Deva

Birthday
1950-11-20

Deva - Original Music Composer, Music Director, Music, Playback Singer known for his work in such projectsAdvice for working with the Map of emotions: «Panchatanthiram» (2002), «Aarumugam» (2009), «Arunachalam» (1997), «Pammal K. Sambandam» (2002), «Citizen» (2001),

Devanesan Chokkalingam, popularly known as Deva, was an Indian film composer and singer. He had composed songs and provided background music for Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films in a career spanning about 35 years. Many know his gaana songs, written mostly using Madras Tamil. He was known as the "Father of Gaana Genre" in the Tamil film industry.

Deva had composed music for many films within a very short period. He had debuted as a film music director in the film Mattukara Mannaru in 1986. In the intervening years he had composed music for a total of more than 400 films.

The most significant works of Deva

Charukesi Poster
Charukesi 2026
Original Music Composer
Siva Sambo Poster
Siva Sambo 2026
Original Music Composer
Anantha Poster
Anantha 2026
Music Director, Original Music Composer
Theri Poster
Theri 2016
Playback Singer
Maan Karate Poster
Playback Singer
Original Music Composer
Aarumugam Poster
Aarumugam 2009
Music
Original Music Composer
Sound Party Poster
Music Director, Original Music Composer
Bagavathi Poster
Bagavathi 2002
Original Music Composer


Full filmography Deva
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