Shabareesh Varma

Shabareesh Varma
Shabareesh Varma
Born	Shabareesh Varma; North Paravur, Kerala, India
Occupations	Lyricist; singer; actor;
Years active	2010–present
Notable work	Premam; Kannur Squad

Shabareesh Varma is an Indian lyricist, singer and actor working in Malayalam and Tamil films. Shabareesh made his debut as actor and singer in the Alphonse Puthren's acclaimed 2013 film Neram where he rose to fame with his lyrics for the song Pistah, which was also used as the promo song for the 2016 Indian Premier League.^[1]^[2]

Early life

Shabareesh Varma was born to P.K Nandana Varma and Sulekha Varma in North Paravur, Ernakulam. After completing the graduation course From MES College Marampally, Aluva,he studied in SAE Institute, Chennai and graduated in Audio Engineering and Music Production. He started his acting stint with a short film "Cling-Cling" followed by "Neram (short film)" in which he was the protagonist pitched up against Vijay Sethupathi (as Vatti Raja).

Film career

He started his film career as an audio engineer in 2007. His first film as an audio engineer was Ye Maaya Chesave followed by Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa and Ekk Deewana Tha. Thus he had the rare feat of working on the same story made in three different languages. He went on to work as audio engineer in movies like Vithagan , Pizza,Pizza II: Villa ,Soodhu Kavvum, Nadunisi Naaygal.Jigarthanda was the last movie he worked as an audio engineer.

His first film as an actor and singer was the Tamil version of Neram directed by Alphonse Putharen. In 2015, he was a part of the Malayalam movie Premam as a lyricist, singer and actor. He wrote the lyrics for 7 songs, sung 5 of them and played the character 'Shambu' in the film. Since then he has been active in Malayalam film industry donning various roles, as lyricist, singer, actor and associate director.

Pistah as the IPL Anthem

The song Pistah which Shabareesh sung for the Malayalam-Tamil bilingual Neram was the promo song for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 edition. As a result of this, the peppy number was celebrated throughout India.

Filmography

All films are in Malayalam, unless otherwise noted.

As lyricist

Year	Song	Film	Singers
2013	Pistah Sumakiraya (Additional Lyrics)	Neram	Shabareesh Varma
2015	Scene Contra	Premam	Shabareesh Varma
	Malare		Vijay Yesudas
	Ithu Puthan Kaalam		Shabareesh Varma
	Pathivayi Njan		Shabareesh Varma
	Kaalam Kettu poyi		Shabareesh Varma
	Kalippu		Murali Gopy, Shabareesh Varma
	Aluva Puzhayude		Vineeth Sreenivasan
	Selfie	Double Barrel	Shabareesh Varma, K S Krishnan, Prashant Pillai
	Athala Pithala		Arun Kamath, Shabareesh Varma, Rahul R Govinda, Gagan Baderiya
	Kadala Varuthu		Shabareesh Varma
	Arikil Ninnarikil	Rock Star	P. Jayachandran
	Puthiya Puthiya	Rock Star	Siddharth Menon, Arun Kamath, Preeti Pillai, Prashant Pillai
2016	Anuraga Karikinvellam	Anuraga Karikkin Vellam	Peethambaran Menon, Govind Menon
	Poyimaranjo		Preeti Pillai, Arun Kamath
	Neeyoo Njano		Vaikom Vijayalakshmi, Niranj, Shabareesh Varma, Sreerag Saji
2017	Madhumatiye	Sakhavu	Shreekumar Vakkiyil, Preeti Pillai
2018	Get Out House	Naam	Shabareesh Varma
	Tanka Takkara		Shabareesh Varma, Niranj Suresh, Sooraj Santhosh, Suchith
	Adichu Polichu		Shabareesh Varma, Niranj Suresh, Sooraj Santhosh, Suchith
	Thudikottunne		Niranj Suresh
	Alakalay Uyarum		Haricharan Seshadri
	Azhakiyane		Vijay Yesudas,Haricharan Seshadri
	Neeye Neeye	Mandharam	Neha Venugopal, Niranj Suresh
	Karineela Kanna Kanna	Ladoo	Rajesh Murugesan and Shabareesh Varma
2019	Vanil chandrika	Luca	Arvind Venugopal, Zia Ul Haq
2022	Kumkumamaake	Brahmāstra(Malayalam Dub)	Hesham Abdul Wahab
	Piri Ilaki Aadi		Benny Dayal
	Deva Deva		Hesham Abdul Wahab , Arya Dhayal
	Alare	Member Rameshan 9am ward	Nithya Mammen, Ayraan
	Lokam		Vineeth Sreenivasan
	Thaaram		Arjun Ashokan
	Punch Triple punch	Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey	Shabareesh Varma, Ankit Menon
	Jhalak Rani	Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey	Zia Ul Haq
	Karalo Veruthe	Oh Meri Laila	Sid Sriram
	Thiramaalayaay	Oh Meri Laila	Ankit Menon

