| Mahathi. S மஹதி |
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|---|---|
| Birth name | Mahathi. S |
| Also known as | Mahathi, Mahathy |
| Born | 1985 |
| Genres | Carnatic, Film Music |
| Occupations | Playback singer, Anchor |
| Instruments | Vocalist |
| Years active | 2003-current |
| Website | http://www.singermahathi.com/ |
Mahathi (Tamil: மஹதி; born 1985) is an award-winning Indian playback singer singing predominantly in Tamil. She is also a Direct B High graded artiste (Carnatic Classical Vocal) of the All India Radio.
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Mahathi began her playback singing career with Maestro Illayaraja. She recorded a solo “Enna Maranthalum” in his music direction in the movie Kaadhal Jaathi.[1] Unfortunately, this movie did not see the light of day.
In 2003 Mahathi sang a duet, “Aiyyaiyyo Pudichirukku”,[2] with Hariharan, under the music direction of Harris Jayaraj in Vikram’s superhit movie, Saamy.
In 2008, Mahathi won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Naeraa Varattuma" from the movie "Nenjathai Killadhe".[3]
Mahathi presented the music based quiz program, "Aaha Paadalam" on Doordarshan Podhigai TV with Raaghav.[4] She was one of judges in Airtel Super Singer Junior, a reality show hosted by STAR Vijay, a popular Tamil channel of the Star Network. In October 2005 she presented Ilaiyaraja's Live-in Concert organised by Jaya TV, "Andrum Indrum Endrum" with actor Parthiban.[5]
| Number | Song | Film | Music Director | Language(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Enna Maranthalum" | Kaadhal Jaathi | Ilayaraja | Tamil |
| 2 | "Aiyyayo Pidichirukku" | Saamy | Harris Jayaraj | Tamil |
| 3 | "Puyaley Puyaley" | Kovil | Harris Jayaraj | Tamil |
| 4 | ""Nee vendum" | Varnajaalam | Vidyasagar | Tamil |
| 5 | "Kaadhalikkum" | Chellamae | Harris Jayaraj | Tamil |
| 6 | "Vellaikkara Mutham" | Chellamae | Harris Jayaraj | Tamil |
| 7 | "Mudhal Mazhai" | Bheema | Harris Jayaraj | Tamil |
| 8 | "Appa Amma" | Dreams | Bharadwaj | Tamil |
| 9 | "Ennil Ennil" | Parijatham | Dharan | Tamil |
| 10 | "Kann Simittum" | Uyir | Joshua Sridhar | Tamil |
| 11 | "Innisai" | Varalaru | A R Rahman | Tamil |
| 12 | "Kannai Thirandu" | Ullam | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Tamil |
| 13 | "Engae Engae" | ABCD | D. Imman | Tamil |
| 14 | "Nenjae Nenjae" | Ayan | Harris Jayaraj | Tamil |
| 15 | "Thee Illai" | Engeyum Kadhal | Harris Jayaraj | Tamil |
| 16 | "Unnai unnai" | Vellore Maavattam | Sundar C Babu | Tamil |
| 17 | "Neduvaali" | Osthe | S Thaman | Tamil |