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About Deva (composer)
- Devanesan Chokkalingam, popularly known as Deva, is an Indian film composer and singer.
- He has composed songs and provided background music for Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films in a career spanning about 20 years.
- Many know his gaana songs, written mostly using Madras Tamil.
- He is known as the "Father of Gaana Genre" in the Tamil film industry.Deva has composed music for many films.
- He debuted as a film music director in the film Manasukkeththa Maharaasa in 1989.
- In the intervening years he has composed music for a total of more than 400 films.
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