]. He enrolled and dropped out of Electrical Engineering at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] in his second year.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=648415709 |title=Devan Ekambaram |publisher=Facebook |access-date=14 February 2012}}</ref>

==Playback singing career==
Devan began his singing career in the year 1999, when he received an unexpected call from Academy Award winning composer [[A. R. Rahman]]'s assistants for a voice audition. He then, went on to record his maiden song "O Maria" for the film ''[[Kadhalar Dhinam]]'' along with [[Yugendran]]. The song proved to be a hit among all sections and thereafter he received several offers from many other Southern music directors.<ref>According to Who?</ref>

Devan's second huge hit came in his short piece mellifluous rendition in "Ore Nyabagam" from ''[[Minnale]]'' (2001) composed by [[Harris Jayaraj]]. Thereafter he sang many popular tracks in Tamil and Telugu films under the compositions of [[Ilayaraja]], [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidhyasagar]], [[Deva (music director)|Deva]], [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]], [[Karthik Raja]] and others. The song "Anbil Avan" from ''[[Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa]]'' composed by [[A. R. Rahman]] ruled the music chart for months.<ref>What Chart? What Country?</ref>

Most of his songs are for the music director Harris Jayaraj. And all the songs which he had sung for him have received a good reception from the audience.

Recently he has sung a peppy number called "Nahna na Na" for Director [[Venkat Prabhu]]'s ''[[Biriyani (film)|Biriyani]]'' Which was composed by [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] has become a viral hit from the day it was released. Two different remix versions of the song called "New Jack Swing Mix" and "The Extended Mix" also received a massive response.

His latest song is " Yennai Arindhaal " from the movie [[Yennai Arindhaal]] where he again sings for the music director [[Harris Jayaraj]]. This song was written by lyricist Thamarai. It is another peppy number.<ref>According to Who?</ref>

==Music direction==
Devan debuted as a music director in the 2010 film ''[[Bale Pandiya (2010 film)|Bale Pandiya]]''. The music album was received with a mixed response .Besides this film, Devan has composed for several short Tamil album songs and has also sung for them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chennai365.com/news/bale-pandiya-music-by-devan-ekambaram/ |title=Bale Pandiya Music by Devan Ekambaram |publisher=Chennai365 |date=19 April 2010 |access-date=14 February 2012}}</ref>
*''Bale Pandiya'' (2010)
*''Pattarai'' (2019)

==Acting==
Devan has also acted in few Tamil films as a character artist. The prominent ones being ''[[Parthiban Kanavu (2003 film)|Parthiban Kanavu]]'' (debut film), ''[[Unnale Unnale]]'' and ''[[Jayam Kondaan]]''. He also dubbed for various characters in films like [[Little John (film)]] for the main character, John McKenzie, Suresh in [[Dasavathaaram]] and Dong Lee and other Chinese characters in [[7aum Arivu]].<ref>No Source</ref>

