Arivu

History

Arivarasu Kalainesan, more commonly known as Arivu, is an Indian rapper, lyricist, and playback singer who works in Tamil language films. He is known for the song "Vaathi Raid" from Master (2021) alongside Anirudh and for his single "Enjoy Enjami" ft. Dhee.

Movies

Ratham
Lyricist
Maamannan
Playback Singer
The life of a powerful man who rules over a town is flipped upside down when a man gathers evidence proving the dirty politics he used to get where he is.
Borrder
Playback Singer
Borrder
Lyricist
Vasantha Mullai
Lyricist
Rudhra, who works tirelessly for a successful career and money, and suffering from blackout disorders, goes on a romantic journey to a hill station with his girlfriend Nita, trying to spend some quality time . On the way, he stays at the Vasantha Mullai Motel. The events that unfold in a single night drive Rudhra insane and take him on a roller coaster ride.
Bommai Nayagi
Lyricist
Velu, who works in a tea shop, fights for justice for his 9-year-old daughter, who has been subjected to sexual assault by two influential upper-caste men during a festive season.. However, when he realizes that people he trusts wanted to cover this up, he decides to fight for justice with the help of his Marxist-leaning friends.
Ram Setu
Lyricist
An atheist archaeologist turned believer must race against time to prove the true existence of the legendary Ram Setu before evil forces destroy the pillar of India’s heritage.
Sardar
Lyricist
An espionage agent who is branded a traitor returns from exile to take down a dubious water project and safeguard the country.
Prince
Lyricist
A happy-go-lucky teacher finds himself falling in love with a British woman who is teaching English at the same school. He tries to woo her, but given that his grandfather was a freedom fighter, can he convince his father of the match?
Captain
Lyricist
A team of soldiers, led by a brave army captain, takes up a dangerous mission to go into a restricted forest area and uncover the mystery behind the unexplainable deaths of previous teams that had visited the site.
Natchathiram Nagargiradhu
Lyricist
Love and politics collide when modern day individuals working as theatre artists in fall in love while making a play about love. They realize that it's the social structure that determines their values and thoughts, and for their love to succeed, they have to go against it.
Yaanai
Lyricist
A brash young man tries to prevent his wealthy, large family from being split up by their arch-nemesis, who wants to avenge his brother's death, which he blames on the family.
Koogle Kuttappa
Lyricist
A curmudgeonly, very conservative old man gets a robot as a caretaker and becomes very attached to it. Can his robotic engineer son make him realise the danger posed by the machine before it is too late?
Selfie
Lyricist
When Kanal, a B-grade engineering college student, finds out that his dad went on to pay a hefty amount as “donation” to get him the seat, the liquor-swigging student is introduced to the underground world of the admission racket system in colleges.
Valimai
Playback Singer
A honest cop tries to track down the brain behind a series of robberies and murders, but things turn personal when his family become pawns in the criminal's game.
Valimai
Lyricist
A honest cop tries to track down the brain behind a series of robberies and murders, but things turn personal when his family become pawns in the criminal's game.
Kadaisi Vivasayi
Lyricist
Maayandi, the only farmer in a village that has abandoned farming, is charged with a petty case that leads to his imprisonment.
Enna Solla Pogirai
Lyricist
Three individuals with clear notions of what romance discover the indefinable magic that is love when they end up in a triangular romantic relationship.
Jail
Playback Singer
Three youngsters in a resettlement colony that houses people displaced from their neighbourhood because of gentrification try to chart out a life for themselves.
Jail
Lyricist
Three youngsters in a resettlement colony that houses people displaced from their neighbourhood because of gentrification try to chart out a life for themselves.
Maanaadu
Playback Singer
A Muslim man, who is stuck in a time loop, has to stop a political rally from taking place in order to save the state's chief minister and prevent religious violence.
Maanaadu
Lyricist
A Muslim man, who is stuck in a time loop, has to stop a political rally from taking place in order to save the state's chief minister and prevent religious violence.
Annaatthe
Playback Singer
