Malgudi Subha

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Malgudi Subha
Birth nameSubhashini
Born (1965-10-17) 17 October 1965 (age 59)
Genres Playback singer, pop singer
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocalist

Malgudi Subha (born 17 October 1965; also spelled as Malgadi Shuba) is an Indian playback singer. She has recorded songs in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. [1] In a career spanning two decades, she has sung more than 3000 songs. [2] [3]

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She began her career by providing vocals for ad jingles composed by people like A. R. Rahman and Viji Manuel. [2] She debuted as a playback singer in the film Nadodi Thendral , with music by Ilayaraja. [2] Prominent Indian composer A. R. Rahman's debut album, Set Me Free (also called Shubhaa Set Me Free), had all its songs sung by Shubha. [4] The album, which was released in 1989 and went unnoticed, but became a good seller when it was re-released in 1996 by the label Magnasound. [4] She sang the song "Thayya Thayya" in the 1998 Mani Ratnam film Uyire, which was composed by A. R. Rahman.

Her first successful Telugu album, Chikpak Chikbhum, which was released in Chennai, sold ten lakh copies. [5] The songs were composed by Raj–Koti, under whom A. R. Rahman was assisted.

She has appeared as a judge on the Malayalam language music competition program Idea Star Singer . She is a judge in Star Singer 2 (Kannada), airing on Asianet Suvarna from 7-8 pm on weekdays. She is also a judge in the Tamil music competition program Super Singer in Star Vijay.

The South Indian actress Priyamani is her niece, and Hindi actress Vidya Balan is her relative. [6]

Television

YearTelevision showRoleNetwork
2024 Super Singer Season 10 Guest Star Vijay

Discography

Tamil

YearFilmSong(s)ComposerNotes
1992Nadodi ThendralKaadhal Paattu than
1992Kottai VaasalVaaya En
1993AmaravathiAdi Sokku Sundari
1993Vandicholai ChinrasuHey Muthu Pappa
1993Pudhiya MugamSambo Sambo
1994Veetla ViseshangaIndha Bus than
1994Jai HindThanni Vechu
1994CaptainIduppu Adikadi
1994IndhuMetro Channel
1995BombayPoovukenna Poottu
1996KrishnaDhak Dhak Kangal
1996MusthaffaaKalapu Mayile
1996Sundara PurushanAandipatti Ammukutty
1997Minsara KanavuThangathamarai MagaleOnly humming
1997Raman AbdullahMachan Un
1997Kalyana VaibhogamHollywood Chance
1998UyireThaiyya
1999TimeNenachapadi
2001Dumm Dumm DummAthan Varuvaga
2001Pandavar BhoomiHey Samba
2002Mounam Pesiyathe60 Aayiduchu
2002MuthamLaiko
2002IvanMale Topla
2002AzhagiOru Sundari
2002RojakoottamSubbamma
2003ThennavanEnglishil Paadina
2005SukranThulluvadho Ilamai
2010Sindhu SamaveliThappu Thanda
2010 Easan Sugavaasi James Vasanthan

Malayalam

YearFilmSong(s)ComposerNotes
1994 Thenmavin Kombathu Nila Pongal Berny-Ignatius "Nila Pongal" is accused[ who? ] of being an imitation of a Bengali song, "Sun Mere Bandhu Re".
1995 Mannar Mathai Speaking Machane Vaa S. P. Venkatesh
2015 Charlie Akale Gopi Sundar

Filmography

As actress

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