Senthildass Velayutham

Senthildass Velayutham was born in Neduvasal village in Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu. He was a self-taught musician during his school days in Neduvasal. While studying in college in Pudukkottai, he used to sing in light music band.{{cite web |title=In Conversation with Senthildass Velayutham | date=29 January 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6DF0jaMAto&t=777s |publisher=Lokvani (Youtube) |access-date=30 January 2022}} He later moved to Chennai for searching job, and got a chance to sing in light music orchestra. During the musical program, the other musicians encouraged him to learn music properly for a better performance. He then joined Tamil Music College, Chennai. He completed a three-year diploma in music, and also got a master's degree in music from the same college. .{{cite web |title=In Conversation With Senthildass Velayutham |url=http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/article.php?article_id=17371 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130120426/http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/article.php?article_id=17371 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 30, 2022 |publisher=Lokvani |access-date=30 January 2022}}

With an ambition to become a playback singer, Senthildass Velayutham recorded his vocals and played to different music directors. It was music composer Srikanth Deva who gave him the first chance to sing the song “Usilampatti Sandhaiyila” in a 2008 Tamil movie Thenavattu, which was a popular folk song.{{cite web |title=பல குரலில் பாடி அசத்தும் பாடகர் செந்தில் தாஸ் Interview | date=24 May 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG-p3f3KbVw |publisher=Voice on Tamil (Youtube) |access-date=30 January 2022}} Since then he has sung the songs composed by all leading music directors in the film industry including Ilaiyaraaja, Deva, Harris Jayaraj, D. Imman, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Sundar C Babu, Karthik Raja, Dhina, Mani Sharma, Santhosh Narayanan, Sam C. S., Vijay Antony, Isaac Thomas Kottukapally and Sabesh–Murali. His song “Andipatti Kanava Kathu” in the 2016 Tamil hit movie Dharmadurai, sung with Surmukhi Raman, made him a popular singer.{{cite web |title=Exclusive: First Listen Report of Yuvan Shankar Raja's Dharmaudurai Album |date=2 August 2016 |url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/vijay-sethupathi-starrer-dharmadurai-album-first-listen-report.html |publisher=Behindwoods |access-date=30 January 2022}}{{cite web |title=Vanakkam Tamizha with Playback Singers Senthil Dass & Surmukhi Raman | date=5 October 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC4JsN8ed7o |publisher=Sun TV (Youtube) |access-date=30 January 2022}}

Senthildass Velayutham wrote the song "Enna Vittu Pona" for the film Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum with Krish composing the music.

The discography of Senthildass Velayutham includes:Side chorus and group songs.{{cite web |title=Senthil Dass Songs |url=https://thiraitamilpaadal.com/singer/133/Senthil-Dass/8 |publisher=Thirai tamil paadal |access-date=30 January 2022}}{{cite web |title=Senthil Dass Songs |url=https://gaana.com/artist/senthil-dass |publisher=Gaana |access-date=30 January 2022}}

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• [https://www.raaga.com/tamil/singer/Senthil-Dass/ Raaga.com, Senthildass songs]
• [https://www.hungama.com/artist/senthil-dass/15142// Hungama.com, Senthildass songs]

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Category:Living people

Category:Tamil playback singers

Category:21st-century Indian singers

Category:Indian male playback singers

Category:1970 births