K. S. Chithra

Quick Facts

Full Name	K. S. Chithra
Occupation	Playback Singer
Date Of Birth	Jul 27, 1963(1963-07-27)
Age	61
Birthplace	Thiruvananthapuram
Country	India
Birth City	Kerala
Horoscope	Cancer

K. S. Chithra Biography

K. S. Chithra is one of the most popular and richest Playback Singer who was born on July 27, 1963 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. The singer was born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, into the musical family Chithra’s father Krishnan Nair, was also her first Guru (teacher). Her older sibling K. S. Beena and her younger brother K. Mahesh, are also playback singers. Chithra was trained in Carnatic music under the guidance of the Dr. K. Omanakutty, she graduated with a B.A. of music, first class with third rank at the University of Kerala, and earned a master’s in music. She was awarded receive the National Talent Search Scholarship from the Central Government from 1978 to 1984.

Chithra has performed over 25000 songs in a variety of Indian languages. However, she is primarily in the South Indian film industry. Chithra is famous for working with a variety of music directors from all over India. She has recorded the largest quantity of songs for music directors such as A. R. Rahman, Ilayaraja, M. M. Keeravani, Koti, S. V. Krishna Reddy, Hamsalekha, Raveendran, Johnson, Sharreth, S. A. Rajkumar, Manisharma, Vidyasagar, Deva, Devi Sri Prasad, Anu Malik, Mickey J Meyer in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. She has recorded an enormous number of duets featuring singers such as S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. J. Yesudas, M. G. Sreekumar, Mano, Hariharan, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Rajesh Krishnan, Karthik, P. Unnikrishnan, Shankar Mahadevan, Vijay Yesudas in all Indian languages. Chithra, Mano, S.P.Balasubrahmanyam are famous for recording all songs from one movie dominating from 1990 to most of them on Telugu, Kannada and few Tamil films. She also recorded smash duets of females featuring P. Susheela, Vani Jairam, S. Janaki, S. P. Sailaja, Sujatha Mohan, Shreya Ghoshal, Shweta Mohan, Swarnalatha, Minmini, Sadhana Sargam, kavita Krishnamurthy, Anuradha Paudwal Alisha Chinai , Harini Sunidhi Chauhan, Alka Yagnik, Madhushree, Sunitha Upadrashta in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. The most successful duet duo was the S.P.B-Chithra duet with the language of Telugu and Kannada specifically. They’ve sung the largest number of songs for so many music directors. They are famous for singing 2,500 songs to composers Raj-Koti. Raj- Koti composed 3,000 tracks. Chithra recorded a few rare duets with famous actor and singer Dr.Rajkumar from Kannada. Chithra has been singing for more than three decades, and has the opportunity to collaborate with the most recent film music directors such as Santhosh Narayanan, S. S. Thaman, Devi Sri Prasad, Mickey J Meyer, Sai Karthik, Ghibran.

In 1995 Chithra established the Audiotracs Music Company in Chennai. AUDIOTRACS is the brand name of AT MUSICS a music label promoted by the well known singer CHITHRA known as the nightingale of the south in 1995. Audiotracs is one of the most respected music label of south India producing albums in the non film space such as devotional music, classical music, light songs, traditional music etc. Some of the most prominent music directors of Malayalam films like M.Jayachandran, Deepak Dev, Viswajith etc. made their debut thro this label. All of Chitra’s non film albums are produced by AUDIOTRACS and released thro MANORAMA MUSIC the music division of the media group Malayala Manorama thro a licensing arrangement since 2001. Apart from music cds the audiotracs catalogue is available in the digital space like YouTube, iTunes, Google+, Nokia music store etc.

Krishna Digidesign is a digital recording studio promoted by K S Chithra in Chennai. The studio is a dream come true project for Chithra.The studio was inaugurated on 6 April 2000 jointly by two of Chithra’s mentors K J Yesudas and mastero Ilayaraja in the august presence of her guru Omanakutty and M. G. Radhakrishnan who had introduced her to the field of film music.

Chithra began her journey into Kannada cinema with the film Preethi that was released in the year 1986. A duet track “Nee Hacchida Ee Kumkuma” as well as S. P. Balasubrahmanyam was written by G. K. Venkatesh. The following year music composer M. Ranga Rao offered her two songs for the movie Aruna Raaga. The second was “Sheela O My Sheela” which was a duet featuring K. J. Yesudas and composed by Bappi lahiri for the Dwarakish directororial fantasy-adventure movie Africadalli Sheela. Through the 1990s she was able to become a well- known artist in the Kannada film industry thanks to her impeccable vocal diction and precision. Solos and duets she sang along with S. P. Balasubrahmanyam earned her fame and she won acclaim for her portrayal of nativity through her singing. In the 1986 Kannada film Sathkaara composer Satyam asked Chithra to perform duets alongside K. J. Yesudas. Since the time, Chithra has recorded around 2000 songs in the Kannada the film business. The most frequently recorded collaborations in Kannada have involved Hamsalekha, V. Manohar and her duets are mostly with S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and Rajesh Krishnan. She is often called Gaana Kogile as well as Kannada Kogile within the Kannada film industry.

