Anthony Daasan

Birthplace

Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India

Biography

Anthony Dasan is an Indian folk singer, who is currently working in the Tamil film industry. As of 2015, the Internet Movie Data Base (IMDb) listed a prolific set of 24 songs sung by "Andony Dasan" for Kollywood movies, starting in 2013. Many of these were the hit songs of those movies. He is known for contributing a powerful voice to fusions of Tamil-folk, country, jazz, electronica and rock styles. Before this phase of playback singing, "Antony Dasan" worked as a traveling festival folk singer artist, collaborating with players of Nadaswaram, Thavil and Thappu, dancers and acrobats among others. He has performed with influential movie industry veterans such as Usha Uthup.