Tippu is a South India

South India

South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...

n playback singer who has performed in Kannada

Kannada language

Kannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world...

, Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

, Malayalam

Malayalam language

Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...

 and Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 languages. Tippu's original name, as told by him in Koffee with Anu

Koffee with Anu

Koffee with Anu is a talk show, hosted by Kollywood actress Anu Hasan. It is the Tamil version of Koffee with Karan hosted by Karan Johar. It currently runs on STAR Vijay. This show was initially called Koffee with Suchi...

, is Ekambaresh. He is married to playback singers Harini

Harini

Harini is an Indian film playback singer and classical singer, who sings mainly in Tamil films. She has also sung in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam language films, whilst working with many leading film composers. She is married to another playback singer, Tippu.-Career:Harini learnt Carnatic...

. Tippu did his schooling at St. John's Matriculation Higher Secondary School located at Alwarthirunagar

Alwarthirunagar

Alwarthirunagar is a suburb of Chennai city. It adjoins the western limits of the Chennai corporation and is the first township on the Arcot Road between Chennai city and Poonamallee. The township was developed by Ms.City Lando Corporation, in the late 1960's...

. He has two children, a girl and then a boy called Sai Smriti and Sai Prathyankar..

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