Arivu

Arivu
Arivu
Birth name	Arivarasu Kalainesan
Genres	Oppari; Gaana; Hip hop; Folk music;
Occupation(s)	Rapper; Playback singer; Lyricist;
Years active	2018–present

Arivarasu Kalainesan, more commonly known as Arivu, is an Indian rapper, lyricist, and playback singer who works in Tamil language films. He is best known for the song "Vaathi Raid" from Master (2021) and for his single "Enjoy Enjaami".

Early life[edit]

Arivu was brought up in Arakkonam, a town 60 kilometres west of Chennai. He was exposed to many folk songs as he grew up in family without TV and radio, as his parents wanted him to concentrate on school. He started to write poems about caste and poverty in his high school days and became more politically conscious during his college.^[1]^[2]

Career[edit]

While pursuing his MBA in college, Arivu met Pa. Ranjith who signed him to be part of Kaala (2018). Arivu had later auditioned and landed a role in Ranjith's band The Casteless Collective. He has since made several independent songs in addition to composing songs for Tamil-language films. Arivu teamed with music producer OfRo to create the album Therukural (Voice of street), which became popular upon release.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5] After many film song hits, he teamed up with Dhee and Santhosh Narayanan as music producer under label Maajja, an independent platform launched by Indian producer A. R. Rahman and released the single Enjoy Enjaami in March 2021, the song and its music video received viral response, it has crossed 400 million views on YouTube as of April 2022.^[6]^[7]

Discography[edit]

Singles[edit]

Year	Title	Composer	Album	Peak chart positions	Ref.
Year	Title	Composer	Album	UKAsian^[8]	Ref.
2019	Therukural				^[9]
2020	Monkeys with 5G				^[10]
2021	Don't Touch Me	Yuvan Shankar Raja			^[11]
2021	Enjoy Enjaami (feat. Dhee, produced by Santhosh Narayanan)	Santhosh Narayanan	Non-album single	5	^[12]

Albums[edit]

Therukural (2019)^[13]

Films[edit]

Year	Film	Credited as		Song(s)	Composer
Year	Film	Singer	Lyricist	Song(s)	Composer
2018	Kaala	N	Y	"Urimayai Meetpom"	Santhosh Narayanan
2018	Vada Chennai	Y	Y	"Maathiya Seraiyile" "Patta Patti"	Santhosh Narayanan
2019	Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven	N	Y	"Red Cardu" "Modern Muniyamma"	Hiphop Tamizha
	Natpe Thunai	Y	Y	"Single Pasanga" "Veedhikor Jaadhi"	Hiphop Tamizha
	Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu	Y	N	"Nilamellam"	Tenma
	Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu	N	Y	"Thalaimurai"	Tenma
2020	Pattas	Y	Y	"Mavane"	Vivek-Mervin
	Dagaalty	Y	Y	"Dagaalty Naa!"	Vijay Narain
	Naadodigal 2	Y	Y	"Varungaalam Engaladhu"	Justin Prabhakaran
	Naan Sirithal	N	Y	"Happy Birthday"	Hiphop Tamizha
	College Kumar	N	Y	"College Kumar" "Baari Baari"	Qutub-E-Kripa
	Gypsy	Y	Y	"Theevira Vyaadhi"	Santhosh Narayanan
	Soorarai Pottru	N	Y	"Maara Theme"	G. V. Prakash Kumar
	Tughlaq Durbar	Y	N	"Annathe Sethi"	Govind Vasantha
	Master	Y	Y	"Vathi Raid"	Anirudh Ravichander
2021	Mandela	Y	Y	"Yela Yelo"	Bharath Sankar
	Jagame Thandhiram	Y	Y	"Theengu Thaakka" "Naan Dhaan Da Mass"	Santhosh Narayanan
	Sarpatta Parambarai	Y	Y	"Neeye Oli" "Neeye Oli" (Film Version)	Santhosh Narayanan
	Aranmanai 3	Y	Y	"Ratatapata"	C. Sathya
	Jai Bhim	Y	Y	"Power"	Sean Roldan
	Jail	N	Y	"Pathu Kaasu"	G. V. Prakash Kumar
	Jail	Y	Y	"Nagarodi"	G. V. Prakash Kumar
	Enemy	N	Y	"Pathala"	S. Thaman
		Y	Y	"Little India"	S. Thaman
		N	Y	"Orey Naan Orey Nee"	Sam C. S.
	Annaatthe	Y	Y	"A for Annaatthe"	D. Imman
	Maanaadu	Y	Y	"Voice of Unity"	Yuvan Shankar Raja
	Enna Solla Pogirai	N	Y	"Cute Ponnu"	Vivek-Mervin
2022	Valimai	Y	Y	"The Intense of Fire - Theme"	Yuvan Shankar Raja
	Maaran	Y	N	"Polladha Ulagam"	G. V. Prakash Kumar
	Yaanai	Y	Y	"Bodhaiya Vittu Vaale"
	Selfie	Y	Y	"Oorkaran"
		N	Y	"Imaikkariye"
		Y	Y	"Badass Bossman"
		Y	Y	"Padippu Thevaillai"
		Y	Y	"Yedakoodam"
	Prince	Y	Y	"Who Am I?"	Thaman S
	Prince	N	Y	"Jessica"	Thaman S
	Captain	Y	Y	"Akkrinai Naan"	D. Imman
	Sardar	Y	Y	"Inky Pinky Ponky"	G. V. Prakash Kumar
2023	Vaathi	Y	Y	"One Life"	GV Prakash Kumar
	Maamannan	Y	Y	"Manna Maamanna"	A. R. Rahman
	Jawan - Tamil dubbed	Y	Y	"Pattasa"	Anirudh Ravichander
	Jawan - Telugu dubbed	Y	Y	"Galatta"	Anirudh Ravichander
2024	Singappenney	Y	N	"Ezhundhu Vaa"	Kumaran Sivamani
2024	Singappenney	Y	Y	"Kanne Yen Kaniyee"	Kumaran Sivamani

