Tanvi Shah

Tanvi Shah
Born December 1
Genres Playback singing
Occupations Singer
Website http://tanvishah.com/

Tanvi Shah is a popular playback singer for films in India. She is the first Indian woman to win the Grammy Awards for the lyrics of "jai ho". She has a versatile voice and can sing in Arabic, Latin, Spanish and sings a wide range of music with her band, Zahrra. Her first song was "Fanaa" for the movie Yuva.[1][2][3]

Contents

Career

She has a running collaboration with A.R. Rahman and has sung a number of songs for him, including songs from Jillunu Oru Kadhal, Slumdog Millionaire and recently Delhi-6. She wrote the Spanish lyrics for Jai Ho.[4]

She has performed in leading and world famous arenas such as Wembley Arena Wembley UK, Birmingham Arena Burmingham.

Her success with A.R. Rahman got her invitations from leading music directors and she has sung for Yuvan Shankar Raja, Srikanth Deva, Premji Amaren and other music directors.

Music Maestro A R Rahman shared the Grammy Awards for the best motion picture song "Jai ho" with veteran lyricist Gulzar and Tanvi Shah who wrote the Spanish lyrics for it. With the success of Slumdog Millionaire, Shah has been featured in Snoop Dogg's song "Snoop Dogg Millionaire". Apart from the Grammy , she also received the BMI Award in 2009 in London for the same and also shares the World Soundtrack Award (2009) with the Music Maestro and Gulzar Saab.

She performed for the Yuvan - Live in Concert in January 2011 in Chennai.

Tanvi loves the outdoors and likes walking ad running among other sports.

Awards

Grammy Awards
BMI Award

Songs by Tanvi

Film Song Year Music Director Language
Aayutha Ezhuthu "Yakkai Thiri" 2004 A. R. Rahman Tamil
Yuva "Fanaa" 2004 A. R. Rahman Hindi
Pudhupettai "Pul Pesum Poo Pesum" 2005 Yuvan Shankar Raja Tamil
Sillunu Oru Kaadhal "Jillendru Oru Kaadhal" 2006 A. R. Rahman Tamil
Sivaji: The Boss "Style" 2007 A. R. Rahman Tamil
Thotta "Anbe Vaa" 2008 Srikanth Deva Tamil
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na "Pappu Can't Dance" 2008 A. R. Rahman Hindi
Saroja "My Life" 2008 Yuvan Shankar Raja English
Slumdog Millionaire "Gangsta Blues" 2008 A. R. Rahman English & Hindi
Slumdog Millionaire "Jai Ho" 2008 A. R. Rahman Spanish & Hindi
Delhi-6 "Dilli-6" 2009 A. R. Rahman Hindi
Delhi-6 "Rehna Tu" 2009 A. R. Rahman Hindi
Snoop Dogg Millionaire "Snoop Dogg Millionaire" 2009 Chase & Status English & Hindi
Muthirai "July Madathil" 2009 Yuvan Shankar Raja Tamil
Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai "Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai" 2009 Yuvan Shankar Raja Tamil
Paiyaa "Thuli Thuli" 2010 Yuvan Shankar Raja Tamil
Paiyaa "En Kadhal Solla" 2010 Yuvan Shankar Raja Tamil
Raavanan "Keda Kari" 2010 A.R.Rahman Tamil
Puli "Power Star" 2010 A.R.Rahman Telugu Naan Mahaan Alla "Iragai Pole" 2010 Yuvan Shankar Raja Tamil
Enthiran "Boom Boom Roboda" 2010 A.R.Rahman Tamil
Goa "Goa" 2010 Yuvan Shankar Raja Tamil
Goa "Goa (Club Mix)" 2010 Yuvan Shankar Raja Tamil

References

External links