Ananth Vaidyanathan

Ananth Vaidyanathan (born 1 November 1957) is an Indian singing trainer, who is popular for his appearances on reality singing television shows. He is often regarded as India's leading voice expert. He has also worked on few films as an actor and as a playback singer.

Career Ananth Vaidyanathan was born in Jamshedpur and began studying music from veterans T. M. Thiagarajan and Sangita Kalanidhi at the age of seven. He earned an MBA from XLRI - Xavier School of Management and also obtained his undergraduate degree in Economics from the Loyola College, Chennai. After completing his higher studies, he then joined the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, a musical academy in Kolkata at the age of 24.

He began teaching music from 2003, giving voice lessons and training to contestants on various Indian TV reality shows from 2006.

In 2010, he appeared as an actor in Bala's Tamil comedy drama film, Avan Ivan, where he portrayed a polygamist who was the father of the two lead characters, played by Vishal and Arya. In 2018, he took part as one of the sixteen contestants in the Tamil reality television show Bigg Boss hosted by Kamal Haasan. He was the second contestant to be eliminated from the show, departing on day 21. He also made a special appearance as a politician in the film LKG.

Ananth Vaidyanathan is also among the founding faculty of Artium Academy along with Sonu Nigam, KS Chithra and Aruna Sairam - a tech-led online music education platform established in 2021. He serves as Head of Faculty – Voice Science and Chief of Pedagogy, where he is responsible for training the teaching team and developing voice-science based pedagogy. Under his leadership, the academy’s faculty has trained thousands of students, and he has spearheaded the voice‑training and scientific curriculum development for live, one‑on‑one singing classes .

Filmography Avan Ivan as Srikanth (2011) LKG as Avudaiyappan (2019)