Shabareesh Varma

Shabareesh Varma is an Indian lyricist, singer and actor working predominantly in Malayalam films.

Early life
Shabareesh Varma was born to P.K Nandana Varma and Sulekha Varma in North Paravur, Ernakulam. After completing the graduation course From MES College Marampally, Aluva,he studied in SAE Institute, Chennai and graduated in Audio Engineering and Music Production. He started his acting stint with a short film "Cling-Cling" followed by "Neram (short film)" in which he was the protagonist pitched up against Vijay Sethupathi (as Vatti Raja).

Film career
His first film as an actor and singer was the Tamil version of Neram directed by Alphonse Putharen. In 2015, he was a part of the Malayalam movie Premam as a lyricist, singer and actor. He wrote the lyrics for 7 songs, sang 5 of them and played the character 'Shambu' in the film.

Pistah as the IPL Anthem
The song Pistah, which Shabareesh sang for the Malayalam-Tamil bilingual Neram, was the promo song for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 edition. As a result of this, the peppy number was celebrated throughout India.

Filmography

 * All films are in Malayalam, unless otherwise noted.

Outside film industry
In 2016, he sang the official theme song of the Manjappada, which is the supporters group of Kerala Blasters. In 2020, he wrote one song for Yennum Yellow, which is an album released by Kerala Blasters as a tribute to their fans. He also performed one song called 'Vaa Varika Vaa' which is written by Manu Manjith and Nikhil Thomas.