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Benny Dayal (born 13 May 1979) 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.

Dayal performs live with his touring band Funktuation, which features a brass section known as The Horn Flakes. Funktuation was formed in 2011 and has released the album Funk Katcheri.

Ithu Premamo 2

Saaral (produced by Rainbow Bridge Studios)

Swaasam (produced by Hexachord)

Vazhkai DJ (Produced by Benny Dayal and Charles Bosco)

Won

54th Filmfare Awards – RD Burman Award for New Music Talent – "Kaise Mujhe" for (Ghajini)

2009 Stardust Awards — Max Stardust Awards for New Musical Sensation – "Pappu Can't Dance" for (Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na)

Ananda vikadan cinema awards – Best playback singer – Male

Live performances

At Effe'25, IIIT Allahabad, on 31 March 2026

At Srijan 2026, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, on 8 February 2026

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 (vibration '19), New Delhi on 21 February 2019

Ranchi Gymkhana club, Ranchi, 20 January 2019

At Biocon Bangalore (Invivo 40), Bengaluru on 18 February 2019

At IIM Bangalore (Unmaad – Cultural Fest), 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 (AT&T Family Day "Odessey 2020") 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 (Gaana Music Festival) on 19 May 2018.

At Vijayawada (K L University)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 (Royal Enfield Raider Maniya)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 (ELAN- NVISION) 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 (Jayciana – 2016) 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 (CNE), Toronto, Canada on 23 August 2015

Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore for Anokha '15 (Amrita's annual technical festival) 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 (VERVE – 2014) 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 (IMS, BHU, Varanasi)~ 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