Shabir Sulthan
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Shabir Tabare Alam, known professionally as Shabir Sulthan, is a Singaporean singer-songwriter, record producer, music composer, and performer. Most of his lyrics are in Tamil.
He won the inaugural singing competition Vasantham Star 2005, hosted by MediaCorp Vasantham TV Channel. His Yaayum song from the film Sagaa was a sleeper hit in India and around the world.
After performing in the 2007 National Day Parade, Shabir noted there weren’t many songs performed in Tamil. He composed "Singai Naadu", a Tamil song for the 2012 National Day Parade. Former Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, praised the song, and Shabir won the Singapore Youth Award, the national honour the Singapore government gives young achievers.
Shabir has starred in several Eaglevision Mediacorp and Wei Yu Films TV series. He played the lead role of Nantha, the anti-hero, in Vettai, which translates to "The Hunt.” It premiered in 2010, with wide viewership across Singapore and Malaysia. In 2011, Shabir won Best Actor in the Pradhana Vizha Awards for his performance.
Shabir played Vettaiyan in Naam 2, a sequel to the hit series, Naam. He also played Major Habibullah Khan, a former war hero, in a period drama This Land Is Mine. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for this role at the Asian Television Awards.
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Sinam - 2022-09-04 00:00:00
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