Benny Dayal
Benny Dayal is an Indian playback singer based in the United Arab Emirates. He is a prominent singer in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi and more languages films.
He is a member of the band S5, launched by SS Music TV channel. He made his acting debut in the Malayalam movie By the People, a suspense thriller. All the songs were sung by S5 members and it was then that A.R. Rahman noticed him and took an audition.
Personal life
Dayal's parents hail from Kollam district in Kerala. He was born and raised in Abu Dhabi, UAE. After his schooling in the UAE he went on to complete his B.Com. and Masters in Journalism from Madras Christian College.Dayal worked as an Events Coordinator with RR Donnelley. He quit his job in BPO to accomplish his career in music. On 5 June 2016, the singer married his model girlfriend Catherine Thangam in a close-knit ceremony in Bengaluru.
Discography
Albums
IsaiIthu PremamoIthu Premamo 2Saaral Swaasam- ''Vazhkai DJ''
Marathi songs
| Year | Film | Song | Composer | Writer | Co-singer | Ref. |
| 2019 | Highway | "Kangaroo" | Reva | Ashwin |
Awards and honors
Won- 54th Filmfare Awards – RD Burman Award for New Music Talent – "Kaise Mujhe" for
- 2009 Stardust Awards — Max Stardust Awards for New Musical Sensation – "Pappu Can't Dance" for
- Ananda vikadan cinema awards – Best playback singer – Male
Live performances
- At QNCC, Doha, Qatar on 29 February 2024
- At AVENOIR 2023, DR. MOPPENS MEDICAL COLLEGE, Wayanadu, Kerala on 17 December 2023
- At ATMOS 2023, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, on 5 November 2023
- At BOSM 2023, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, on 25 September 2023
- At Aura 2023, KLS GIT Belagavi, on 18 March 2023
- At Vibrance 2023, VIT Chennai, on 3 March 2023
- At Youthopia’22, The Heritage School Kolkata, on 30 July 2022
- At IIT jodhpur, on 23 February 2020
- At Riviera 2020, VIT Vellore, on 13 February 2020
- At ECHOES 2020, IIM Kozhikode, on 8 February 2020
- At Standard Chartered T&I, Annual Staff Day 2019 December, MGM beach Resorts, Chennai.
- At Imperium 2019, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
- At Festember 2019, National Institute of technology, Tiruchirapalli
- At Shivaji College, New Delhi on 21 February 2019
- Ranchi Gymkhana club, Ranchi, 20 January 2019
- At Biocon Bangalore, Bengaluru on 18 February 2019
- At IIM Bangalore, Bengaluru on 2 February 2019
- At Madras Christian College, Chennai on 24 January 2019.
- At Bacardi NH7 Weekender, Pune on 7 December 2018.
- Redbull Music festival, Kochi, 24 November 2018
- At Thapar University, Patiala on 19 November 2018.
- At Manpho Convention Center, Bangalore on 18 November 2018
- The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Abu Dhabi Chapter, 16 November 2018
- AIIMS Raipur on 28 October 2018
- At Mountain View, California on 19 May 2018.
- At Vijayawada Samyak 2018 on 24 March 2018.
- Crossroads 2018, Annual Cultural festival of Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi, on 18 March 2018.
- NITK Surathkal on 3 March 2018 as part of the cultural festival Incident 2018 (Day 3, Pro Shows)
- At Goa Live in concert on 19 November 2017.
- Manipal Institute of Technology on 11 March 2017 as part of Revels, the annual cultural festival of MIT.
- At IIT Hyderabad Live in Concert on 21 January 2017
- 2017– at world orange festival, Nagpur Maharashtra... Nikhil.k
- Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysuru at its annual cultural fest on 22 April 2016
- Anaadyanta at the Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore on 5 March 2016
- At PBWA Powai Sarvajanin Durgotsav—Live in Concert on 21 October 2015
- Spirit of Wipro Run 2015 – Wipro Limited, Bangalore on 20 September 2015
- Zee London Mela – London, England on 6 September 2015
- In "Spandan'2015" conducted by JIPMER, Pondicherry on 2 September 2015
- Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Canada on 23 August 2015
- Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore for Anokha '15 on 7 March 2015
- Tech Mahindra Hyderabad annual fest Ekatvam in January 2015
- Infosys Limited, Bangalore, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur for Rebeca '14 on 27 April 2014
- JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bangalore at its annual Techno-Cultural Fest on 26 April 2014
- Symbiosis Center for Management Studies at its annual Sympulse, in Pune, on 15 January 2014
- Annual Cultural Festival OASIS 2014 of Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
- Indian Institute of Foreign Trade in Delhi on 16 November 2013 at its annual management festival, Quo Vadis
- Zephyr 2013, the annual cultural festival of Orissa Engineering College in Bhubaneswar
- 2013 – Annual Cultural Fest, Siliguri Institute of Technology, Siliguri, West Bengal.
- Tezpur University at Techxetra on 27 October 2013
- NIT Trichy on 29 September 2013
- Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University ~ ELIXIR cultural event on 13 March 2013
- 8th mile, RV college of engineering on 20 September 2011.Bangalore
- Acharya Habba at the Acharya Institute of Technology, Bangalore on 9 April 2011
- Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology on 21 March 2010 as part of a cultural event
- SSN College of Engineering on 5 March 2010, with Stephen Devassy and others
- Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy, Tanjore as a part of the cult fest Kuruksastra in 2009
- NIT Calicut on 26 March 2009 as part of the cultural festival Ragam '09