Senthildass Velayutham (earlier called Senthildass), a Tamil playback and side chorus singer, who works predominantly in the Tamil film industry.
Senthildass Velayutham was born in Neduvasal village in Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu. He was a self-taught musician during his school days in Neduvasal. While studying in college in Pudukkottai, he used to sing in light music band. He later moved to Chennai for searching job, and got a chance to sing in light music orchestra. During the musical program, the other musicians encouraged him to learn music properly for a better performance. He then joined Tamil Music College, Chennai. He completed a three-year diploma in music, and also got a master's degree in music from the same college. .
With an ambition to become a playback singer, Senthildass Velayutham recorded his vocals and played to different music directors. It was music composer Srikanth Deva who gave him the first chance to sing the song "Usilampatti Sandhaiyila" in a 2008 Tamil movie Thenavattu, which was a popular folk song. Since then he has sung the songs composed by all leading music directors in the film industry including Ilaiyaraaja, Deva, Harris Jayaraj, D. Imman, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Sundar C Babu, Karthik Raja, Dhina, Mani Sharma, Santhosh Narayanan, Sam C. S., Vijay Antony, Isaac Thomas Kottukapally and SabeshâÂÂMurali. His song "Andipatti Kanava Kathu" in the 2016 Tamil hit movie Dharmadurai, sung with Surmukhi Raman, made him a popular singer.
Senthildass Velayutham wrote the song "Enna Vittu Pona" for the film Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum with Krish composing the music.
The discography of Senthildass Velayutham includes:Side chorus and group songs.