Mahalakshmi Iyer
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| Genre(s) | playback singing, Indian classical music, Folk, Indipop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Playback singer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocalist |
| Years active | 1998-present |
Mahalakshmi Iyer is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi and Tamil songs. She has sung over thousand songs in many Indian languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese and Malayalam.[1]
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[edit] Career
Mahalakshmi comes from a musical family. Her mother is a Carnatic classical singer. She made her singing debut with A R Rahman in Mani Ratnam's Dil Se (1998). She also recorded for the movie Dus, which was Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's debut as music directors. Later, she went on to work frequently with them.
Since then she has sung over thousand songs in films, Serials jingles and original albums.[2] She was part of several successful soundtracks such as Mission Kashmir, Yaadein and Saathiya and worked with some of the biggest music composers like A R Rahman, Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit and more.
She has also sung for all of the Yash Raj Productions' biggest hits like Dhoom 2, Bunty Aur Babli, Salaam Namaste and Fanaa and most recent successful albums like Ta Ra Rum Pum and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom.
During her career, she was appreciated for her performances in songs like Kabhi Sham Dhale from Sur: The Melody of Life (2002), Har Taraf from Rishtey (2002) and for hit songs like Chup Chup Ke from Bunty Aur Babli (2005), Aaj Ki Raat from Don (2006) and Bol Na Halke Halke from Jhoom Barabar Jhoom.
Today she is considered to be one of India's most popular playback singers, along with other singers like Sunidhi Chauhan and Shreya Ghoshal.
[edit] Famous songs
- Yaro Yarodi(Alaipayuthey)
- Velli Malaray (Jodi)
- Kuruku Sirutthavalay (Mudhalvan)
- So Ja Chanda (Mission Kashmir)
- Yaadein Yaad Aati Hain (Yaadein)
- Har Taraf Tu Hi (Rishtey)
- Kabhi Sham Dhale (Sur: The Melody of Love)
- Chup Chup Ke (Bunty Aur Babli)
- Tu Jahan (Salaam Namaste
- Des Rangila (Fanaa)
- Tenu Leke (Salaam-E-Ishq)
- Rock N' Roll Soniye (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
- Aaj Ki Raat (Don - The Chase Begins Again)
- Tara Rum Pum (Ta Ra Rum Pum)
- Bol Na Halke Halke (Jhoom Barabar Jhoom)
- Banoo Main Teri Dulhann(Banoo Main Teri Dulhann)
- Falak Tak(Tashan)
- Oh Ho Sanam (Dasavatharam)
[edit] Awards and honors
- Alpha award for Best Playback, for Adhar
- Maharashtra Kala Niketan Award, for Suna Yeti Gharaat
