Deva (composer)

Devanesan Chokkalingam, more popularly known as Deva, is an Indian composer and singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He has composed songs and provided background music for Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam films in a career closing in on four decades. He has composed music for more than 400 films.

Devanesan Chokkalingam, more popularly known as Deva, is an Indian composer and singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He has composed songs and provided background music for Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam films in a career closing in on four decades. He has composed music for more than 400 films. ==Family== His son Srikanth Deva is also a music composer, as are his brothers, who have formed the duo Sabesh–Murali. His nephew Jai is an actor and occasional music composer. ==Awards== In 1990, he received his first Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director. He received the Tamil Nadu Government's Kalaimamani Award in the year 1992. In 1995, the film Aasai brought him another state film award. For Baashha, he got the Tamil Nadu Arts and Cultural Academy Award. He received an award by Guinness world records for Sivappu Mazhai as the world fastest movie from script to screening. He has also been honoured by awards from popular journals like Dinakaran, Cinema Express and Screen. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Kannada film Amrutha Varshini. ==Discography== ===Tamil films=== ===Kannada films=== ===Telugu films=== ===Malayalam films=== ===Hindi film=== ===Television=== 2007 Vaira Nenjam 2007 Bharathi 2008 Thangamana Purushan 2009 Vilakku Vacha Nerathula 2013 Mahabharatham ===As a playback singer=== ==Onscreen appearances== ==Notes== ==References== ==External links==

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