Jyotsna Radhakrishnan (born 5 September 1986) is an Indian

playback singer A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not app ...

. She predominantly works in 12+ languages including

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

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and

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

. She has sung more than 1000 songs. She is based in

Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. Jyotsna gained wider recognition for singing popular songs such as “''Karuppinazhaku''” from '' Swapnakoodu'' (2003), “''Themma Themma Themmadikkatte''” from '' Rain Rain Come Again'' (2004) and "''Raftara''" from ''

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'' (2019).

Early life

Jyotsna was born in

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. At a very young age she moved to

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. ...

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. She did her schooling at the Asian International School in

Ruwais ''Ar-Ruwais'' ( ar, ٱلـرُّوَيْـس, lit=The Small head) is a city located some west of Abu Dhabi City, in the Western Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. "Al Ruwais" is largely dropped in relation to the Ruwais Refinery and other i ...

, an industrial area west of Abu Dhabi, where she excelled at singing.

Singing career

Jyotsna's interest in music started at a very young age. She learned the Carnatic vocal style under Mangad Natesan, and the Hindustani classical vocal style under Guru Dinesh Devdas. Although she started her career in Malayalam cinema with the song "Valakilukkam Kettedee" from the film '' Pranayamani Thooval'' in 2002. It was "Sughamanee Nilavu" from ''

Nammal ''Nammal'' () is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Kamal and written by Kalavoor Ravikumar. The film features Jishnu, Sidharth Bharathan in the lead roles. It was the debut film of Sidharth, Renuka, and ...

'' that brought her to wider attention. She has sung in almost 800 movies, in Malayalam as well as in

and

. She has sung on some 200 albums. Some of her hits are "Karuppinazhagu" from '' Swapnakoodu'', "Melleyonnu" from ''

Manassinakkare ''Manassinakkare'' (Beyond the Mind) is a 2003 Indian Malayalam family drama film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and written by Ranjan Pramod. It stars Jayaram, Sheela, and Nayanthara in the lead, while Innocent, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, K. P. A. C. ...

'', and "Meheruba" from ''

Perumazhakkalam ''Perumazhakkalam'' (English: The season of heavy rains) is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film directed by Kamal and written by T. A. Razzaq. It stars Meera Jasmine, Kavya Madhavan, Dileep, Vineeth and Biju Menon. Notable asso ...

''and also Raftara in "

" in Malayalam Some of her latest films are ''Classmates'', ''Pothen Vava'', ''Don'', ''Notebook'' and ''Janmam''. She has traveled to the UK,

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and

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for musical programs, and has performed with almost all leading playback singers of south India. She concluded another North American tour with singer

G. Venugopal Gopinathan Nair Venugopal (born 10 December 1960), popularly known as G. Venugopal, is an Indian playback singer known for his works in Malayalam films. He started his singing career in the film '' Odaruthammava Aalariyam'' (1984). Since then h ...

and in August 2013 in Australia with

Unni Menon Unni Menon (born 2 December 1955) is an Indian film playback singer. He has recorded over 4000 songs in many Indian languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.S.S.KavutaA melodious journey The Hindu. Retrieved 29 November 2008 In ...

performing for Malayalees in major cities. This was her first trip to Australia where she was accompanied by

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Personal life

On 26 December 2010, Jyotsna married Sreekanth Surendran, a software engineer from

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. She gave birth to their first child, a boy, on 9 July 2015.

Awards

Asianet Film Awards The Asianet Film Awards is an award ceremony for films presented annually by Asianet, a Malayalam-language television network from the south-Indian state of Kerala. Asianet says that awards ceremony has been instituted to honour both artis ...

'': * 2002 - Best Female Playback - ''

'' ''

Kerala Film Critics Award The Kerala Film Critics Association Awards are presented annually by the Kerala Film Critics Association to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Malayalam language film industry of India. The awards were instit ...

'': *2013 - Best Female playback Singer -

Zachariayude Garbhinikal ''Zachariayude Garbhinikal'' ( is a Malayalam–language comedy-drama film written and directed by Aneesh Anwar. The film narrates the incidents in the life of a gynaecologist ''Dr.Zacharia'' and five women who come into his life. Lal appears ...

*2017 - Best Female Playback Singer -

Kaattu ''Kaattu'' () is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language period film directed and produced by Arun Kumar Aravind. It was written by Ananthapadmanabhan based on the short story by his father Padmarajan. The film is set in late 1970s, it stars Asif A ...

