Lady Kash and Krissy

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Lady Kash and Krissy
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Lady Kash (left) and Krissy (right)
Background information
OriginSingapore
GenresPop, hip hop, rap, urban & world
Years active2008–2012
LabelsIndependent
Past members
  • Kalaivani Nagaraj
  • Saradha Vidianand Das

Lady Kash and Krissy, sometimes credited as Kash n' Krissy, were a Singaporean Indian rapper-singer duo that was formed in September 2008 by Kalaivani Nagaraj, known as Lady Kash, and Saradha Vidianand Das, known as Krissy. The duo disbanded in December 2012.

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History

Kalaivani Nagaraj and Saradha Vidianand Das met each other during their mid-teens on a social networking website in 2006. [1] [2]

Career

In 2007, Nagaraj began her musical career as a rapper, as Lady Kash. In September 2008, Nagaraj and Das formed Lady Kash and Krissy as a rapper-singer duo. [3]

Indian singer Benny Dayal, who had heard the duo's vocals after sound testing for a Kannada film, put the duo in contact with A. R. Rahman, who recorded with them the soundtrack "Irumbile Oru Irudhaiyam" in the 2010 film Enthiran . [4] The duo also wrote the English lyrics for the song. [3] Rahman later had them contribute to "Semmozhiyaana Thamizh Mozhiyaam", [2] [5] [6] the theme song of the World Classical Tamil Conference 2010. [2] [7] Lady Kash and Krissy, along with Shreya Ghoshal, sang "Dochey", composed by Rahman for the Telugu film Puli . [8] [9]

Awards

In March 2011, Lady Kash and Krissy performed at the charity concert Sangarsh in Chennai. [10] [11] [12] Later that year, they were nominated under several categories for the VIMA Music Awards 2011, [13] and won second place in the Best Music Video category for their charity single "One". [14] [15]

The duo performed at MediaCorp's Hello 2012 event in Singapore. [16] In December 2012, they performed at the Kuala Lumpur International Indian Music Festival in Malaysia. [17]

In December 2012, the duo disbanded on good terms, to concentrate on their individual careers. [3]

The duo won the VIMA 2013 award for Social Media Champion of Southeast Asia. [18] [19]

In 2014, Lady Kash and Krissy reunited temporarily to perform "Wanna Mash Up" for the soundtrack for the Hindi film Highway . [3] [20] [21]

Discography

Singles

SongReleasedMusic producer
"Friction"2008Charles Bosco
"It's Your Time"2009Kausikan S.
"Wherever You Are" (remix)2009Kausikan S.
"Still You"2010Lohit Seven
"One" (charity single)2010Lohit Seven
"Take Me Home Tonight" (ft. Augie Abatecola)2012Moe Masri
"Rocketeer" (cover)2012The Stereotypes, The Smeezingtons

Soundtracks

SongReleasedAlbumComposerCo-singersLyricsLabel
"Semmozhiyaana Thamizh Mozhiyaam"2010 World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 theme song A. R. Rahman Various artists [22] M. KarunanidhiA. R. Rahman
"Dochey"2010 Komaram Puli A. R. Rahman Shreya Ghoshal Lady Kash, Krissy, ChandraboseSony Music
"Irumbile oru Irudhaiyam"2010 Enthiran A. R. RahmanA. R. RahmanLady Kash, Krissy, Madhan Karky Think Music India
"Naina Miley"2010 Enthiran (Hindi)A. R. RahmanA. R. Rahman, Lady Kash, Suzanne D’Mello, KrissyLady Kash, Krissy, Swanand KirkireVenus
"Bathing at Cannes"2010 Engeyum Kaadhal Harris Jayaraj Emcee Jesz, Ranina Reddy Lady Kash, Emcee JeszSony Music
"Gaana Bajaana"2010 Gaana Bajaana (Kannada) Joshua Sridhar Joshua Sridhar, Sayanora Philip
"Priyankari" (remix)2010 The Thriller soundtrack Dharan Kumar Benny Dayal, Mamtha MohandasLady Kash, Hari NarayananManorama Music
"Pickle Jar"2011 Pickles: The Film soundtrackT.R. Krishna ChetanBenny Dayal, Mamtha MohandasMK Manorama Music
"Wanna Mash Up"2014 Highway (Hindi)A. R. RahmanA. R. Rahman, Suvi Suresh

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