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Ramesh Vinayagam
12+ albums
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Ramesh Vinayagam was born Ramasubramaniam (AKA ramsubbu) to Tamil people Vinayagam and Valli. He went to A. M. Jain College and later graduated in Commerce from the University of Madras. He learned Carnatic from Rukmini Ramani and Western classical music from Jacob John and completed his studies at the Trinity College, London with a diploma. Vinayagam said that his ambition was to become a composer but he faced opposition from his parents and he instead took up a job as a manager in his father's friend's firm. At the office, he would continue writing pieces of music and following an incident that he considers as the turning point, he decided to pursue his dream. However, he was vainly seeking work and trying for a break, until a friend introduced him to S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, who heard his work and hired him as a "track singer". Ramesh Vinayagam is a notable singer, too. While he has sung songs in all his Tamil films, he has also sung playback for other composers. Under Harris Jayaraj's direction, he had performed the song "Yaaridamum" from the film Thotti Jaya (2005). He has lent his voice for songs from the films Bhaiyaa, the dubbed Telugu version of the film Malaikottai, and the low budget flick Kadhal Valarthen, which had music by singer Srinivas. In 2010, he sung the number "Sada Siva" from the Telugu film Khaleja for composer Mani Sharma. Although the film did not fare well, the song became popular and Vinayagam along with N. C. Karunya, who co-sang the song, went on
