They fail to realise that people here are into South Indian cinema music and ballads. “I don't know why artistes skip this sort of music here. ![]() “If people say things like that, I must be doing something right,” says Dhilip, whose compositions are widely heard as theme songs for local Tamil telefilms.ĭhilip, who is releasing his second album today, shot to fame when his song Uyirai Thozhaiten (I Lost My Life), a composition by Jay of Stigmatrix, was featured on the local Tamil film, Kaathal Vendum.Īnd because local Indian artistes hardly dabble in melodious tracks or ballads, Dhillip’s Uyirai Thozhaiten was an instant hit when released on radio. He is talking in Tamil, refusing to speak in English. “I can only take that as a compliment,” he says over the phone from Penang. Many compare the texture and melody of his vocal range with that of Indian playback singers. A song you would not have heard even if you are an Indian cinema buff, because it is not a song from the shores of India.ĭhilip Varman, singer, lyricist and composer, is born and bred in Penang. ![]() AS he walks on stage towards the microphone, some would instantly presume he is another local cover-song singer.Īwaiting the latest Tamil film ballad to be belted out, he surprises you with something new.
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