Shweta Mohan is an Indian playback singer. She has received four Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Playback Singer, one Kerala State Film Awards and one Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. She has recorded songs for film music and albums in all the four South Indian languages namely, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada along with the Hindi language and has established herself as a leading playback singer of South Indian cinema. Some of her inspirations are Sujatha Mohan (her mother), Lata Mangeshkar and K.S. Chitra [1]
Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Co-artist(s) |
2007 | Guru | "Baazi Laga" | A. R. Rahman | ||
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2010 | Raavan | "Khilire" | |||
2013 | David | "Yun Hi Re" | Anirudh Ravichander | ||
2018 | Kaala | "Sajna" | Santhosh Narayanan | ||
2020 | 99 Songs | "Gori Godh" | A. R. Rahman | ||
2021 | Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea | "Aankhon Mein" | Ronnie Rapheal | Karthik | |
2023 | Shaakuntalam | "Madhura Kal Tu" | Mani Sharma | Armaan Malik | |
Valatty | "Saathi Mere" | Varun Sunil | Lakshmi Menon | Sumonto Mukherjee |
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Album | Song | Composer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Co-artist(s) |
Colours of Dusk | "Manmohana" | AR Rahman | Javed Akhtar | Aalap Raju |
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Album | Song | Composer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Re-arranged by |
Tribute to Lataji | "Lag Jaa Gale" | Madan Mohan | Raja Mehdi Ali Khan | Stephen Devassy |
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"Teri Aakhon Ke Siva" | Majrooh Sultanpuri | |||
"Ehsaan Tera Hoga" | Shankar–Jaikishan | Shailendra | ||
"Ajeeb Dastan" | ||||
"Manmohana Bade Khoote" | ||||
"Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein" | Khayyam | Sahir Ludhianvi | ||
"Kuchh N Kaho" | R. D. Burman | Javed Akhtar |
Album | Song | Composer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Note(s) |
Sub Mera Hai | "Sub Mera hai" | Bennet and the Band | Raqueeb Alam | Herself act in this. |
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