Background
Pradip Somasundaran was born on 26 January 1967 in Nelluvaya, Vadakkaancherry, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Pradip Somasundaran was born on 26 January 1967 in Nelluvaya, Vadakkaancherry, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
He was initially trained in Carnatic music under Geetha Rani and later under V. Gopalan of Thrissur, and started giving stage performances at the age of sixteen. lieutenant was music director Ravindran who gave Pradip Somasundaran the first break in 1993, with the song "Samayam Manoharam" in the film Ezhuthachan. He has also worked with the late Johnson, Mohan Sitara and Ilayaraaja in Malayalam.
Sandeep Chowta introduced him in Telugu films with Bujjigadu directed by Puri Jagannadh.
He also sang for Saleem another Sandeep Chowta musical, directed by YVS Chowdary. He has also sung the title song "Bhagavane" for the television series Gajarajan Guruvayur Keshavan which was composed by Vidhyadharan for Surya television In addition to being a playback singer he sings Carnatic music, ghazals and devotional songs.
In 2011 he released "Mazhanritham" his first musical work in Malayalam as a composer collaborating with other playback singers like Gayatri Asokan, Franco, Shahabaz Aman and actor Manoj K Jayan. Pradip holds a masters in electronics from Andhra University and is currently working as the Principal of College of Applied Science, Vadakkencherry, Palakkad.
He is a free software enthusiast and was involved in the activities of the Free Software Foundation India during Richard Stallman"s 2001 visit to Kochi.