Kalyani Nair is a singer from

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, India (born in thirupur, Kerala). She is active in the

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industry, Kollywood. As a schoolgirl, Kalyani first appeared on Television in an episode of ''Symphony'' on

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. One of her popular songs is ''Dora Dora Anbe Dora'', from the movie ''

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'' where she sang the duet with

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. She is an undergraduate student of Economics at

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, Chennai,

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. Hariharan once described her voice as one with a bright future as she sang with him at a function. She did her schooling mostly in North India as her father, Colonel U.G. Kumar and was posted in different places in India. Her uncle is Rambo . So she had the chance to learn

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. Currently at Chennai, her teacher is Binny Krishnakumar. She married one of her co-singers, V. Pradeep Kumar, who has sung many songs in Tamil movies. Their wedding was in Chennai and attended by many singers. She is the daughter-in-law of Rangaswamy Kalyani has sung for Vidyasagar in 'Satyam' and '

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', and for

Ouseppachan Mechery Louis Ouseppachan (born 13 September 1955), known mononymously as Ouseppachan, is an Indian film composer and singer who primarily works in Malayalam films. He is a recipient of National Film Award, Filmfare Award and Kerala State Film ...

in 'Thaskaraveeran' and the popular 'Moollai Thirugum' in '

Kana Kandaen ''Kana Kandaen'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by K. V. Anand in his directorial debut, and produced by P. L. Thenappan. The film stars Srikanth, Prithviraj, Gopika, and Vivek. The music was composed by Vidyasagar w ...

'. She has sung "Sogathai Solli Aszha" in Karuvarai Pookkal (the very first film about transgender people in India), a film with music composed by Thomas Rathnam. She recently sang the song ''Aaraduguluntada'' in the Telugu movie

Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu ''Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu'' (), also known by the initialism ''SVSC'', is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language family drama film written and directed by Srikanth Addala. It was produced by Dil Raju's Sri Venkateswara Creations, and stars V ...

Film songs

; Notable Songs

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The Pancham effect
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nair, Kalyani Living people Indian women playback singers Singers from Thiruvananthapuram Ethiraj College for Women alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Tamil playback singers Women musicians from Kerala 21st-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian women singers