Yazin Nizar, known mononymously as Yazin, is an Indian playback singer and music producer . He has sung over 1000 original songs for films in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi including some the biggest Indian movies in the discography . He is known for singing the Tamil and Malayalam versions of the Oscar-winning song "Naatu Naatu". His accolades include multiple Mirchi Music Awards and Raga Pratibha awards.
Nizar was born in Kollam, Kerala, India. He began performing live as an adult after participating in and winning televised singing competitions such as Gandharva Sangeetham and Sangeetha Mahayuddham.
Nizar was nominated twice for the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer â Telugu for âÂÂMeghalu Lekunnaâ from Kumari 21F and âÂÂCharusheelaâ from Srimanthudu at the 63rd Filmfare Awards South.
In 2017, Nizar began his career as an independent musician. His multilingual track "Neeye, Neeve, Neene", composed by Phani Kalyan, was sung in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.
In 2021, Nizar recorded his debut song for A. R. Rahman in the Tamil film Galatta Kalyanam.