K. S. Chithra Net Worth

K. S. Chithra is one of the richest Playback Singer from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, K. S. Chithra 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Chithra became a participant in Malayalam playback with M. G. Radhakrishnan in

1979. She recorded her voice for films as well as private albums. Attahasam, Snehapoorvam Meera and Njan Ekananu were the initial films Chithra recording her voice. She also sang live shows together with K. J. Yesudas in India and around the world. In the track “Manjal Prasadavum” from the film Nakhakshathangal (1986) composed by Bombay Ravi got her the second National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer. The composer was the same one she sang “Indupushpam Choodi Nilkum” for the film Vaishali (1989) and was awarded her the distinction of winning her 3rd National Film Award. The first time she won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer went to her song “Aayiram Kannumayi” from the film Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu (1986) composed by Jerry Amaldev. Since her time, she has gained the attention of many by singing popular songs composed by the composers of Raveendran Shyam S. P. Venkitesh, Mohan Sithara, Kannur Rajan Ilaiyaraaja, Johnson, Ouseppachan, M. K. Arjunan, A. T. Ummer, Berny Ignatius, M. B. Sreenivasan, Mohan Sithara, Vidyasagar, Ramesh Narayan, Sharreth and M. Jayachandran. She is known as “Nightingale of Kerala (Vanambadi)” and has recorded numerous hit tracks in Malayalam. She has recorded many songs written by music composer S. P. Venkitesh and her most popular duets in Malayalam are performed by K. J. Yesudas and M. G. Sreekumar. In 2017, she has been awarded her the Kerala State Awards for the record- breaking 16 times.

Chithra was introduced to her debut in Tamil film industry with songs like “Poojaikketha Poovithu” from the film Neethana Antha Kuyil (1985) and was written by Ilaiyaraaja. The title was assigned to her Chinnakuyil after her performance of the tune “Chinna Kuyil Paadum” from the 1985 film Poove Poochudava. Director Fazil chose her to sing the song following Ilaiyaraaja was impressed by her performance in the its original version with Malayalam in the movie Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu, which was directed in 1985 by him.. The folky traditional tune “Paadariyaen Padippariyaen” from the film Sindhu Bhairavi (1986) the singer received the National Film Award for Best Female Playback singer. Since since then she has recorded a multitude of Tamil film songs written from Ilaiyaraaja, A. R. Rahman, Deva, S. A. Rajkumar Vidyasagar, Sirpy, Yuvan Shankar Raja, G. V. Prakash Kumar, Harris Jayaraj and Santhosh Narayanan. She has sang a vast number of hit songs that are timeless in Tamil that are remembered to the present. The only female artist who has performed the largest amount of songs for Academy Award winning composer A. R. Rahman for his Tamil film music.. She won her fifth National award for the best artist was awarded for the track “Oooh La La” from the film Minsara Kanavu (1997).

Chithra recorded her first studio album with Voodoo Rapper for the album called Ragga Raaga in 1993. She recorded the albums in Hindi, Piya Basanti (2000) and Sunset Point. She associated with Ustad Sultan Khan for Piya Basanti which was certified Gold. Sunset Point had eight songs written and narrated by Gulzar and sung by Chithra and Bhupinder. In 2006, she released an album in dedication to M. S. Subbulakshmi named My Tribute. It is a collection of Kritis and bhajans dedicated to Subbulakshmi. In 2009 she released Nightingale: A Salute to Lataji, a musical tribute to Lata Mangeshkar on her 80th birthday. She also recorded many Malayalam albums for K. J. Yesudas, M. Jayachandran and Sharreth compositions. She also planned a ghazal album with Ghulam Ali and Asha Bhosle.

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Who is K. S. Chithra Dating?

According to our records, K. S. Chithra married to Vijay Shankar. As of December 1, 2023, K. S. Chithra’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2014, Chithra recorded a song at a Singapore studio for A. R. Rahman’s private album Raunaq written by Kapil Sibal.

Facts & Trivia

K. Ranked on the list of most popular Playback Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. K. S. Chithra celebrates birthday on July 27 of every year.

In 2018, she was honoured by Mr. Craig Coughlin, Speaker of the General Assembly, New Jersey, United States of America. In 2019, she was honoured by Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, sovereign ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah and is a member of the Federal Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates, UAE for successfully completing 40 years in Indian Film Industry. She is the only South Indian female singer who has presented her maiden concert at the world’s prestigious concert hall Royal Albert Hall in London in 2001. Her song “Kannalane/Kehna Hi Kya” from the film Bombay (1995) was included in The Guardian’s “1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear Before You Die” list.

What happened to KS Chithra daughter?

The child was barely 9 years old when she accidentally drowned in a swimming pool. Chithra received the devastating news while she was performing at AR Rahman’s concert in Dubai. The evergreen singer took to Facebook to share an emotional yet powerful message on her death anniversary, April 14, 2011.

Is KS Chitra still married?

K. S. Chithra
Spouse(s)| Vijayashankar ​ ( m. 1988)​
Honours| See list
Musical career
Genres| Indian classical music Playback singing Filmi

Who is the husband of KS Chithra?

Vijay Shankar

How old is KS Chithra?

58 years (July 27, 1963)

What happened to Jagjit Singh daughter?

Choudhary had been born to Chitra Singh from her first marriage,before she had wedded fellow-ghazal singer Jagjit Singh. In 1990,Jagjit and Chitra Singh’s son Vivek,then 21,had died in a road accident; Chitra Singh hasn’t sung since. The family has told the police that Choudhary committed suicide.