Benny Dayal Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Bio
Nickname	Benny
Profession	Singer
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 168 cm in meters- 1.68 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 8”
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms- 80 kg in Pounds- 176 lbs
Body Measurements (approx.)	- Chest: 44 Inches - Waist: 34 Inches - Biceps: 12 Inches
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	N/A
Personal Life
Date of Birth	13 May 1984 (Sunday)
Age (as of 2024)	40 Years
Birthplace	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Zodiac sign	Taurus
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Kollam, Kerala, India
School	Abu Dhabi Indian School, Abu Dhabi
College	Madras Christian College, Chennai
Educational Qualifications	Bachelor of Commerce and Diploma in Journalism
Debut	Singing Debut: Balleilakka song from the film Sivaji (2007)
Family	Father- M.P Dayal Mother- Syama Dayal Brother- Dennis Dayal Sister- N/A
Hobbies	Dancing
Favourites
Food	Butter garlic prawns, red snapper fish
Actor	Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan and Will Ferrell
Actress	Vidya Balan, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone
Musician	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhonsle, RD Burman, Ilaiyaraaja, A.R.Rahman, Vishal Bhardwaj, Raveendran Master, Johnson Maste, Raul Midon and Shankar Mahadevan
Song	Dil Se Re from Dil Se, Nazar Laaye from Raanjhanaa, Masakali from Delhi 6
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Catherine Thangam (Model & Actress)
Wife	Catherine Thangam (Model & Actress)
Money Factor
Salary	6 lakhs/song (INR)

Some lesser known facts about Benny Dayal

• Does Benny Dayal smoke?: Not Known

• Does Benny Dayal drink alcohol?: Not Known

• Benny is a Malayali, but born and brought up in Abu Dhabi (UAE).

• He did his college in Chennai, where he participated in many inter-collegiate competitions.

• During his college, he participated in a talent hunt for a Tamil pop band, and luckily the group of 5 musicians including him got selected and created the band called S5.

• During his struggling days, a reputed music director angrily told him that “You will never be a playback singer”, after which he went into depression for sometime.

• After his band, he tried his luck in playback sing, but due to lack of opportunities, he signed up to work with a BPO (Call Center). But 3 days after the joining, he got a call from A.R. Rahman‘s office to record  some chorus portions of a song. In an interview, he revealed that after his songs became popular, he was asked to quit his BPO job. He said,
  

  I’ve always wanted to be a musician, so yes, I did quit my job. I didn’t quit actually, I was asked to quit because my songs had become too famous during that time. It helped me move on with my life. To work in a company wasn’t my priority at all. Although I ended up doing it, but the struggle was real. I didn’t have the opportunity to make it into the industry until I met Mr. Rahman and my life choices became very clear. My priorities started becoming more important to me, so left the job at the BPO and started doing music for the rest of my life.”

• A month later, Rahman was looking for a singer who can sing in Arabic. Luckily he can sing in different languages and when Rahman came to known this, he asked him to sing in Arabic and got impressed with him and got the chance to sing the Tamil version of the song Chinamma Chilakamma for the film Sakarakatti.

• He is popularly known for singing hit numbers like Pappu Can’t Dance Saala, Tu Hi Meri Dost Hai, Kaise Mujhe Tum Mil Gayi, Battameez Dil, Rehna Tu, etc.

• In 2009, he won the RD Burman Award for New Music Talent for the song Kaise Mujhe Tum (Ghajini).

• He considers music director Pravin Mani and A.R Rahman as his mentor who taught him about professional singing.