Krithika Nelson

Krithika Nelson
Occupation	Singer Songwriter Lyricist Indie Musician Dubbing Artist Assistant Director
Years active	2006–present

Krithika Nelson is an Indian singer, songwriter, lyricist, composer, Indie musician, dubbing artist, and assistant director primarily known for her work in Tamil films.

Early life

Krithika Nelson is the daughter of writer Suresh D (of the duo Subha). ^[1] In college, Krithika participated and became the runner-up in the Sun TV reality singing competition Sapthaswarangal. ^{[1] [2]}

She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Electronic Media from the MOP Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai. ^{[1] [3]}

Career

Krithika's work in the Tamil film industry began with a playback singing credit for the song "Yedho Nadakuthu" in the film Parijatham. ^[3] She has since sung a few film numbers and also released various independent singles as a singer-songwriter, including the Think Indie original "Nee Mattum," which she also directed. ^[2]

She later debuted as a dubbing artist with the voice role for Pia Bajpaiee in Ko, which she auditioned for "just as a joke." ^{[3] [4]} Her other voice roles include dubbing for Thulasi Nair in Kadal, Aditi Rao Hydari in Kaatru Veliyidai and Chekka Chivantha Vanam, and Trisha in Ponniyin Selvan 1 & 2 . ^[2] In an interview, she mentioned finding "dubbing to be an extension of singing." ^[2]

Krithika joined Madras Talkies as an associate director to Mani Ratnam for the Ponniyin Selvan film series, where she was the script supervisor and also handled music and lyrics. ^[2] She penned the lyrics for the song ‘Sol,’ which was featured in the PS-I album. ^[2] She was later roped in as the lyricist for the Nitham Oru Vaanam soundtrack, of which she sang two numbers. ^[2] Her most recent work was as a lyricist and Creative Head for Coke Studio Tamil. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Discography

Lyricist

List of songs as lyricist

Year'	Song Title	Album	Notes
2021	Nee / Naan		Independent release
	Pi Pi Dum Dum
2022	Anbe
	Sol	Ponniyin Selvan I	[8]
	All songs	Nitham Oru Vaanam	[9]
2023	Nee Mattum		Think Indie original
	Urudhi		Coke Studio Tamil original [10]
	Vaa Pogalaam		Sung by Suryansh Independent release [11] [12]
2024	Chella Rangi	Ayalaan
	Asaraadhe	Por	[13]
	Penne Penne	PeNN - The Anthem	Composed, arranged and sung by Shweta Mohan [14]
	Poi Kaadhal		Independent release, collaboration with Umashankar Kannaiyan
	Azhagiya Puyale		Composed by Vivek-Mervin VM Originals
	Ven Sango
	All Tamil songs	ARM	Tamil dubbed release
	Kannaadi Boogambam		Composed by Umashankar Kannaiyan Independent release
	Maayamo	Hitler
	Poomazhai
	Ringu Chaku
2025	Baby Chiki Chiki	Kaadhalikka Neramillai
	Maari		Composed by Shashaa Tirupathi Produced by Mesbah GhamsariIndependent release
	Thirudaa	The Verdict
	Naan Thani Pizhai	Bad Girl †
	Haiyodi	Mr X†

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Singer

List of songs as singer

Year	Song Title	Album	Composer	Notes
2006	Yedho Nadakuthu	Parijatham	Dharan
2009	Orey Oru	1977	Vidyasagar
2010	Thenkoodu	Vizhiyil Vizhunthaval	Pollack
2017	Kanaa - Female	Adithya Varma	Radhan	[15]
2021	Hey Bro	LIFT	Britto Michael
	Nee / Naan			Independent release
	Pi Pi Dum Dum
	Sollu Mazhalaiye
2022	Anbe
	Oru Vezham	Nitham Oru Vaanam	Gopi Sundar
	Paathi Nee Paathi Naa			[16]
2023	Nee Mattum			Think Indie original
	Vaa	Story of Things	Madley Blues	Web series
	Vaaichol			Independent release
2024	Poi Kaadhal			Independent release
	Kannaadi Boogambam		Umashankar Kannaiyan	Independent release
	Thaai Uyir		Ady Kriz	Independent release
	Maayamo	Hitler	Vivek–Mervin
2025	Thirudaa	The Verdict	Aditya Rao

Composer

List of songs as composer

Year	Song Title	Notes
2021	Nee / Naan	Independent release
	Pi Pi Dum Dum
	Sollu Mazhalaiye
	Anbe
2023	Nee Mattum	Think Indie original
	Vaaichol	Independent release