Television[edit]

Year	TV series	Credited as		Song(s)	Notes
Year	TV series	Singer	Lyricist	Song(s)	Notes
2021	The Family Man (season 2)	Y	N	"Maaveerarukku Maranamila"	Composed by Sachin–Jigar

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Seetharaman, G. (21 July 2019). "Rapping truth to power: Arivu pulls no punches in his album 'Therukural'". The Economic Times.
^ "'Let's fight': Tamil rapper Arivu comes up with powerful lyrics against CAA, goes viral". The Week. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ Tagat, Anurag (2 August 2019). "Speaking truth to power with Arivu and ofRO". The Hindu.
^ "Meet Arivu, Who Wants to Take Rap in India Back to Its Political Roots". The Wire.
^ "Arivu: Independent art will be an alarm for the society". Cinema Express.
^ "Meet Arivu and Dhee, the duo behind the viral protest song Enjoy Enjaami". Hindustan Times. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ "'Enjoy Enjaami' is as political as my other works: Singer-lyricist Arivu to TNM". The News Minute. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^
Singles on UK Asian Music Chart:
- "Enjoy Enjaami": "Asian Music Chart Top 40: 26 March 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ "கோ கொரோனா கோ! கோஷம் போட்டா குறையுமோ? தெறிக்கவிடும் தெருக்குரல் அறிவு! [Ko Corona Ko! Will it decrease with noise? Therukural Arivu explains!]". Indian Express. 10 April 2020.
^ "Arivu and Madan Gowri's 'Monkeys with 5G' talks of modern discrimination". The news minute. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
^ "Yuvan's independent single with Arivu and Yunohoo to be released on June 26". The Times of India. 21 June 2021. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
^ Dhee ft. Arivu - Enjoy Enjaami (Prod. Santhosh Narayanan), retrieved 7 March 2021
^ Shekar, Anjana. "'Therukural' by Arivu-ofRO is a brilliant Tamil hiphop album". The news minute. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

External links[edit]

Arivu at IMDb

[:0-1] Seetharaman, G. (21 July 2019). "Rapping truth to power: Arivu pulls no punches in his album 'Therukural'". The Economic Times.

[2] "'Let's fight': Tamil rapper Arivu comes up with powerful lyrics against CAA, goes viral". The Week. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[3] Tagat, Anurag (2 August 2019). "Speaking truth to power with Arivu and ofRO". The Hindu.

[4] "Meet Arivu, Who Wants to Take Rap in India Back to Its Political Roots". The Wire.

[5] "Arivu: Independent art will be an alarm for the society". Cinema Express.

[:2-6] "Meet Arivu and Dhee, the duo behind the viral protest song Enjoy Enjaami". Hindustan Times. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[:3-7] "'Enjoy Enjaami' is as political as my other works: Singer-lyricist Arivu to TNM". The News Minute. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[8] Singles on UK Asian Music Chart:
"Enjoy Enjaami": "Asian Music Chart Top 40: 26 March 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[9] "Enjoy Enjaami": "Asian Music Chart Top 40: 26 March 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[9] "கோ கொரோனா கோ! கோஷம் போட்டா குறையுமோ? தெறிக்கவிடும் தெருக்குரல் அறிவு! [Ko Corona Ko! Will it decrease with noise? Therukural Arivu explains!]". Indian Express. 10 April 2020.

[10] "Arivu and Madan Gowri's 'Monkeys with 5G' talks of modern discrimination". The news minute. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

[11] "Yuvan's independent single with Arivu and Yunohoo to be released on June 26". The Times of India. 21 June 2021. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

[:1-12] Dhee ft. Arivu - Enjoy Enjaami (Prod. Santhosh Narayanan), retrieved 7 March 2021

[13] Shekar, Anjana. "'Therukural' by Arivu-ofRO is a brilliant Tamil hiphop album". The news minute. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

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