Neha Nair

Neha Nair
Born	Mumbai, India
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Yakzan Gary Pereira ​ (m. 2013)​

Neha Nair is an Indian playback singer and composer. ^[1] Her debut was a duet with Job Kurian in the film Ritu , with music composed by Rahul Raj. ^[2] She is a guest singer in the Malayalam rock band Avial. ^[3]

Personal life

She currently resides in Thiruvananthapuram with her Husband^{[ citation needed ]}.

Career

She was introduced by composer Rahul Raj with the song Cindrella, from the film Rithu. Her next break came through the song Premikkumbol from Salt N' Pepper, composed by Bijibal. She received the IMFA award for best female playback singer for the song^{[ citation needed ]}. Her notable songs include Melle Kollum, Neeyo, Chillane from 22 Female Kottayam; Thaazhvaram, Nithya Sahaya Nathe from Thira; Mandarakatte, Kanadooram from 5 Sundarikal; Thithithara, Aarambathu from Second Show etc. She has also composed music for a few films like Iyobinte Pusthakam, Driving Licence, Under world, Nadikar, etc. with musician Yakzan Gary Pereira.

Discography

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As music composer

Year	Film	Songs	Score	Notes
2013	5 Sundarikal	Yes	Yes	Composed songs and score of 2 segments (Sethulakshmi and Aami) with Yakzan Gary Pereira
2014	Iyobinte Pusthakam	Yes	Yes	Co-composed with Yakzan Gary Pereira; Kerala State Film Award (Special Mention) for Music Direction
2017	Parava	No	Yes	Co-credited for score with Rex Vijayan, Sekhar Menon and Yakzan Gary Pereira
	Mayanadi	No	Yes	Co-credited for score with Rex Vijayan and Yakzan Gary Pereira
2018	Street Lights	No	Yes	Co-credited for score with Yakzan Gary Pereira
	Sudani from Nigeria	No	Yes	Co-credited for score with Rex Vijayan, Kishan Mohan and Yakzan Gary Pereira
	Humans of someone	Yes	No	1 song; Co-composed with Yakzan Gary Pereira
2019	Thamaasha	No	Yes	Co-credited for score with Rex Vijayan and Yakzan Gary Pereira
	Oru Njayarazhcha	Yes	No	1 song; Co-composed with Yakzan Gary Pereira
	Under world	Yes	Yes	Co-credited with Yakzan Gary Pereira
	Driving License	Yes	Yes
2020	Halal Love Story	No	Yes
2021	Love	Yes	Yes
	Aarkkariyam	Yes	No
	Tsunami	Yes	Yes
	Sumesh&Ramesh	Yes	Yes
2022	Naaradhan	No	Yes
	Vaashi	No	Yes
	1001 Nunakal	Yes	Yes
2023	Momo in Dubai	Yes	Yes	Two songs and score, Co-credited with Yakzan Gary Pereira
2024	Nadikar	Yes	Yes	Co-credited with Yakzan Gary Pereira
	Rifle Club	No	Yes	Co-credited for score with Rex Vijayan and Yakzan Gary Pereira

As playback singer

Year	Song	Film	Co-Singer(s)	Music Director/ Composer
2009	Cindrella	Rithu	Job Kurian	Rahul Raj
2010	Swarnathin	Nirakazhcha	Vijay Yesudas	S. Jayakumar
2011	Premikkumpol [7]	Salt N' Pepper	P Jayachandran	Bijibal
	Irul Nananju	Yakshi - Faithfully Yours	Sangeeth	Aravind Chandrasekhar
	Manjukaalam
2012	Melle Kollum	22 Female Kottayam	Job Kurien	Rex Vijayan
	Chillaane [8]		Tony John	Avial
	Neeyo		Bijibal	Bijibal
2013	Shalabhamaayi	English		Rex Vijayan
	Nithya Sahaaya Naadhe	Thira		Shaan Rahman
	Thaazhvaaram		Hishaam Abdul Wahab
	Annoru Naal	Kunthapura	Rahul Nambeesan	TK Vimal
	Kanmaniye		Ranjin Raj Varma
	Snehithane	Rose Guitarinaal		Shahabaz Aman
	Kaanaadooram	5 Sundarikal		Yakzan Gary Pereira
	Mandaarakkaatte
2014	Maane	Iyobinte Pusthakam	Anil Ram	Neha Nair&Yakzan Gary Pereira
	Raave		Haricharan
	Aloshy Theme
	Martha's Theme
	Rawther Theme
	Chemban Theme
	Ennumen Karalile	8.20	Anoop Mohandas	Vidwan Band
2015	Pathukke Entho	Kanal		Ouseppachan
2017	Minnunnunde mulla pole	Tharangam		Aswin Renju
	Uyirin Nadhiye	Mayanadhi	Rex Vijayan	Rex Vijayan
	Kiliye
2018	Ponnum kasavitta	Queen		Jakes Bejoy
	Kinav Kondu	Sudani From Nigeria	Rex Vijayan	Rex Vijayan
	Ranam Title Track	Ranam	Jakes Bejoy,Ajay Shravan	Jakes Bejoy
	Oduvile theeyayi	Varathan	Sushin Shyam	Sushin Shyam
	Nilapakshi - Happy Version	Maradona
	Nilapakshi - Sad Version
	Hopelessly Yours	Humans of someone		Neha Nair&Yakzan Gary Pereira
2019	Parayuvaan	Ishq	Sid Sriram	Jakes Bejoy
	Arike Naam	Under World	Sachin Warrier, Remya Nambeesan	Neha Nair&Yakzan Gary Pereira
	Kaalavum Maari		Murali Gopi
	Paravakal		Sooraj Santhosh
	Masala Chaya	Thamaasha		Rex Vijayan
2020	Raat	Trance	Sneha Khanwalkar	Jackson Vijayan
	Yesuvinte
	Trance Title track		Lee	Vinayakan
2021	Sa Ma Ga Re Sa	Tsunami	Innocent, Mukesh, Suresh Krishna, Aju Varghese, Balu Varghese, Lal, Unni Karthikeyan	Neha Nair&Yakzan Gary Pereira, Innocent
	Aaraanu			Neha Nair&Yakzan Gary Pereira
	Kanvaathil	Roy	Rakhil Shoukath Ali Rajesh	Munna P. M.
	Pakaliravukalam	Kurup		Sushin Shyam
	Neeyum Njanum	Sumesh&Ramesh	Sangeeth	Neha Nair&Yakzan Gary Pereira
	Kinavil
2023	Nilavuthulli	Kunjamminis Hospital	Arvind Venugopal	Ranjin Raj
2023	Nayattu Prarthana	Rifle Club	Rex Vijayan	Rex Vijayan

As lyricist

• Kaanaa Dooram - 5 Sundarikal

Awards

• 2015 - Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention for Iyobinte Pusthakam ^[9]

References

1. "Neha Nair and Yakzan turn film music composers". Times of India. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
2. "Interview: Neha S Nair". 11 April 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
3. "Breaking gender barriers in melody making: Malayalam music composers Sayanora Philip and Neha Nair". The Indian Express. 29 July 2018.
4. "നേഹ എസ് നായർ ആലപിച്ച ഗാനങ്ങൾ".
5. "List of Malayalam Songs composed by Yakzan Gary Pereira".
6. "List of Malayalam Songs by Musician Yakzan%2520Gary%2520Pereira,Cl 1".
7. "Interview with Neha S Nair". 23 February 2011. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
8. "Neha Nair - Gaana" . Retrieved 16 March 2015.
9. "State Film Awards: Nazriya, Nivin, Sudhev bag top honours". Malayala Manorama. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.