As an actor

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Neram	John	Bilingual film: Tamil and Malayalam film
2015	Premam	Shambu	Malayalam
2018	Naam	Harris Mohammed
	Ladoo	SK
	Thobama	Vijay
2019	Thanneer Mathan Dinangal	Siju
2020	Mariyam Vannu Vilakkoothi	Balu
2021	Vasanthi	Chandhu	Kerala State Film Award for Best Film^[3]
2021	Bheemante Vazhi	Vivek Guddalli Tachisthu
2022	Member Rameshan 9 am Ward	Subbu
	Upachara Purvam Gunda Jayan	Reji
	Anthakashri	Ananthan
	Pathrosinte Padappukal	Sharath Panicker
	Kochaal	Shijo Mathew
	Trojan	Anand
	Gold	C.P.O Gireesh
	Oh Meri Laila	Yohannan
2023	Vellari Pattanam	Baburaj	^[4]
	Sulaikha Manzil	Ramzan	^[5]
	Kannur Squad	Muhammed Shafi T. A.	^[6]

As a Singer

Year	Song	Film	Singer
2013	Thaka Thaka	Neram	Shabareesh Varma
2013	Pistah	Neram	Shabareesh Varma
2015	Scene Contra	Premam	Shabareesh Varma
	Ithu Puthan Kaalam		Shabareesh Varma
	Pathivayi Njan		Shabareesh Varma, Rajesh Murugesan
	Kaalam Kettu Poyi		Shabareesh Varma
	Kalippu		Murali Gopy , Shabareesh Varma
	Selfie	Double Barrel	Shabareesh Varma, K S Krishnan, Prashant Pillai
	Athala Pithala		Arun Kamath, Shabareesh Varma, Rahul R Govinda, Gagan Baderiya
	Kadala Varuthu		Shabareesh Varma
2018	Get out House	Naam	Shabareesh Varma
	Ellarum Onnani		Shabareesh Varma, Niranj Suresh, Sooraj Santhosh, Suchith
	Adichu Polichu		Shabareesh Varma, Niranj Suresh, Sooraj Santhosh, Suchith
	Karineela Kanna Kanna	Ladoo	Rajesh Murugesan and Shabareesh Varma
2022	Raman thedum	Oh Meri Laila	Shabareesh Varma
	Punch Triple punch	Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey	Shabareesh Varma, Ankit Menon
	Gunda Gunda Gunda jayan	Upacharapoorvam Gunda Jayan	Shabareesh Varma

Outside film industry

In 2016, he sung the official theme song of the Manjappada, which is the supporters group of Kerala Blasters.^[7] In 2020, he wrote one song for Yennum Yellow, which is an album released by Kerala Blasters as a tribute to their fans. He also performed one song called 'Vaa Varika Vaa' which is written by Manu Manjith and Nikhil Thomas.^[8]

During lockdown he released his first musical album named "Lokam". Lokam talked about the relevance of coming together and being supportive during the adverse time of the Covid pandemic. The album featured several prominent people from the Malayalam film industry in the likes of Alphonse Puthren, Nivin Pauly, Asif Ali, Darshana Rajendran, Chemban Vinod, Vinay Forrt, Vineeth Srinivasan, Noby Marcose, Saiju Kurup, Siju Wilson, Ahaana Krishna, Gauthami Nair, Krisnasankar, Dinoy Paulose, Swasika, Balu Varghese and Sharaf u Dheen and singers like Sayanora Philip, Resmi Sateesh, Niranj Suresh, Sachin Warrier and Mujeeb Majeed.

Awards and nominations

Vayalar Samskarika Vedhi Film Award 2016– Best Debut Actor (Male)- Shambhu from Premam

SIIMA

2015 – Best Lyricist for 'Malare' from 'Premam'

IIFA Utsavam Awards

2015 – Best Lyricist for 'Malare' from 'Premam'

Vanitha Film Awards

2015 – Best Newcomer for the role 'Shambhu' from 'Premam'

Asianet Comedy Awards

2015 – Best Comical Song for 'Scene Contra' from 'Premam'

References

↑ "The Pistah song is a tribute to Jagathy Sreekumar'".
↑ "Premam(film)'".
↑ "Vasanthi movie review: When the writing of the woman is the weak spot in a 'woman-centric' film". Firstpost. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
↑ "Soubin Shahir-Manju Warrier starrer Vellaripattanam gets a release date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
↑ "Sulaikha Manzil makers release new song". Cinema Express. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
↑ "Mammootty's 'Kannur Squad' censored with a U/A; the film to release on September 28". The Times of India. 21 September 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
↑ Joseph, Maria (12 October 2016). "Yellow fever song a big hit". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
↑ "ആരാധകര്‍ക്കായി സംഗീത ആല്‍ബം പുറത്തിറക്കുന്ന ആദ്യ ക്ലബ്ബായി കേരള ബ്ലാസ്റ്റേഴ്‌സ് എഫ്‌സി". SPORTS MALAYALAM (in Malayalam). 19 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.

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[1] "The Pistah song is a tribute to Jagathy Sreekumar'".

[2] "Premam(film)'".

[3] "Vasanthi movie review: When the writing of the woman is the weak spot in a 'woman-centric' film". Firstpost. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

[4] "Soubin Shahir-Manju Warrier starrer Vellaripattanam gets a release date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[5] "Sulaikha Manzil makers release new song". Cinema Express. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

[6] "Mammootty's 'Kannur Squad' censored with a U/A; the film to release on September 28". The Times of India. 21 September 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

[7] Joseph, Maria (12 October 2016). "Yellow fever song a big hit". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

[8] "ആരാധകര്‍ക്കായി സംഗീത ആല്‍ബം പുറത്തിറക്കുന്ന ആദ്യ ക്ലബ്ബായി കേരള ബ്ലാസ്റ്റേഴ്‌സ് എഫ്‌സി". SPORTS MALAYALAM (in Malayalam). 19 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.

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