Actor

Deva

Sound

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Movies: 148Series: 0Crew credits: 147

TMDB ID: 141075

IMDb ID: nm0222148

Known for: Sound

Born: November 20, 1950

Age: 75

Place of birth: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1990 - 2026

Years active: 37

Average TMDB rating: 6.77

Wikidata: Q3424313

Also known as

ദേവ • దేవా • Devanesan Chokkalingam • Thenisai Thendral

Other jobs

Original Music Composer (68)Music (60)Playback Singer (13)Music Director (5)Lyricist (1)

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Biography

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.

Movies

Movie credits linked with Deva.