Sivaangi Krishnakumar (born 25 May 2000), also known as Sivaangi, is an Indian actress, playback singer and television personality. In 2019, she participated in the singing competition ''
Super Singer 7
Asian Paints Super Singer 7 ( ta, சூப்பர் சிங்கர் 7 (Cūppar Ciŋkar 7)) is a 2019 Indian Tamil language Reality singing competition show, the seventh season of the Super Singer show, which aired on Star Vijay on ev ...
,'' which was aired on
Star Vijay
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and, in 2020, she appeared in the comedy-cooking show, ''
Cooku With Comali
''Cooku with Comali'', also known by the acronym CWC, is an Indian Tamil-language comedy-based cooking competition show aired on Star Vijay and streams on Disney+ Hotstar where the contestants are paired each week with comedians (comalis) who a ...
,'' which gained her popularity. She is the daughter of
Kalaimamani
The Kalaimamani is the highest civilian award in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. These awards are given by the ''Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram'' (literature, music and theatre), a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of ...
winners. K Krishnakumar and Binni Krishnakumar. She has acted in films such as ''
Don
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'' (2022), ''
Naai Sekar Returns
''Naai Sekar Returns'' is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language comedy film produced by Subaskaran Allirajah and written and directed by Suraj. The film stars Vadivelu in his comeback film after five years, while Sivaangi Krishnakumar, Anandaraj, Rao ...
'' (2022) and ''
Kasethan Kadavulada
''Kasethan Kadavulada'' () is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language caper comedy film written and directed by Chitralaya Gopu. The film stars Muthuraman and Lakshmi, with M. R. R. Vasu, Thengai Srinivasan, Srikanth, Moorthy, Manorama, Rama Prabha a ...
''.
She made her debut as a singer in the
Tamil
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film ''
Pasanga
''Pasanga'' () is an Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language children's film directed by Pandiraj. It stars debutant child actors like Kishore DS, Sree Raam and Thamizh (actor), Pandian, along with newcomer Vimal and Vega Tamotia in supporting rol ...
'' in 2009 with the song "Anbaale Azhagaagum".. She is well known for singing songs such as ''Anbaale'' (2009), ''Talku Lessu Worku Moreu'' (2021), ''Machi'' (2021),, ''Uruttu'' (2021), ''Nee En Usuru Pulla'' (2021), ''Sathiyama Sollurandi'' (2021), ''Bomma Bomma'' (2021), ''Neethanada'' (2022) and ''Rekkalu thodigi'' (2022). She is currently singing 2 songs which are set to release in second half of 2022.
She also acted in the commercially successful film ''
Don
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Places
*County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON
*Don (river), a river in European Russia
*Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name
*Don, Benin, a town in Benin
*Don, Dang, a vill ...
'' marking her debut film in the cinema industry. She was later cast in a supporting role opposing actor
Vadivelu
Kumaravadivel Natarajan (born 12 September 1960), known professionally as Vadivelu, is an Indian actor, comedian and playback singer, having acted in supporting and lead roles in Tamil cinema. He gained widespread acclaim in Kollywood in the 2 ...
in the film ''
Naai Sekar Returns
''Naai Sekar Returns'' is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language comedy film produced by Subaskaran Allirajah and written and directed by Suraj. The film stars Vadivelu in his comeback film after five years, while Sivaangi Krishnakumar, Anandaraj, Rao ...
''.
Sivaangi has received five awards listing from ''Blacksheep Awards'' for Best Entertainer of the year-Female 2021, ''Behindwoods Gold Icon Awards'' for Most Popular person on reality television-Female 2021, Youth Icon of Digital from Galatta Digital Stars Awards and
Radio City Women Entertainer Awards for Television Category 2022.
Early life
Sivaangi was born in
Trivandrum
Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...
,
Kerala
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to a Malayali mother and Tamil father on 25 May 2000. Her father, Krishnakumar, is a singer and a musicologist, and her mother, Binni Krishnakumar is a playback singer. Both her parents are recipients of
Kalaimamani Award
The Kalaimamani is the highest civilian award in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. These awards are given by the ''Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram'' (literature, music and theatre), a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of ...
. She also has a younger brother, Vinaayak Sunder. After Sivaangi was born, her parents moved to
Chennai
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,
Tamil Nadu
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. She did her schooling in Chinmaya Vidyalaya,Virugambakkam,
Chennai
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. She later completed her
bachelor's degree in Commerce at
M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women
M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women (Autonomous) is an arts and science college located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in southern India. It is affiliated with the University of Madras. The current principal is Dr. Lalitha Balakrishnan who is a member o ...
,
Chennai
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. During her college days, she ventured into the music industry.
Career
After a 10-year-long hiatus, in 2019, Sivaangi Krishnakumar made her appearance as a contestant in an Indian Tamil-language reality television singing competition ''
Super Singer 7
Asian Paints Super Singer 7 ( ta, சூப்பர் சிங்கர் 7 (Cūppar Ciŋkar 7)) is a 2019 Indian Tamil language Reality singing competition show, the seventh season of the Super Singer show, which aired on Star Vijay on ev ...
'' which aired on
Star Vijay
Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly Star India), a subsidiary of Asianet Star Communications. The channel's headquarters is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Star Vijay change ...
.
