Amrutha Suresh (born 2 August 1990) is an Indian singer, composer, songwriter, and
radio jockey
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. She attained popularity after her stint at the
reality television
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singing competition ''
Idea Star Singer
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'' on
Asianet Asianet may refer to:
Disney Star channels
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in 2007. Since then, she has sung and composed for several films and music albums. She has been a celebrity radio jockey on
Radio Suno 91.7 with the music show ''Suno Melodies''. In 2014, she founded the
music band
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Amrutam Gamay
Early life
Amrutha was born on 2 August 1990 to musician P. R. Suresh and Laila. Her father Suresh is a
Hindu
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and mother Laila is a
Christian
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. She has a sister, singer-composer Abhirami Suresh, who is five years younger.
They are from
Edappally
Edappally or Idappalli is a region in the city of Kochi, Kerala, India. It is a major commercial centre as well as a prominent residential region. Edappally junction is one of the busiest junctions in the city.
History
Edappally in English ...
,
Kochi
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.
Living in a family (paternal) of musicians inspired her to pursue music from a young age.
Amrutha started singing at age three;
Celine Dion
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and
Michael Jackson
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are the singers who influenced her to become a singer.
Amrutha was a topper at schools.
Even though, she dropped 12th standard for contesting in the
reality television
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singing competition ''
Idea Star Singer
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'', later she completed the course in private. She then took graduation in
Bachelor of Business Administration
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(BBA) and post-graduation in
Master of Business Administration
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(MBA), and also holds degrees in
Carnatic music
Carnatic music, known as or in the Dravidian languages, South Indian languages, is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, an ...
and
Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...
.
Career
Music
Coming from a musician's family, she used to perform at stage shows during her childhood. While studying in eighth standard, she has been a child singer in
Nadirshah
Nadhirshah is an Indian film director, music composer, singer, lyricist, actor, mimicry artist, comedian, and television host, who works in Malayalam films, television and stage. He has done several supporting roles in Malayalam cinema. His are ...
's stage shows. In 2007, Amrutha contested in the second season of
reality television
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singing competition ''
Idea Star Singer
''Star Singer'' is an Indian music reality-television competition, broadcast on Asianet and previously sponsored by Idea Cellular. The show, which selected contestants in the age group of 15–35 years determined the winner based on their ski ...
'' on
Asianet Asianet may refer to:
Disney Star channels
*Asianet Communications, an Indian media company wholly owned by Disney Star
**Asianet (TV channel), a Malayalam language general entertainment channel
**Asianet Plus, a Malayalam language general entertai ...
, she was one of the popular contestants on the show. It helped her foray into film industry. Since then, she has sung
playback in a number of Malayalam films. ''
Pulliman'' was her debut film as playback singer, composed by
Sharreth
Sujith Vasudevan I (born 3 October 1969), professionally credited as Sharreth, is an Indian music director and singer. He predominantly composes film scores and songs for Malayalam films, but has gone on to compose for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi fil ...
. Her rendition of the song "Munthirpoo" from the film ''
Aagathan
''Aagathan'' () is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language revenge drama thriller film directed by Kamal and written by Kamal and Kalavoor Ravikumar from a story by Kamal. Starring Dileep, Sathyaraj, Charmy Kaur and Lal. The music for the film was ...
'' (2010) was well received.
She sang "Kannu Karuthu" for music director
Sharreth
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in his album ''Strawberry Theyyam'' (2014) which was a blend of folk and western orchestration, the song was particularly praised in the 9-track album. In 2014, Amritha founded the
music band
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Amrutam Gamay. Amritha and her sister Abhirami Suresh are the lead vocalists of the band. The band performed internationally at gigs within six months of its formation.
The band handles all kinds of genres, including Indian, western, folk, classical, or rock. The band's
cover version
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of Israeli folk song "
Hava Nagila
Hava Nagila ( he, הָבָה נָגִילָה, ''Hāvā Nāgīlā'', "Let us rejoice") is a Jewish folk song. It is traditionally sung at celebrations, such as weddings. Written in 1918, it quickly spread through the Jewish diaspora.
History ...
" sang by Amritha was popular among the global Jewish community.
The song gave her much appreciations. In 2015, Amritha and Abhirami wrote and composed multiple original songs for their band, including "Katturumbu", "Ayyayo", and "Harps of Peace".
In 2017, Amrutha released her first
single
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Arts, entertainment, and media
* Single (music), a song release
Songs
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* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
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* "Single", by ...