==Discography==

===Tamil Songs===

{|class="wikitable" width="75%"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Year !! Album !! Song Name !! Film Composer !! Co-Singer(s)
|-
| 2015 || [[Idhu Enna Maayam]] || "Machi Machi" || [[G. V. Prakash Kumar]] || [[Udit Narayan]], Navin Iyer
|-
| rowspan="1"|2015 || [[Yennai Arindhaal]] || "Yennai Arindhaal" || [[Harris Jayaraj]] || [[Mark Thomas]], Abhishek
|-
| rowspan="1"|2015 || [[Om Shanthi Om]] || "Mazhai Thuli Azhaga" || [[Vijay Ebenezer]] || [[Aalap Raju]], Dr. Burn
|-
| 2014 || [[Yaan (film)|Yaan]] || "Hey Lamba Lamba" || [[Harris Jayaraj]] || [[Krishna Iyer]], Divya Vijay
|-
| 2013 || [[Biriyani (film)|Biriyani]] || "Nahna Nah Na" || [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] || Yuvan Shankar Raja
|-
| rowspan="1"|2013 || [[Endrendrum Punnagai]] || "Vaan Engum Nee Minna" || [[Harris Jayaraj]] || [[Aalap Raju]], [[Harini (singer)|Harini]], Praveen
|-
| rowspan="1"|2013 || [[Settai (2013 film)|Settai]] || "Theme Music of Settai" || [[S. Thaman]] ||
|-
| 2011 || [[Kandaen|Kanden]] || "Ninaivugal" || [[Vijay Ebenezer]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1"|2011 || [[Engeyum Kadhal]] || "Engeyum Kadhal" || [[Harris Jayaraj]] || [[Aalap Raju]], [[Ranina Reddy]]
|-
| 2010 || [[Bale Pandiya (2010 film)|Bale Pandiya]] || "Happy" || Devan Ekambaram || [[Haricharan]], [[Naresh Iyer]], Naveen Mathav, [[Ranjith (singer)|Ranjith]], [[Rahul Nambiar]], [[Paravai Muniyamma]], [[Manikka Vinayagam]], [[Anuradha Sriram]], [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]], Mukesh, Divya, [[Suchitra]], [[Velmurugan]], [[Malgudi Subha]], [[Vijay Yesudas]], [[Aalap Raju]]
|-
| rowspan="1"|2010 || [[Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya]] || "Anbil Avan" || [[A. R. Rahman]] || [[Chinmayi]]
|-
| 2009 || [[Ayan (film)|Ayan]] || "Honey Honey" || [[Harris Jayaraj]] || [[Sayanora Philip]]
|-
| 2008 || [[Vaaranam Aayiram]] || "Nenjukkul Peidhidum" || [[Harris Jayaraj]] || [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Krish (singer)|Krish]], Prasanna
|-
| 2006 || [[Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006 film)|Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu]] || "Karka Karka" || [[Harris Jayaraj]] || [[Andrea Jeremiah]], [[Nakul (actor)|Nakul]]
|-
| 2006 || [[Thalainagaram]] || "Yedho Ninaikiren" || [[D. Imman]] ||
|-
| 2003 || [[Punnagai Poove]] || "Venus Venus Pennae" || [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] || [[Harini (singer)|Harini]]
|-
| rowspan="1"|2003 || [[Kurumbu]] || "Adichchi Pudichchi" || [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] || [[Sunitha Sarathy]]
|-
| rowspan="1"|2003 || [[Kurumbu]] || "Aasai Nooru Vagai" || [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]]
|-
| 2002 || [[Majunu]] || "Mercury Mele" || [[Harris Jayaraj]] || [[P. Unnikrishnan]]
|-
| rowspan="1"|2002 || [[Majunu]] || "Hari Gori" || [[Harris Jayaraj]] || [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], Ganga, Febi Mani
|-
| 2002 || [[king]] || "sagiye pogathe"]] || [[Dhina]] || [[Devan, Febi, chorus]]
|-
| rowspan="1"|2002 || [[Kannathil Muthamittal]] || "Signore Signore" || [[A. R. Rahman]] || [[Swarnalatha]], Rafique, Noel James, [[Anupama (singer)|Anupama]]
|-
| 2001 || [[Shahjahan]] || "May Madham" || [[Mani Sharma]] || [[Sujatha Mohan]]
|-
| 2001 || [[Minnale]] || "Ore Nyabagam" || [[Harris Jayaraj]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1"|2001 || [[Friends (2001 film)|Friends]] || "Manjal Poosum" || [[Ilayaraja]] || [[Sujatha Mohan]]
|-
| rowspan="1"|2001 || [[Kushi (2001 film)|Kushi]] || "Premante" || [[Mani Sharma]] || Kalpana
|-
| 2000 || [[Kandukondain Kandukondain]] || "Smayiyai" || [[A. R. Rahman]] || [[Clinton Cerejo]], [[Dominique Cerejo]]
|-
| 1999 || [[Kadhalar Dhinam]] || "Oh Mariya" || [[A. R. Rahman]] || [[Yugendran]], Febi Mani
|-
|}

===Telugu Songs===

{|class="wikitable" width="75%"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Year !! Album !! Song Name !! Film Composer !! Co-Singer(s)
|-
| |2018 || [[Tholi Prema (2018 film)|Tholi Prema]] || "Vinnane Vinnane" || [[S. Thaman]] || [[Armaan Malik]]
|-
| |2013 || [[Sahasam (2013 film)|Sahasam]] || "Sahasam" || [[Sri Kommineni|Sri]] ||
|-
| |2010 || [[Ye Maaya Chesave]] || "Manasaa" || [[A.R. Rahman]] || [[Chinmayi]] ||
|-
| |2006 || [[Ashok (film)|Ashok]] || "Mumtaju Mahalu" || [[Mani Sharma]] || [[Tanvi Shah]] ||
|-
| |2005 || [[Vennela]] || "Preyasikaavu" || [[Mahesh Shankar]] || [[Saindhavi]], Shudip, Rajani
|-
| |2005 || Vennela || "Bhagyam Podduna" || Mahesh Shankar || Aravind, Shudip
|-
| |2002 || [[Vasu (film)|Vasu]] || "O Prema" || [[Harris Jayaraj]] ||
|-
| |2001 || [[Kushi (2001 film)|Kushi]] || "Premante" || [[Mani Sharma]] || [[Kalpana Raghavendar|Kalpana]]
|-
| |2001 || [[Soori (2001 film)|Soori]] || "Monnatidaka" || ||
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|2922446}}

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[[Category:American people of Tamil descent]]
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[[Category:Tamil playback singers]]
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[[Category:1975 births]]

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