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{{short description|Indian playback singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Sulfiq.L
| image =
| native_name =
| birth_name = Zulfiqre Likhayathulla
| alias =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Alappuzha]], [[Kerala]]
| instrument =
| occupation = Playback singer<br/>Director
| years_active =
| parent =
| website =
}}

'''Sulfiq.L''' is a playback singer as well as a director.<ref>{{cite web |last1=VADAYAR |first1=MOHAN |title=Singer releases video for N-Day |url=http://gulftoday.ae/portal/506c4250-cbac-4d3d-9649-5ae42afc833b.aspx |publisher=[[The Gulf Today]] |access-date=6 March 2017 |date=2 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=പ്രവാസ ലോകത്ത് നിന്നും പിന്നണി ഗായകനായി സുൽഫിഖ് |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/tv/ReadMore/10814/sulfiq-a-singer-from-abroad |publisher=[[Mathrubhumi]] |access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref> He has sung [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Malayalam]] language songs for feature films and has also performed and directed many [[music video]]s.<ref name="സുൽഫിഖ്-പ്രവാസിയുടെ ഗായകൻ">{{cite journal |title=സുൽഫിഖ്-പ്രവാസിയുടെ ഗായകൻ |journal=[[Mathrubhumi]] |date=21 December 2012}}</ref>

Sulfiq was noticed by film industry only after his [[Dubai]] based music videos<ref name=Sulfiq1>{{cite web |title=Habeebi Music video-Sulfiq.L | date=21 August 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULSlvkMqO3g |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=6 March 2017 }}</ref><ref name=Sulfiq2>{{cite web |title=Marhaban UAE Music video-Sulfiq.L | date=9 December 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcXm2MqDItc |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=6 March 2017 }}</ref><ref name=Sulfiq3>{{cite web |title=Onnanam Kunninmel Music Album launch | date=30 November 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNX1kMRfR7I |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=6 March 2017 }}</ref> and was introduced as playback singer in the Tamil film ''[[Manal Naharam]]'' directed by actor [[Shankar (actor)|Shankar]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Actor Shankar's directorial Sand City to release |url=http://digitalpaper.mathrubhumi.com/357686/Outside-Kerala/17-OCTOBER-2014#page/2/1 |publisher=[[Mathrubhumi]] |date=17 October 2014 |access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref> Album 'Dubai Days', released on [[UAE]] National day, sung by Sulfiq was a YouTube success.<ref>{{cite news |title=യുഎഇക്ക് ആദരമർപ്പിച്ച് സുൾഫിഖിന്റെ ദുബായ് ഡേയ്സ് സംഗീത ആൽബം |url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/news/nri-news/gulf/uae/dubai-days-music-album.html |access-date=15 March 2017 |publisher=[[Malayala Manorama]] |date=30 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=വിഡിയോ ആൽബം പ്രകാശനം |url=http://www.deepika.com/localnews/Localdetailnews.aspx?id=388793&Distid=KL4 |access-date=15 March 2017 |publisher=[[Deepika (newspaper)|Deepika]]}}</ref>

