Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning over four decades, she has recorded over 30,000 songs in various Indian languages, as well as foreign languages such as Malay, Latin, Arabic, Sinhalese, English and French. She is also known for her extensive history of collaboration with music composers like A. R. Rahman, Ilaiyaraja, Hamsalekha, M. M. Keeravani and with the playback singers K. J. Yesudas and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam over the years. She is cited as the Golden Voice of India by world's Prestigious Royal Albert Hall, London in 2001 and Melody Queen of Indian Cinema by Radio Mirchi, The Times Group in 2016. She is honoured with the title First Ladies by the President of India in 2018 for being the first Indian woman to be honoured by British Parliament at House of Commons, United Kingdom in 2003. People of India fondly called her as Little Nightingale of Indian Cinema.
Harshdeep Kaur is an Indian playback singer known for her Bollywood Hindi, Punjabi, English and Sufi songs. She is popularly known as "Sufi Ki Sultana" because of her soulful Sufi renditions. After winning titles in two reality shows, Kaur established herself as a lead singer in Bollywood soundtracks. Kaur was sixteen years old when she released her first Bollywood song, "Sajna Mai Haari".
Jyotsna Radhakrishnan is an Indian playback singer. She predominantly works in 12 languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She has sung more than 1000 songs. She is based in Thrissur, Kerala. Jyotsna gained wider recognition for singing popular songs such as “Karuppinazhaku” from Swapnakoodu (2003), “Themma Themma Themmadikkatte” from Rain Rain Come Again (2004) and "Raftara" from Lucifer (2019).
Armaan Malik is an Indian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, voice-over artist, and actor. He is known for his singing in multiple languages, including Hindi, Telugu, English, Bengali, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu and Malayalam. In 2006, he took part in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs but was eliminated after finishing in 8th position. He is the brother of music composer Amaal Mallik. Previously represented by Universal Music India and T-Series, he is now represented by Arista Records. He has his own record label called Always Music Global in partnership with Warner Music India. His first on-screen appearance was in the film Kaccha Limboo in 2011.
Nithyasree Mahadevan, also referred to as S. Nithyasree, is a Carnatic musician and playback singer for film songs in many Indian languages. Nithyashree has performed in all major sabhas in India. She has released more than 500 albums. She is best known for her rendition of the A. R. Rahman composition, "Kannodu Kaanbadhellam" - her playback debut song in the Tamil movie Jeans.
Manjari is an Indian playback singer and Hindustani vocalist. Her first stage performance was with Shiva, the Kolkata - based rock band, when she was in class eight.
Dhanya Mary Varghese is an Indian actress known for her work in Malayalam cinema and television. Her notable television appearances include Deivathinte Swantham Devootty, Seetha Kalyanam and Bigg Boss.
Kristine Zhenie Lobrigas "KZ" Tandingan-Monterde is a Filipino singer and rapper. She rose to prominence following her win on the first season of The X Factor Philippines in 2012.
Anuradha Bhat is an Indian playback singer who predominantly works in Kannada language films. She has sung over 100 songs for feature films and also sung in various private musical albums.
Sithara Krishnakumar is an Indian playback singer, composer, lyricist, classical dancer and an occasional actor. She predominantly works in Malayalam cinema in addition to Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Sithara is a well known singer who is trained in Hindustani and Carnatic classical music traditions and is also a recognised ghazal singer. She is the recipient of several awards which includes three Kerala State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer.
Pooja Vijay, better known by her stage name Swasika, is an Indian actress and television presenter. She predominantly appears in supporting roles in Malayalam films and television series.
Mridula Varier is a South Indian playback singer from Koyilandy, Kerala. She started her career as a playback singer in the Malayalam movie Big B in 2007. She has also recorded songs for Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She has won the prestigious Kerala State Award in 2023 and Special Jury Award in 2014.
Sooraj Santhosh is an Indian singer, songwriter, producer, and composer. He straddles the worlds of independent music and playback singing, moving smoothly between the two. Sooraj is the recipient of a Kerala State Film Award (2016), 2 Mirchi Music Awards, and a Kerala State Film Critics Award (2021). He has sung around 300 songs in 8 languages.
Shivangi Joshi is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut with Khelti Hai Zindagi Aankh Micholi playing Trisha in 2013. Joshi is best known for her portrayal of Naira Singhania in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, for which she received several awards.
Tejasswi Prakash Wayangankar is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi television and Marathi films. She is best known for her role of Ragini in Swaragini – Jodein Rishton Ke Sur, and Pratha in Naagin 6. In 2020, she participated in the stunt-based show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 10. In 2021, she participated in the controversial reality show Bigg Boss 15 and emerged as the winner. She made her Marathi film debut with Mann Kasturi Re, which earned her a nomination at the Filmfare Marathi Awards for Best Female Debut.
Uppum Mulakum is an Indian Malayalam-language sitcom, that had been broadcast on Flowers from 14 December 2015 to 26 February 2024. The sitcom was created by R. Unnikrishnan, who also directs it, after he returned to the director role in the second season. Uppum Mulakum depicts the everyday life of Balachandran Thampi, his wife Neelima, and their five children. The main cast includes Biju Sopanam, Nisha Sarang, Rishi S. Kumar, Juhi Rustagi, Al Sabith, Shivani Menon, Baby Ameya and Parvathy Ayyappadas. Baby Ameya joined the show as the newborn baby of Balachandran and Neelima in May 2018, when she was four months old and Parvathy Ayyappadas joined the main cast in February 2023, as the wife of elder son Vishnu.
Emimol Mohan, better known by her stage name Varada is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Malayalam films and television. After making her acting debut in the 2006 Malayalam film Vaasthavam, she played the lead role in the 2008 film Sultan. Her breakthrough role was with the Malayalam soap opera Amala aired from 2013 to 2015.
Rebecca Santhosh is an Indian Television actress who primarily works in Malayalam television serials. She is well known for her role as Kavya in the soap opera, Kasthooriman.
Top Singer is an Indian Malayalam-language reality television singing competition show broadcast on Flowers, created and directed by Sindhu Sreedhar. The show features 22 contestants, all under the age of 15. Esther Anil hosted the show for the first 49 episodes. After co-hosting the 50th episode with Meenakshi Anoop, Meenakshi took over as the sole host. M. G. Sreekumar, M. Jayachandran(Season 1 and 2) and Sharreth(Season 3 and 4) form the permanent judging panel, with guest musicians, singers or composers. Top Band is the orchestra of the show.
Sivaangi Krishnakumar, also known as Sivaangi, is an Indian actress, playback singer and television personality. In 2019, she participated in the singing competition Super Singer 7, which was aired on Star Vijay and, in 2020, she appeared in the comedy-cooking show, Cooku With Comali, which gained her popularity. She is the daughter of Kalaimamani winners- K Krishnakumar and Binni Krishnakumar. She has acted in films such as Don (2022), Naai Sekar Returns (2022) and Kasethan Kadavulada (2023).
