Malgudi Subha (born 17 October 1965; also spelled as Malgadi Shuba) is an Indian
playback singer
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. She has recorded songs in
Tamil
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* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
,
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 ...
,
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
,
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 ...
and
Hindi
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. In a career spanning two decades, she sang more than 3000 songs.
She began her career by providing vocals for ad jingles composed by people like
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in int ...
and Viji Manuel.
She debuted as a playback singer in the film ''
Nadodi Thendral
''Nadodi Thendral'' () is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language historical romance film, directed by Bharathiraja and written by Sujatha. It stars Karthik and Ranjitha. The music was provided by Ilaiyaraaja. Featuring an international cast, the film w ...
'', with music by
Ilayaraja
Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one of ...
.
Prominent Indian composer
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in int ...
's debut album, ''Set Me Free'' (also called ''Shubhaa Set Me Free''), had all its songs sung by Malgudi Shubha.
[http://www.hummaa.com/music/artist/24410/Malgudi+Subha] The album, which was released in 1989 and went unnoticed, but became a good seller when it was re-released in 1996 by the label Magnasound.
She sang the song ''Thayya Thayya'' in the 1998
Mani Ratnam
Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and few Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Ratnam has won six Nat ...
film Uyire, which was composed by A. R. Rahman.
Her first successful
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
album, ''Chikpak Chikbhum'', which was released in
Chennai
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, sold ten
lakh
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copies.
The songs were composed by
Raj–Koti
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, under whom A. R. Rahman was assisted.
She has appeared as a judge on the
Malayalam language
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 ...
music competition program ''
Idea Star Singer
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''. She is a judge in ''Star Singer 2'' (
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 ...
), airing on
Asianet Suvarna
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from 7-8 pm on weekdays. She is also a judge in the Tamil music competition program ''
Super Singer'' in
Star Vijay
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.
The South Indian actress
Priyamani
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Priyamani made her acting debut t ...
is her niece and Hindi actress
Vidya Balan
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is her relative.
Discography
Tamil
* "Indha bus than" - Veetla Viseshanga
* "Kaadhal Paattu than" - Nadodi Thendral
*"Thaiyya" - Uyire
*"Thulluvadho Ilamai" - Sukran
*"60 aayiruchu" - Mounam pesiyathey
*"Thanni Vechu" - Jai hind
Filmography
As Actress
* ''
Achcham Madam Naanam Payirppu'' (2022)
References
Malgudi Subha Family Details
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Living people
Bollywood playback singers
Hindi-language singers
Indian women playback singers
Kannada playback singers
Tamil playback singers
Malayalam playback singers
Marathi-language singers
Russian-language singers
Tamil-language singers
Telugu playback singers
1965 births