Siddharth Menon
Siddharth Menon (born 1 July 1989) is an Indian playback singer, film actor , co-founder and vocalist of Thaikkudam Bridge music band. He has rendered some film songs but is most popular for his band Thaikkudam Bridge. His rendition of "Mandaracheppundo" from the film "Dasharatham" for a musical show "Music Mojo" in the Malayalam channel Kappa TV topped the music charts. Early life and education. Siddharth Menon was born in a Mumbai-settled Kerala family of Sathyanathan Pariyadath and Sheela on 1 July 1989, and was brought up in Mumbai. His father, Sathyanathan, is a former employee of  an airline company and hails from Irinjalakkuda, Trissur. His mother, Sheela, works with the income tax department in Mumbai and hails from Vaikom, Kottayam. He studied in Vivek Vidyalaya High School, Goregaon, Maharashtra. He attended Vivek College of Commerce where he received a degree in commerce. After graduation he decided to study western classical music and joined A R Rahman’s music college, KM Music Conservatory in Chennai . At present, he resides in Kochi, Kerala. He married Marathi actress Tanvi Palav on 22 December 2019. Career. Siddharth Menon grew up in Mumbai with his Malayali parents, attending competitions and youth  festivals and winning prizes for music. All he has to show is about a few days he attended in Ajivasan Music Academy in Mumbai. But that never dampened his passion for singing. He performed in the Sony TV reality show, "X Factor India", and his group Nirmitee was the finalist of the show. The other members in the group were Vian Fernandez, Pranil More and Ranjana Raja. His first cousin Govind Menon composed songs for the musical show "Music Mojo" in Kappa TV, and "Nostalgia" (the reincarnation of evergreen Malayalam songs), in which Siddharth sang "Mandharachepundo", became a hit on  YouTube. Both of them together started the musical band Thaikkudam Bridge. Siddharth made his debut in playback singing with the song "Tharangal" in the 2013 film "North 24 Kaatham". His debut into the Malayalam film industry was through the movie "Rockstar" directed by V.K.Prakash in the year 2015.He has also acted and sung in Musical album"Yelove" along with Shreya Ghoshal, the song was released on 7 June 2014. As of 2014, Yelove has achieved 1 million views on YouTube . The next year he again became a part of album "Yami". As of 2019, he has also acted in films like  Koode, Solo in supporting roles and Kadha paranja kadha and Kolambi in lead roles. He also performed in a TV show "Autumn leaf" on Amrita TV. He is also a stage performer and has performed in many award shows in Malayalam.