Shakthisree Gopalan

Shakthisree Gopalan
Background information
Born	Kochi, Kerala, India
Genres	Soft rock, Jazz, Playback singing, Western Classical Music
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocalist
Years active	2008–current
Associated acts	Off The Record Pyjama Conspiracy
Website	http://www.shakthisreegopalan.com/

Shakthisree Gopalan is an Indian vocalist, Song writer and performer in both Indian contemporary, Pop and Soft rock genres.^[1] She is a lead vocalist for the freestyle band group called Off The Record (formed:2009). After having won the "SS Music Voice Hunt"^[2] title in the year 2008, Gopalan debuted into film playback in the same year. She was placed third in the Chennai Live's Band hunt.

Early life

Shakthisree was born and brought up in Kochi, Kerala. She did her schooling in Rajagiri Public School, Kalamassery. She moved to Chennai after her school and pursued her degree in Architecture at the Anna University’s School of Architecture and Planning.^[3]

She was trained in Carnatic music for 13 years. During her 11th grade, SS Music conducted Voice Hunt 1. Since she was under 18, it ended with the auditions. Eventually in 2008, she won the second season of SS Music's Voice Hunt. She first auditioned in November 2008 and got the opportunity to sing her debut song for the film Taxi 4777.^[4] She is an architecture graduate from Anna University School of Architecture and Planning.^[5]

Career

She is a great well known performer on Pop, Indian contemporary, and soft rock genres. Just like other famous bands, she also has a freestyle band known as “Off the Record” which is formed during May 2009. After she got the title SS Music Voice Hunt in the year 2008, she had her first public appearance in the said year in the field of film playback whereas she got the third place in Chennai Live Band hunt. At the age of 13, Shakthisree Gopalan was already trained in the field of Carnatic music. “Off the Record” consists of Vikram Vivekanand (Guitar), Satish Narayanan (Bass) and Tapas Naresh/Vinay Ramakrishnan (Drums). The band's music is characterised by surrealist lyrical themes, lot of clean guitar work, psychedelic and modern overtones, and a tight drum and bass section.^[6] She has recorded her voice for the songs for films such as “Irumbukottai Murattu Singham”, “Kattradhu Kalavu” and “Rajathi Raja”. She has also been a backing vocalist for many A R Rahman compositions and eventually got her break by singing the title track for the composer's Bollywood film, Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012). She also got to jam the unplugged version of her Tamil film song "Nenjukkule" from the film Kadal with A R Rahman.

Filmography

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