Deva
Devanesan Chokkalingam, popularly known as Deva, is an Indian film composer and singer. He has composed songs and provided background music for Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films in a career spanning about 20 years. Many know his gaana songs, written mostly using Madras Tamil. He is known as the "Father of Gaana Genre" in the Tamil film industry. Deva has composed music for many films within a very short period. He debuted as a film music director in the film Manasukkeththa Maharaasa in 1989. In the intervening years he has composed music for a total of more than 400 films.
Known for
SoundBirthday
November 20, 1950Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
232Place of birth
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaAlso known as
ദേവ, దేవా, Devanesan Chokkalingam, Thenisai Thendral
Cast credits
Crew credits
Karnan
Playback Singer
Jore
Original Music Composer
Theri
Playback Singer
Sivakasi
Original Music Composer
Minsara Kanna
Original Music Composer
Michael Madana Kama Rajan
Playback Singer
Pen Singam
Original Music Composer
Gajendra
Music
Aarumugam
Music
Arunachalam
Music
Annamalai
Music
Aasai
Music
Citizen
Music
Manikanda
Music
Kadhal Sadugudu
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