, "Anayathe", which featured herself and was themed at and was a tribute to motherhood and women. The song was positively received and garnered attention for its theme. After its release, Amritha got acting offers from some
Tamil films
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, but she refused as she was not seeing herself as an actress at the time. She was also approached by a
Canadian
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production company for an English film. In the same year, she began presenting the musical
talk show
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''Suno Melodies'' on
Radio Suno 91.7 as a celebrity
radio jockey
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.
Amritha along with Abhirami composed, sang and acted in the title song of the film ''
Crossroad'' that year. It was their debut composition in a film and was composed in a short notice. It was followed by a single in the film ''
Aadu 2
''Aadu 2'' () is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language slapstick comedy film written and directed by Midhun Manuel Thomas and produced by Vijay Babu under Friday Film House. It is the sequel to the 2015 film '' Aadu'', and Jayasurya, Saiju Kurup, V ...
'' (2017), titled "Aadu 2 – Success Song".
In 2019, she sang "Minni Minni" in the film ''
June
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'' which was well received. For the song, she was nominated for the Mazhavil Music Award for Best Female Singer. In the same year, Amritha sang the first of the three
music video
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s in DJ Savyo's ''Destiny'', an experimental album which used
Shiva
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mantra in the backdrop of
electronic dance music. That year she also signed a project with
Swedish
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musician Neil Luckz, who contacted her after watching her music video ''Ohm Nama Shivaya''; she is working on six English songs for the project.
In 2019, she sang a song in the children's film ''Sullu'' composed by Abhirami.
Other works
Amrutha is also into
modelling. In 2017, she was featured in the cover of lifestyle magazine FWD Life.
In the following year, she walked the ramp at Kerala Fashion Runway. She was also featured on the cover page of Vanitha Magazine along with her sister. In 2018, Amrutha started a
hashtag campaign on
Instagram
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known as Amazing Me, promoting self-esteem. It received positive response from public. In December 2018, Amrutha and her sister Abhirami started a
YouTube
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channel, ''Amrutam Gamay – AG'', with the series ''AG Vlogs'' to publish their creative content. The content is related to their personal lives, travel, food, music, shopping among other things. The series met with positive reception from viewers. In 2020, Amrutha and Abhirami entered as contestants in the second season of Malayalam
reality television
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game show
''Bigg Boss'' (Malayalam season 2), hosted by actor
Mohanlal
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on
Asianet Asianet may refer to:
Disney Star channels
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**Asianet (TV channel), a Malayalam language general entertainment channel
**Asianet Plus, a Malayalam language general entertai ...
. They entered the Bigg Boss house as wildcard entrants on day-50 and plays as a pair.
Personal life
Amrutha first met her Ex husband
Bala
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India
*Bala, India, a village in Allahabad, India
* Bala, Ahor, a village in the Jalore district of Rajasthan
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Romania
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at the sets of the film ''Venalmaram'' in which he was starring and Amrutha was playback singer. Later, they developed a friendship-turned-romance while she was contesting in the
reality TV
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ...
singing competition ''
Idea Star Singer
''Star Singer'' is an Indian music reality-television competition, broadcast on Asianet and previously sponsored by Idea Cellular. The show, which selected contestants in the age group of 15–35 years determined the winner based on their ski ...
'' in which he was a celebrity judge. They talked to each other's family and got married on 27 August 2010 at a ceremony held in
Chennai
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.
They were residing in
Palarivattom
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Ke ...
,
Kochi
Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...
. They are reported to have started living separately in 2015, and got legal divorce in December 2019. They have a daughter named Avanthika (born 2012) who lives with her. She is currently in a relationship with popular music director Gopi Sundar Beside music, she is also a travel enthusiast.
Discography
Playback singer
TV Serial
Singles / Music videos
Albums
Filmography
Online appearances
Awards
* Creative Film Awards 2019 - for Best Singer Female - June
* Ramu Kairat Sangeetha Award for Best Solo 2019 - June
* Master Vision International Excellence Award (Singer) 2017
References
External links
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Living people
1990 births
21st-century Indian women singers
21st-century Indian singers
Indian women playback singers
Indian women pop singers
Indian women folk singers
Indian women ghazal singers
Bhajan singers
Hindustani singers
Women Carnatic singers
Carnatic singers
Malayalam playback singers
Indian women composers
Indian women songwriters
Singers from Kochi
Indian women radio presenters
Singing talent show contestants
Bigg Boss Malayalam contestants