She later was a part of the comedy cooking show, ''
Cooku With Comali
''Cooku with Comali'', also known by the acronym CWC, is an Indian Tamil-language comedy-based cooking competition show aired on Star Vijay and streams on Disney+ Hotstar where the contestants are paired each week with comedians (comalis) who a ...
'' that aired on
Star Vijay
Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly Star India), a subsidiary of Asianet Star Communications. The channel's headquarters is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Star Vijay change ...
.
She had got a lot of recognition and appreciation through this show. She got the following awards after the second season of the show: The Entertaining Star Female by Blacksheep Digital Awards and Most Popular Female in Reality Television by Behindwoods Gold Icons. She had also won a award for Trending pair of the year (along with
Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan
Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan is an Indian actor who works in Tamil and Telugu films and television productions. He played the lead roles in Star Vijay serials ''Rettai Vaal Kuruvi'' (2015) and '' Ninaikka Therintha Manamae'' (2017), and had sup ...
) at the
Vijay Television Awards
The Vijay Television Awards are an awards ceremony held to honour the cast and crew of Tamil soap operas and other shows which air on Vijay TV. This is the second time in the Tamil television industry where awards are given for performances i ...
.
In 2020, She also made her debut as a "web series actress" in the
comedy
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web series ''Dear-u Brother-u'' which received an overall successful run in box office and was widely talked among audiences and netizens.
In 2021, Sivaangi sang "Asku Maaro" alongside
Dharan Kumar
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in which she also made a cameo appearance. Later in May 2021, she sang "Talku Lessu Worku Moreu" for the movie
Murungakkai Chips
''Murungakkai Chips'' ( en, Drumstick chips) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language adult comedy film written and directed by debutant Srijar and produced by Libra Productions and Firstman Film Works. The film stars Shanthanu Bhagyaraj and Athulya R ...
alongside
Sam Vishal
Sam Vishal J.X. (born 28 September 1999) is an Indian playback singer and an independent vocalist. In 2019, he became the 2nd runner up of Super Singer 7 reality show. As the 2nd runner up of his season, he won a chance to sing songs for music di ...
. She later sang the song 'Adipoli' alongside
Vineeth Sreenivasan
Vineeth Sreenivasan (born 1 October 1984) is an Indian playback singer, actor, film director, screenwriter, producer, lyricist, creative director and dubbing artist. He predominantly works in the Malayalam cinema. He is the son of actor an ...
which was released in 2021 as an
Onam
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Onam commemorates Vamana ...
special.
In November of 2021, Media Masons released its 3rd original 'No No No No'. The song was sung by Sivaangi while the rap portions were done by KJ Iyenar.
Sivaangi sang "Andhapura Annakili Da" under the music composition of P.S Ashwin and "Nee Yen Usuru Pulla" alongside
G. V. Prakash
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under the music composition of Siddhu Kumar. She later sang two songs "Uruttu" and "Neethanada" for the film
Enna Solla Pogirai
''Enna Solla Pogirai'' () is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by A. Hariharan. The film stars Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan, Teju Ashwini and Avantika Mishra, with Pugazh, Delhi Ganesh, Subbu Panchu and Swamina ...
. She also sang the song "Sathiyama Sollurandi" for the film ''
Velan'' alongside actor
Mugen Rao
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. She recently sang a melody song named "Saaya" which was released in both Tamil and Malayalam.
After her appearance in ''
Cooku With Comali
''Cooku with Comali'', also known by the acronym CWC, is an Indian Tamil-language comedy-based cooking competition show aired on Star Vijay and streams on Disney+ Hotstar where the contestants are paired each week with comedians (comalis) who a ...
'', she was cast in the Tamil film, ''
Don
Don, don or DON and variants may refer to:
Places
*County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON
*Don (river), a river in European Russia
*Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name
*Don, Benin, a town in Benin
*Don, Dang, a vill ...
'' and it also marks her acting debut. She is also cast in the movie
Naai Sekar Returns
''Naai Sekar Returns'' is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language comedy film produced by Subaskaran Allirajah and written and directed by Suraj. The film stars Vadivelu in his comeback film after five years, while Sivaangi Krishnakumar, Anandaraj, Rao ...
alongside actor
Vadivelu
Kumaravadivel Natarajan (born 12 September 1960), known professionally as Vadivelu, is an Indian actor, comedian and playback singer, having acted in supporting and lead roles in Tamil cinema. He gained widespread acclaim in Kollywood in the 2 ...
. She is doing a prominent role alongside
Shiva
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and
Priya Anand
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in the film ''
Kasethan Kadavulada
''Kasethan Kadavulada'' () is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language caper comedy film written and directed by Chitralaya Gopu. The film stars Muthuraman and Lakshmi, with M. R. R. Vasu, Thengai Srinivasan, Srikanth, Moorthy, Manorama, Rama Prabha a ...
.''
In 2022, she also sung the song "Nenjellam" in the film ''
Sinam''.
She runs a YouTube channel named Sivaangi Krishnakumar.
Filmography
Films
Television
Web series
Discography
Film Songs
*''All songs are in Tamil unless otherwise noted''.
Independent Songs
Cover Songs
Accolades
Awards and nominations
Other recognitions
She was listed by the Indiaglitz website as the "Desirable Woman on Television 2020".
She also received Galatta Tamil Channel's "Namma Veetu Pillai" award in 2021.
References
External links
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