Mathangi Jagdish

Mathangi Rajshekar Jagdish is an Indian Playback singer. She sang the song X Machi^[2] in the superhit film Ghajini.

Born in Calcutta and raised in Delhi, Mathangi completed her schooling in Delhi, her graduation in Bangalore and her masters in Chennai. While pursuing her career in advertising in a leading multinational agency she got the opportunity to sing her first solo song (anju mani) for music director Deva Ji in the film Choklet and her first duet kokkara kara giri giri in the same film. Due to her eclectic upbringing and ability to speak Hindi, English and Tamil fluently, she has sung in over 17 languages in her career.

In 2011, she was a part of the legendary show Coke Studio@MTV where she sang Khilte Hain Gul Yahan, parts of the original composition of Tu Hai Yahaan and a third piece where Sufi meets Carnatic music Thyagaraaja Kriti Brovabharama along with Tochi Raina. This fusion piece was featured in the opening episode of Coke Studio@MTV. In addition to this, she was also a part of the live Coke Studio@MTV gigs across the country.

Over the last 11 years she has had the privilege of singing for Oscar-winning A R Rehman, Isai Gyani Illayaraja and his sons Yuvan Shankar Raja and Karthik Raja and his daughter Mrs. Bhavadharini. She's also worked with leading music directors Harris Jayraj, Vidhyasagar, Bharadwaj, S A Rajkumar, D Imman, Ramesh Vinayakam, Sabesh and Murali, Sirpi, Bharini, Dheena, Joshua Sridhar, Devi shri Prasad to name a few.

In addition to being a singer, she has been a host and judge on various South Indian music competition television shows including Super Singer & season 2 of Sun TV's Sangeetha Mahayuddham. She was also a host on the debut season of the Carnatic music music competition television show, Tanishq Swarna Sangeetham which was aired on Raj TV.

She was also a part of first season of Music Mojo on Kappa TV. She sang 7 songs in that show.

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