Deva (composer)

Deva
Thenisai Thendral Deva
Background information
Born
Devanesan Chokkalingam

(1950-11-20) 20 November 1950
OriginTamil Nadu, India
OccupationsFilm composer, music director
InstrumentsVocals (playback singing), guitar, keyboard/harmonium/piano
Years active1988–present
In this Indian name, the name Chokkalingam is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Devanesan or Deva.

Devanesan Chokkalingam, more popularly known as Deva, is an Indian composer and singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He has composed songs and provided background music for Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam films in a career closing in on four decades. He has composed music for more than 400 films.

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