Najim Arshad (born 8 June 1986) is an Indian playback singer and music director, working in the Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi film industries. In 2007, he won the reality show Idea Star Singer.^[1][2] He studied in Swathi Thirunal College of Music and holds graduation and post-graduation degree in Music.^[3] He was the Rank Holder of University of Kerala in Bachelor Of Performing Arts.^[4] He also won the Kalaprathibha title 13 times at the district and sub-district levels during his early school days.^[5]