Tier 3 · vertical & regional
G. Venugopal
Person · male · India · Thiruvananthapuram · born 1960
Indian singer
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1960s
Biography
English biography151 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1376526025
Biography
Gopinathan Nair Venugopal (born 10 December 1960), popularly known as G. Venugopal, is an Indian playback singer known for his works in Malayalam films. He started his singing career in the film Odaruthammava Aalariyam (1984). Since then he has sung in more than 400 films; and has over 500 private albums to his credit.
Early and personal life
Venugopal was born in Thattathumala, near Kilimanoor. He is the elder of the two children of Gopinathan Nair, who hails from Thattathumala, and Sarojini, who was the head of the department of music, Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram. K. Sharadamani and K. Radhamani, who were popularly known as Parur sisters, are Venugopal's maternal aunts. Singers Sujatha Mohan and Radhika Thilak are his cousins and Shweta Mohan is his niece.
Venugopal married Reshmi on 8 April 1990. They have two children, Arvind and Anupallavi. Arvind is also a playback singer.
Television shows
As Judge
TV series
2023: Shyamambaram (Zee Keralam)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Venugopal.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2051737seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Venugopalbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Venugopal
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Indian playback singers — rank #52
G. Venugopal | 1986–present | Malayalam, Tamil
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Corpx · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q2051737 · MusicBrainz: 38819a82-744b-49d3-b72a-9dc26a6eb76b
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