Anitha Shaiq
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 Anitha Shaiq in concert | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Anitha Shaiq |
| Born | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Genres | sufi, Ghazal and playback |
| Occupation(s) | singer |
| Instruments | vocals |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Anitha Shaiq, often credited as Anitha.S or simply Anitha is an Indian playback singer, Sufi singer and a music composer,settled in Mumbai, maharashtra, India... She performs Indian classical, sufi, Ghazal, folk and pop numbers. She has sung in Malayalam, Kannada,telungu, oriya, Punjabi, and Tamil films so far. In her 7 years in the film industry, she has recorded more than 70 songs for films. She has also sung in various languages like African, Arabean, Urdu etc.. She has also performed in several stage shows and live Ghazal, sufiyana concerts.
Early life
Anitha_Shaiq was born to Sirajuniza Begum, a secondary school music teacher, and Sheikh Ebrahim. While in secondary school, she won a number of awards for various types of performance including dance, theatre, and singing. She graduated from the Government College for Women, majoring in music. She has studied Hindustani, Sufi, Carnatic, and Western music.[1]
Film career
Anitha started her play back singing in 2007 with the hit song of that year composed by Sree. Vidyasagar.[1] She has sung for many Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Kannada movies.[1]
| Song | Movie | Music Director | Language | year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O mama | Rock n Roll | Vidyasagar | Malayalam | 2007 | |
| Thumbi Thumbi | Parunthu | Alex paul | Malayalam | 2008 | |
| Sarigamapa | Twenty Twenty | Berney Ignatious | Malayalam | 2008 | |
| Minnaminnikkoottam | minnaminnikkoottam | Bijibal | Malayalam | 2008 | |
| Rajakumari | lollipop | Alex paul | Malayalam | 2008 | |
| Ekanda chandrike | 2 harihar nagar | Alex paul | Malayalam | 2009 | |
| Adavukal | 2 harihar nagar | alexpaul | Malayalam | 2009 | |
| Kozhy chingara | Bodyguard | ouseppachan | Malayalam | 2009 | |
| Maama maama | Simhakutty | raghavendra | Malayalam | 2009 | |
| Pathalle pathalle | Ringtone | shaan | Malayalam | 2010 | |
| Manassin vaathi | Killaadi | keeravaani | Malayalam | 2010 | |
| Mazha mazha | Killaadi | keeravaani | Malayalam | 2010 | |
| Panchasaara | Black&white kudumbam | Alex paul | Malayalam | 2010 | |
| Dhak dhak | Alexander the great | M G Sreekumar | Malayalam | 2010 | |
| Ola ola | In ghost house inn | Alex paul | Malayalam | 2011 | |
| Miya miya | In ghost house inn | Alexpaul | Malayalam | 2011 | |
| Laddu laddu | Aarvam | Rony raphel | Tamil | 2011 | |
| Annakkili | Kai | Ishaan dev | Tamil | 2011 | |
| Theyyare | Varan | Mani sharma | Malayalam | 2011 | |
| Pathinettin | Holidays | Alex paul | Malayalam | 2011 | |
| Noda beda | Kalla malla sulla | Alex paul | Kannada | 2011 | |
| Nath nath | Badrinath | Keeravaani | Malayalam | 2011 | |
| Thuppa thuppa | Kalla malla sulla | Alex paul | Kannada | 2011 | |
| Odu paampe | Kochi to kodambakkam | Thaman | Malayalam | 2011 | |
| Kaadhaloru | Kaandharvan | Alexpaul | Tamil | 2012 | |
| House full | Housefull | Sejo jone | Malayalam | 2013 | |
| Kanalu njaan | Idiots | Nandhu kartha | Malayalam | 2013 | |
| Raavoru | Rabecca Uthupp | Ratheesh vega | Malayalam | 2013 | |
| Kannaayiram | Solar Swapnam | Jayan | Malayalam | 2014 | |
| konjum ballyamalle | little superman 3D | mohan sitara | Malayalam | 2014 | |
| Arabean version | Ayne | rahulraj | Malayalam | 2015 | |
| to pain begaani | album | ganesh prasad | oriya | 2016 | |
| meree jaan | ekkadiki potavu chinnavada | sekhar chandra | telugu | 2016 | |
| thakiladi melam | viswaasapoorvam manzoor | ramesh narayan | malayalam | 2017 |
Stage performances
Anitha has performed stage shows and live concerts all over India, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Europe...
Awards and honours
Anitha received JESSEY Awards, Lions Club Musical Award, and GMMA Award and was nominated for the “Best singer” in the Asianet Film Awards.
Musical albums
"Satrangee" is composed and sung by Anitha Shaiq, while it was produced by East Coast.The album consists of seven tracks written by legends like, Meera, Mirza Ghalib, Bulleh Shah, Amir Khusrow etc..The album was launched by the famous Indian Sufi singer Kailash Kher on January 20, 2015
References
- 1 2 3 Pillai, Suchithra (3 February 2011). "Rolling in the hits - Since her debut in Rock n' Roll, singer Anitha S. has continuously rocked the charts". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 August 2013.