Aalap Raju

Aalap Raju
Born (1979-06-06) 6 June 1979
Genres
  • Pop
  • indie
  • rock
  • jazz
  • fusion
Occupations
Instruments
  • Bass guitar
  • acoustic guitar
Years active2010–present

Aalap Raju (born 6 June 1979) is a playback singer and a bass guitar player from Chennai, India. His rendition of "Enamo Aedho" from the movie Ko composed by Harris Jayaraj topped the music charts for several months in 2011 and won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – 2011. He has sung for music directors like Harris Jayaraj, Thaman, G.V Prakash, Deepak Dev, D.Imman, Sreekanth Deva and many more. His other noticeable songs include "Vaayamoodi Summa Iru Da" from Mugamoodi, "Engeyum Kadhal" from Engeyum Kadhal, "Endhan Kann Munnae" from Nanban, "Kadhal Oru Butterfly" and "Akila Akila" from Oru Kal Oru Kannadi, Anjana Anjana from Vandhan Vendran, Kuthu Kuthu from Ayyanar, "Nenjodu Cherthu" from Yuvvh, "Theeyae Theeyae" from Maattrraan, "Jal Jal Osai" from Manam Kothi Paravai, and "Maya Bazaar" from Yennai Arindhaal.

He is also a bass guitar player and has collaborated with leading composers in Kollywood, Mollywood and Bollywood. One of his notable Bollywood collaborations was with Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy for the movie Raazi, where he played bass guitar on the track "Dilbaro." He has performed in over 1000 live shows, including film, fusion, and television shows.