* Winner of Title trophy "Rasna Girl 2001", an open UAE music competition in Hindi film songs * Prize winner in "Sangeetha Prathibha Sangamam", an open UAE music competition in Malayalam film songs * Shruthi Bharatham Award for best Female Playback Singer 2003 * "Yuva Prathibha" award by Pallavoor Appu Marar Smaraka Kala KshetRa 2003 * All Kerala Youth Campus Critics Award 2004 * Mahatma Gandhi Education Foundation Award 2004 * "Outstanding Young Person" Award by Jaycees * Kaveri Film Critics TV Award 2004 * Jaycees Foundation Award for Best Female Playback Singer * Film Audience Award 2005 * Gulf Malayalam Music Award 2006 *Mazhavil Mango Music awards 2017 -Best Non Film song

Discography: Malayalam

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Albums

*''Ini Varumo''- (Herself Composing) *''Krishna-The Enternal (fusion/Meditation)- Composing her with Gireesh Chengannur * ''Manicheppu'' * ''

Chempakame ''Chembakame'' is a Malayalam musical album released in 2006. Franco, Madhu Balakrishnan, Asha G Menon, Vidhu Prathap and Jyotsna are the singers and Shyam Dharman was the composer. Raju Raghavan wrote lyrics for the songs. The album was a runaway ...

'' * ''Onnalla'' * ''Malayalippennu'' * ''Krishnapriya'' * ''Mayakkannaa'' * ''Ithu Premamo''Ithu Premamo
* ''Ninneyum thedi ailanchi' ; Serials *Kanakkinavu *Manaporutham *Makalude Amma *

Minnukettu ''Minnukettu'' is an Indian Malayalam television soap opera directed by Jnanasheelan and which aired on Surya TV from 16 August 2004 to 2 January 2009 This is the first ever serial in Malayalam to cross 1000 episodes Minnukettu and its title so ...

*Geethanjali

Discography: Other Languages

Tamil

Telugu

Kannada

Television

*''

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 ...

'' as Team captain (

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 ...

) *''Gandharva sangeetham'' as Host (

Kairali TV Kairali TV is an Indian Malayalam-language general entertainment television channel owned by Kairali TV Network (Malayalam Communications Limited). It is headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram. It was launched on 17 August 2000. The channel is bac ...

) *''2 Crore Apple Mega Star As Host (

Jeevan TV Jeevan TV is a news and entertainment Malayalam television channel. Its headquarters is at Palarivattom, Kochi, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and depende ...

) *''Duet'' as Host (

Amrita TV Amrita TV is an Indian Malayalam Language general Entertainment television channel owned by Mata Amritanandamayi Math. It was launched in 2005. Theme song The theme song, "Lokasamastha," was composed by Rahulraj for Mata Amritanandamayi's 50t ...

) *''Music Mojo'' as Singer (

Kappa TV Kappa TV is a Malayalam music channel from the Mathrubhumi group, the publisher of the widely circulated Mathrubhumi daily. The channel was named after Tapioca, a type of starch extracted from the root of Cassava plant, which is called "kappa" ...

) *''Pathinalam Ravu'' as Judge (

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) *''Veruthe Alla Bharya Season 3'' as Grand Finale Host (

Mazhavil Manorama Mazhavil Manorama is an Indian Free-to-air Malayalam general entertainment television channel operated and owned by Malayala Manorama Television (MMTV), the publisher of the widely circulated ''Malayalam Manorama'' daily, and the Malayalam wom ...

) *''Padam Namuk Padam'' as Judge (

) * ''Still Standing'' as Participant (

) *'' Top Singer Season 1'' as Judge (Flowers TV) *'' Super 4 Season 2'' as Judge (

) *''Atham Pathu Ruchi 2021'' as Celebrity presenter (Mazhavil Manorama) *''Super 4 Kids'' as Judge (Mazhavil Manorama)

Appeared films

* 2008 -

Thirakkatha ''Thirakkatha'' ( is a 2008 Malayalam romantic drama film co-produced, written, and directed by Ranjith. The film is a tribute to the yesteryear actresses who had been graceful, popular figures in cinema during their younger age with patronage and ...

as RJ * 2010 -

Kaaryasthan ''Kaaryasthan'' () is a 2010 Malayalam-language family drama film written by the duo Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas and directed by debutant Thomson K. Thomas. It stars Dileep, Akhila, Siddique, Madhu and Suraj Venjaramoodu. It was Dileep's ...

as Herself * 2021 - Vidhi : The Verdict as Herself

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Radhakrishnan, Jyotsna 1986 births Living people Indian women playback singers Malayalam playback singers Singers from Thrissur Film musicians from Kerala Women musicians from Kerala 21st-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian women singers 20th-century Indian singers 20th-century Indian women singers