The title song 'Aakaasha Kuda' from ''[[Oru Mexican Aparatha]]'' (2017) has made Sulfiq a noticeable singer of [[Cinema of Kerala|Malayalam]] films.<ref name=Sulfiq4>{{cite web |title=ഒരു മെക്സിക്കൻ അപാരതയിലെ ഗാനങ്ങൾ റിലീസ് ചെയ്തു |url=http://keralaonlinenews.com/Video/Oru-Mexican-Aparatha-Audio-Songs-15873.html |publisher=kerala online news |access-date=6 March 2017 |date=10 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Soman |first1=Deepa |title=Music review: Oru Mexican Aparatha |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/music/music-review-oru-mexican-aparatha/articleshow/57184951.cms |access-date=7 March 2017 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=26 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=ഒരു മെക്സിക്കൻ അപാരത ഗാനങ്ങൾ പുറത്തിറക്കി |url=http://news.keralakaumudi.com/beta/news.php?NewsId=TkNSUDAxNDAxMTM=&xP=Q1lC&xDT=MjAxNy0wMi0xMSAwNjo0MzowMA==&xD=MQ==&cID=OQ== |access-date=15 March 2017 |publisher=[[Kerala Kaumudi]] |date=11 February 2017}}</ref> He has also launched a [[YouTube]] channel called ''Sound Clef'' for talented singers waiting for opportunities.<ref>{{cite web |title=വേദികൾ കിട്ടാത്ത ഗായകർക്കായി യൂട്യൂബ് ചാനലുമായി ഒരു ഗായകൻ |work=REPORTER - Malayalam News Channel - Breaking News, Latest News, Kerala,India,World,Politics,Movies,Entertainment,Sports,Business, Pravasi, Environment |url=http://www.reporterlive.com/2017/03/18/367654.html |publisher=Reporter Live |access-date=25 March 2017 |date=19 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ഗായകർക്കായി യൂട്യൂബ് ചാനൽ |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/gulf-news/uae/youtube-channel/2017/mar/21/252824 |publisher=Madhyamam |access-date=25 March 2017 |date=21 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Oru Mexican aparatha-producer-soundclef-Renil gowtham-zulfiq |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBsH8G0miNU |access-date=29 March 2017 |publisher=Youtube}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Asianet News-Soundclef-Sulfiq |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWKW_OGe534 |access-date=29 March 2017 |publisher=Asianet News-}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title="Sound Clef" online Music Youtube Channel-Gulf News |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBo91xZ53Y0 |access-date=29 March 2017 |publisher=Asianet Gulf News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mathrubhumi News-soundclef-Sulfiq |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1QCH45g2Rw |access-date=29 March 2017 |publisher=Mathrubhumi News}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Sulfiq, born in [[Alappuzha]], [[Kerala]] is working as infrastructure & utility manager at Afcons LLC for road transport authority project, [[Dubai]].<ref name="സുൽഫിഖ്-പ്രവാസിയുടെ ഗായകൻ"/>

==Discography==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Song !! Film / Album !! Music !!
|-
| 2012 || Habeebi || rowspan="3" | Music Video || Ashraf Manjeri || <ref name=Sulfiq1/>
|-
| 2012 || Marhaban || rowspan="2" | Retheesh Roy || <ref name=Sulfiq2/>
|-
| 2013 || Freedom Era || <ref>{{cite web |title=Freedom Era Music video-Sulfiq.L | date=9 January 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rVtTVYrz30 |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=6 March 2017 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |2015|| Theeyaga Theeyaga
|''[[Manal Naharam]]''|| rowspan="4" | Rinil Gowtham ||
|-
|Njan Oru Minnal Kodi
| rowspan="2" |''Sand City'' (D)
|
|-
|Theechoodi Theechoodi
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2016 || Moovanthikkatte || ''[[Kanthari]]''||
|-
| Onnanam Kunninmel || ''Onnanam Kunninmel''|| Shyam Dharman || <ref>{{cite web |title=Onnanam Kunninmel Music Album launch | date=14 September 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccgux39fdks |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=6 March 2017 }}</ref>
|-
| Dubai Days || rowspan="2" | Music Video || Rinil Gowtham || <ref name="Sulfiq3" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Indian expats say it with a song-Dubai Days |url=https://gulfnews.com/news/uae/society/indian-expats-say-it-with-a-song-1.1938334 |publisher=[[Gulf News]] |access-date=6 March 2017 |date=1 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2017 || Mazhavillu || Rinil Gowtham || <ref>{{cite web |title=Mazhavillu Music Video | date=24 January 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvgSsS8S2d8 |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=6 March 2017 }}</ref>
|-
| Aakaasha Kuda || ''[[Oru Mexican Aparatha]]''|| Manikandan Iyyappan || <ref name=Sulfiq4/> |
|-
| Diamond for you || rowspan="2" | Music Video || Nikhil R Nair || <ref>{{cite web |title=Diamond for you Music Video | date=22 June 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEbr4p7pt70 |publisher=[[YouTube]]-Media One News |access-date=17 July 2017 }}</ref>
|-
| 2018 || Diamond for you-2 || Retheesh Roy || <ref>{{cite web |title=Diamond for you 2 Music Video | date=15 June 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3_MvJsvZBY |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=26 September 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Diamond for you 2 Music Video | date=14 June 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylRXrd1rt7E |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=26 September 2018 }}</ref>
|-
| 2019 || Kunjade Ninte Manassil... || ''[[Ittymaani: Made in China]]''|| [[4 Musics]]|| |
|-
| 2022 || Love Parenda... || ''Onnu'' || Noufal Nazar || |
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|7497599}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sulfiq.L}}
[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Singers from Kerala]]
[[Category:Indian male playback singers]]
[[Category:Film musicians from Kerala]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language playback singers]]
[[Category:Tamil-language playback singers]]
[[Category:Musicians from Alappuzha]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male singers]]

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