Kaaliyan is a village president in the Madurai district, who is fondly called Annaatthe. His nieces compete with each other to marry him. But, he falls in love with another woman who visits their village. Kaaliyan has a sister who gets married and shifts to Kolkata where she faces some unknown threats. Soon, her brother comes to her aid.
Annaatthe
Lyricist
Kaaliyan is a village president in the Madurai district, who is fondly called Annaatthe. His nieces compete with each other to marry him. But, he falls in love with another woman who visits their village. Kaaliyan has a sister who gets married and shifts to Kolkata where she faces some unknown threats. Soon, her brother comes to her aid.
Enemy
Lyricist
Two childhood friends end up on opposite extremes of morality, and face each other in a good vs evil war.
Jai Bhim
Playback Singer
A pregnant woman from a primitive tribal community, searches desperately for her husband, who is missing from police custody. So as to find her husband and seek justice for them, as their voice, a High Court advocate rises in support. Will their battle for justice succeed?
Jai Bhim
Lyricist
A pregnant woman from a primitive tribal community, searches desperately for her husband, who is missing from police custody. So as to find her husband and seek justice for them, as their voice, a High Court advocate rises in support. Will their battle for justice succeed?
Aranmanai 3
Playback Singer
The ghost of a wronged mother tries to take revenge on a Zamindar and his daughter, but one man stands in its way!
Aranmanai 3
Lyricist
The ghost of a wronged mother tries to take revenge on a Zamindar and his daughter, but one man stands in its way!
Tughlaq Durbar
Playback Singer
A budding politician has devious plans to rise in the ranks — until an unexpected new presence begins to interfere with his every crooked move.
Sarpatta Parambarai
Lyricist
When Sarpatta Parambarai is challenged to a do-or-die match, Kabilan, a young labourer, must choose whether to put on the gloves himself and lead his clan to victory, or be dissuaded by his disapproving mother and dangerous politics.
Jagame Thandhiram
Playback Singer
When a clever, carefree gangster is recruited to help an overseas crime lord take down a rival, he is caught off guard by the moral dilemmas that follow.
Jagame Thandhiram
Lyricist
When a clever, carefree gangster is recruited to help an overseas crime lord take down a rival, he is caught off guard by the moral dilemmas that follow.
Mandela
Lyricist
An underprivileged hairdresser becomes the game changer in a local body election in a village where caste politics rules the roost. Will he be able to bring some changes to people's lives?
Master
Playback Singer
An alcoholic professor is sent to a juvenile school, where he clashes with a gangster, who uses the children of the school for criminal activities.
Master
Lyricist
An alcoholic professor is sent to a juvenile school, where he clashes with a gangster, who uses the children of the school for criminal activities.
Soorarai Pottru
Lyricist
Nedumaaran Rajangam "Maara" sets out to make the common man fly and in the process takes on the world's most capital intensive industry and several enemies who stand in his way.
Gypsy
Playback Singer
A young man travels across India and on his way he learns about the issues connected to nation-wide politics which urges him to do something about it.
Naan Sirithal
Lyricist
A man suffers from a condition where he laughs uncontrollably under stressful conditions and it causes a lot of trouble for him until he seeks a strong solution for it.
Dagaalty
Playback Singer
A conman tries to save an innocent girl from the clutches of a womanizer after realizing that he had fallen in love with her.
Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu
Lyricist
A hardworking lorry driver who works at an old paper mart learns about the presence of a bomb and does everything he can to stop it from exploding.
Natpe Thunai
Playback Singer
Prabakaran, an international hockey player who choose to leave the sport picks it up again only to save the ground of a local team.
Natpe Thunai
Lyricist
Prabakaran, an international hockey player who choose to leave the sport picks it up again only to save the ground of a local team.
Vada Chennai
Playback Singer
A young carrom player in North Chennai becomes a reluctant participant in a war between two feuding gangsters.
Vada Chennai
Lyricist
A young carrom player in North Chennai becomes a reluctant participant in a war between two feuding gangsters.
Kaala
Lyricist
Karikaalan consistently fights to keep the people of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, safe from the clutches of mighty politicians and the land mafia don, Hari Dhadha.
Thandakaaranyam
Lyricist
A young man’s struggles to secure a government job.
Saloon
Lyricist
Thookudurai
Lyricist