Deva (composer)

                 Devanesan Chokkalingam, popularly known as Deva, is an Indian film composer and singer who predominantly works in Tamil Cinema. 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. He has composed music for more than 400 films.

He debuted as a film music director in the film Manasukkeththa Maharaasa in 1989.