Anju Joseph | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | Kanjirappally, Kerala, India |
| Occupation(s) | Playback singer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Anju Joseph is an Indian playback singer in Malayalam cinema. She started her career as a playback singer in Malayalam movie Doctor Love in 2011[ citation needed ]
Anju Joseph was one among the contestants of Asianet Idea Star Singer Season 4 [1] and she became the third runner up of the show Gandharva Sangeetham. She did her schooling in St. Joseph's Public School and St.Antony's Public School Kanjirappally and completed her degree in English Literature at St. Teresa's College Ernakulam. She also got a Masters in the same from Maharaja's College Ernakulam. [2]
She started her career for films like Doctor Love, Alamara, Avarude Raavukal, Ormakalil Oru Manjukaalam, C/O Saira Banu. Another career break in her life was in 2016, when she released an a cappella version of the song Dheewara [3] from the famous film Bahubali. She was personally called and congratulated and This created a major trend in Telugu industry and her team was invited to perform for the Cinemaa Awards in Hyderabad. [4]
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2022 | Archana 31 Not Out | Saranya | Malayalam | ||
| 2022 | Roy | Soumya | Malayalam |
| Year | show | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2009-2010 | Idea Star Singer season 4 | Contestant | ||
| 2021-2022 | Super 4 season 2 | Co host | ||
| 2022-Present | Start Music Aaradhyam Paadum | Singer |
| Year | Film | Director | Music Director | Song |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Doctor Love | K. Biju | Vinu Thomas | 1.Nannaavoola |
| 2016 | Ormakalil Oru Manjukaalam | Antony Abraham | Antony Abraham | 1.Ariyathe Ente Jeevanil |
| 2017 | Alamara | Midhun Manuel Thomas | Sooraj S. Kurup | 1.Poovakum Neeyen |
| 2017 | Avarude Raavukal | Shanil Muhammed | Sankar Sharma | 1.Ethetho Swapnamo |
| 2017 | C/O Saira Banu | Antony Sony Sebastian | Mejo Joseph | |
| - | Soochi | Rajeesh Thettiyode | 1.Akalunnuvo Mudra | |
| 2019 | divyakaruthal | Mebin's Music Hub/youtube | Mebin Moncy | enikkai marichuyartha |
| 2019 | Luca | |||
| 2019 | Varikkuzhiyile Kolapathakam | |||
| 2019 | Varthakal Ihtuvare |
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