Deepan Chakravarthy


Dheepan Chakkravarthy is an Indian playback singer. He is the son of the first playback singer in the Tamil film industry, "Isai Thendral" Thiruchi Loganathan and grandson of actress C. T. Rajakantham. He is the younger brother of playback singer T. L. Maharajan.

Career

In 1975, he was first introduced to perform on All India Radio by T. R. Pappa. The same year, he was introduced to Doordarshan by Thanjai Vanan. In 1980, he entered the Tamil film industry as a playback singer, introduced by Isai Gnani "Maestro" Ilaiyaraaja. The first song he sang was "Oh Nenjame Ethu Un Raghame", with S. Janaki, from the film Enakaka Kathiru, with music by Ilaiyaraaja, directed by Nivas and lyrics by Gangai Amaran. The song which was first released was "Poongathave Thazh Thiravai" from the film Nizhalgal, with music by Ilaiyaraaja, directed by Bharathi Raja and lyrics by Gangai Amaran.

Acting career

He acted as the hero in the movie Rani Theni, directed by G. N. Rangarajan and Marupatta Konangal, directed by Erode Murugesh.
He also acted in several Tamil television serials such as "Ethanai Manithargal" on Doordarshan, Megala on SUN TV and Aaru Maname Aaru on RAJ TV. Recently he acted in "Magarasi" on Sun TV

Filmography