Filmography

As a voice artist

List of film credits as voice artist

Year	Film	Voiced For	Role(s)	Language(s)	Notes
2011	Ko	Pia Bajpaiee	Saraswathi	Tamil
	Urumi	Vidya Balan	Makkom/Bhumika	Malayalam	Voiced for Tamil dub
	Mankatha	Andrea Jeremiah	Sabitha Prithviraj	Tamil
2012	Businessman	Ayesha Shiva	Ayesha	Telugu
	Ambuli	Sanam Shetty	Poongavanam	Tamil
	Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu	Gabriela Bertante	Smitha	Telugu
	Sattam Oru Iruttarai	Pia Bajpaiee	Jess	Tamil
2013	David	Sheetal Menon	Sussanah	Tamil
	Kadal	Thulasi Nair	Beatrice	Tamil
	Ameerin Aadhi-Bhagavan	Neetu Chandra	Rani Sampatha/ Karishma	Tamil	Also voiced Telugu dub
	Samar	Trisha	Maya	Tamil
	Thillu Mullu	Isha Talwar	Janani	Tamil	[17]
	Ambikapathy	Sonam Kapoor	Zoya Haider	Tamil	Dubbed from Hindi
	Arrambam	Taapsee Pannu	Anitha	Tamil
	Thagaraaru	Shamna Kasim	Meenakshi	Tamil
2014	Oru Kanniyum Moonu Kalavaanikalum	Bindu Madhavi	Malar	Tamil
2015	Yennai Arindhaal	Trisha	Hemanika	Tamil
	Kalai Vendhan	Sanam Shetty	Malar	Tamil
	Trisha Illana Nayanthara	Anandhi	Ramya	Tamil
	Bajirao Mastani	Priyanka Chopra	Kashibai	Tamil	Dubbed from Hindi
2016	Jithan 2	Srushti Dange	Priya	Tamil
	Enakku Innoru Per Irukku	Anandhi	Hema Johnny	Tamil
	Aranmanai 2	Trisha	Anitha	Tamil
	Nayagi		Gayathri	Tamil	Bilingual film
2017	Solo	Neha Sharma	Akshara	Tamil	Bilingual film
	Kaatru Veliyidai	Aditi Rao Hydari	Dr. Leela Abraham	Tamil
	Spyder	Rakul Preet Singh	Shalini	Tamil	Bilingual film
	Rangoon	Sana Makbul	Natasha	Tamil
2018	Chekka Chivantha Vaanam	Aditi Rao Hydari	Parvathi	Tamil
2019	Simba	Bhanu Sri Mehra	Madhu	Tamil
	Airaa	Nayanthara	Bhavani	Tamil
	Adithya Varma	Banita Sandhu	Meera Shetty	Tamil
	90 ML	Oviya	Rita	Tamil
2020	Vaanam Kottattum	Madonna Sebastian	Preetha George	Tamil
	Addham	Pavithrah Marimuthu	Swetha	Telugu	Web series
2021	Kutty Story	Amala Paul	Mirnalini	Tamil
	Navarasa	Sai Tamhankar	Malli	Tamil	Web series
2022	Valimai	Huma Qureshi	Sophia	Tamil
	Hey Sinamika	Aditi Rao Hydari	Mouna	Tamil
	Ponniyin Selvan: I	Trisha	Kundavai	Tamil	[18]
	Nitham Oru Vaanam	Ritu Varma	Subhadra (a) Subha	Tamil
2023	Ponniyin Selvan: II	Trisha	Kundavai	Tamil
	The Road		Meera	Tamil
2024	Poacher	Nimisha Sajayan	Mala	Tamil	Web series Dubbed from Malayalam
	Kanguva	Disha Patani	Angela	Tamil
2025	Vidaamuyarchi	Trisha	Kayal	Tamil
	Good Bad Ugly		Ramya	Tamil
	Thug Life		Indhrani	Tamil
	Dhruva Natchathiram	Ritu Varma	TBA	Tamil	Completed
	Genie	Wamiqa Gabbi	TBA	Tamil
	Alien	Taapsee Pannu	TBA	Tamil

As assistant director

List of film credits as assistant director

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2020	Putham Pudhu Kaalai	Suhasini Maniratnam	Segment: Coffee, Anyone?
2022	Ponniyin Selvan: I	Mani Ratnam
2023	Ponniyin Selvan: II	Mani Ratnam

Awards

List of awards won by Krithika Nelson

Year	Category	Film	Result	Notes
2023	JFW Movie Awards - Best Lyricist	Nitham Oru Vaanam	Won	[19]
2024	Filmfare Awards South - Best Lyricist (Tamil)	Nitham Oru Vaanam	Nominated

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