Mridula Warrier

Mridula Warrier (also known as Mridula Varier) is an Indian playback singer from Kerala. She started her career as a playback singer in the Malayalam movie, Big B, in 2007. She has also recorded songs for Tamil and Kannada films. She was the first runner-up of Idea Star Singer in 2010.^[1][2][3]

Early Life and Family^[2]

Mridula was born to P.V. Ramankutty Varier and M.T. Vijayalakshmy in Kozhikode on 3 May 1988. At the age of four, she started learning music and participated in music contests with her brother Jaideep Varier. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering from K.M.C.T College of Engineering, Calicut. She got married to Dr. Arun Warrier on 7 January 2013. Dr. Arun is working as associate professor in Parasinikadavu Ayurveda Medical College.

Career

Television contests

She started participating in television music contests right from school days. In 2004, she participated in Saptaswarangal, a musical contest on Asianet, and was awarded the first runner-up. In 2005, she participated in Onnam Raagam, a musical contest on Doordarshan and won the first prize.^[2] In 2010 she won 1st Runner Up title in Idea Star Singer Season5.

Reality shows^[2]

• 2004 - Sapthaswarangal on Asianet - 1st Runner Up.
• 2005 - Gandharvasangeetham on Kairali TV - Winner.
• 2006 - Super Star on Amrita TV - 3rd Runner Up.
• 2007 - Star of Stars on Asianet Plus - Winner.
• 2010 - Idea Star Singer on Asianet - 1st Runner Up.

Playback singing

She started her playback singing career in 2007 for the movie Big B. According to Metromatinee.com, her song titled Lalee lalee in Kalimannu has gone viral and crossed more than 500,000 views in a single day.^[4] She sang for various music directors such as Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath, Ouseppachan, Vidyasagar, Umbayee, M. Jayachandran, Sharreth, Bijibal, Alphons Joseph, Gopi Sunder, Afzal Yusuf, Shaan Rahman, M.G.Sreekumar, Charan Raj, Ronnie Raphael, Parthasarathy, Chandrachoodan etc.

Stage performances

Mridula has performed all over India, Dubai, Bahrain, Doha, Qatar, Kuwait, Singapore, Malaysia, UK, France, US, Canada, Australia.

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards:

• 2014 - Special Jury Award 2013 for Singing (Movie : Kalimannu & Song : Laali Laali)^[5][6]

South Indian International Movie Awards:

• 2014 - Best Female Playback Singer - Malayalam (Movie : Kalimannu & Song : Laali Laali)

Asianet Film Awards:

• 2014 - Best Female Playback Singer 2013 for Kalimannu (Song-Laali Laali)^[7][8]

Other awards:

• 2011 - Rotary Club of Calicut - Rotary Vocational Excellence Award for Music ^[9][10]
• 2012 - Aimfill - Inspire Film Awards - Best Female Singer 2012(Oh Marimayan ) for Ivan Megharoopan ^[11][12]
• 2013 - CACSS (Creative Arts and Cultural Service Sangam) Film Awards 2013 - Best Female Singer 2012 for 916 (film) and Ivan Megharoopan^[13][14]
• 2013 - Nana Film Awards 2013 - Best Female Playback for Kalimannu^[15][16]
• 2014 - CERA BIG Malayalam Music Awards (92.7 BIG FM) - Most Promising Singer 2013 for Kalimannu and Vishudhan^[17][18]
• 2014 - TTK Prestige-Vanitha Film Awards - Best Female Singer 2013 for Kalimannu (Song-Laali Laali) ^[19]
• 2014 - JaiHind TV Film Awards'14 - Best Female Singer for Kalimannu (Song-Laali Laali)^[20][21]
• 2014 - Swaralaya-Eenam Awards'14
• 2014 - Vayalar Ramavarma Film Awards'14 - Best Female Singer for Kalimannu (Song-Laali Laali)^[22]
• 2014 - KANNUR VISION & SMARTSA CREATION PRESENTS MIR FILM AWARDS 2013 - Best Female Singer for Kalimannu (Song-Laali Laali)
• 2014 - Amrita TV Film Awards'14 - Best Female Singer for Kalimannu (Song-Laali Laali)^[23]
• 2015 - Expatriates Film and Arts AwardsEFA Awards 2015- "Voice of the Year" for Best Singer of the year 2014.

Discography^[24]

Malayalam

Kannada

Upcoming projects

Albums

References