Ramya NSK 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 ...

, who has predominantly sung for Tamil language and films. Apart from her work as a singer, she is recognised for being the granddaughter of comedian

N. S. Krishnan Nagercoil Sudalaimuthu Krishnan, popularly known as Kalaivanar () and also as NSK, was an Indian actor-comedian, theatre artist, playback singer and writer in the early stages of the Tamil film industry – in the 1940s and 1950s. He is conside ...

, actor K. R. Ramaswamy and actress T. A. Mathuram.

Career

Ramya graduated in Visual Communication from Women's Christian College and later joined the radio station, Radio City. She was posted in Chennai where she worked for the firm as a music manager for five years. Along with Carnatic music, she trained in contemporary style music with the Emmanuel Methodist Church choir for a period of eight years. She also acted in the movie

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. Having sung over 400 songs for Indian films, Ramya is best known for the song "Satru Munbu" from

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's ''

Neethaane En Ponvasantham ''Neethaane En Ponvasantham'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film co written, co produced and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, starring Jiiva and Samantha. This film is a shot simultaneously in Telugu, Yeto Vellipoyindhi ...

'', which had music composed by

Ilaiyaraaja 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 ...

. For the song, she received the Best Female Playback Singer award for Tamil cinema during the

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ceremony in 2013. She later also won a similar prize at the

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during the same year. In 2018, Ramya appeared on the Tamil reality television show, ''

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'', hosted by

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. She stated that she was keen to experience the opportunity to understand what a "luxurious jail" may be like. She was evicted early in the process After her eviction, Kamal Haasan suggested her "boring" character may have worked against her.

Personal life

In 2017, Ramya married Arjun, but they divorced later that year. In September 2019, Ramya married serial actor Sathya, and she gave birth to a baby boy in July 2020.

Discography

Tamil

Telugu

Kannada

Malayalam

Television

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'' – Evicted Day 35 *''

Mr and Mrs Chinnathirai Mr. and Mrs. Chinnathirai (மிஸ்டர் அண்ட் மிசஸ் சின்னத்திரை) is an 2019 Indian Tamil-language reality television show airs on Star Vijay and streamed on Disney+ Hotstar. Over three years, Mr. ...

Season 2'' – Top 7 *''BB Jodigal''

References

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