Mallikarjun singer wikipedia

Indian playback singer

Musical artist

Mallikarjun is an Indian playback singer and composer who mostly sings in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada language films.^[1] After emerging as one of the semi-finalists in the first edition of singing competition Padutha Theeyaga, he went on to become a playback singer in the South Indian film industry.

He is married to playback singer Gopika Poornima.^[2] He is very well known as an energetic stage performer and ardent fan of Telugu actor Chiranjeevi.

Personal life

Mallikarjun's father is an engineer in the Andhra Pradesh Irrigation department.

He originally hails from Anakapalle of Visakhapatnam district.

Vandemataram Srinivas

Mallikarjun was born when his father got transferred to Srisailam, a temple town. He was named after the local god Lord Mallikarjuna of Srisailam temple. His mother is a housewife.^[3] He has started learning music at the age of 9 and got recognition by padutha teeyaga musical competitio