Shruti Haasan is an Indian actress, composer and playback singer who works in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada films. Haasan sang her first song aged just six in her father's Thevar Magan , a composition of Ilaiyaraaja. While in school, Haasan made her singing debut in the Hindi language film Chachi 420 , which was directed by her father. [1] Haasan sang the bilingual versions of the title theme "Rama Rama" with her father, in Hindi and in Tamil, for the film Hey Ram . The album from Ilaiyaraaja, which was critically praised, won Haasan accolades for her efforts with Screen India saying that she "has the makings of a good singer, and with some training she should go great guns." [2]
Haasan sang along with veteran singer K. J. Yesudas for the film En Mana Vaanil (2002), under Ilaiyaraaja's music. She has sung for Gautham Vasudev Menon's Vaaranam Aayiram , under the composition of Harris Jayaraj. As of November 2008, Haasan is also midway through her untitled debut album, which she has composed, written and sung, and is set for release in mid-2009. [3] A further song was recorded with her voice for her Hindi film Luck . In September 2010, Haasan collaborated with Dave Kushner for the film Hisss . [4] Whilst Kushner composed the track, Haasan wrote the lyrics, sang and appeared in a promotional video for the film. [5] She recently lent her voice for the Telugu film Aagadu , which was confirmed by director Srinu Vaitla via Twitter. [6] After much speculation, Haasan was finalised as the music composer of the Tamil film Unnaipol Oruvan , which was released in 2009. [7] The bilingual film was a remake of the Hindi film A Wednesday! . The soundtracks of both the projects are separate. Apart from this, Haasan is also the vocalist of an alternative rock band, The Extramentals. Haasan released her new song "Edge" with collaborated with her band in the UK. [8] [9] The Song crossed more than 1 Million Views in YouTube.
Year | Film | Title | Composer | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | Thevar Magan | "Potri Paadadi Ponne" | Ilaiyaraaja | [10] |
1997 | Chachi 420 | "Chupadi Chupadi Chaachi" | Vishal Bhardwaj | |
2000 | Hey Ram | "Ram Ram Hey Ram" | Ilaiyaraaja | |
2002 | En Mana Vaanil | "Roattorap Paattuch Chaththam" | Ilaiyaraaja | |
2008 | Vaaranam Aayiram | "Adiye Kolluthe" | Harris Jayaraj | |
2009 | Luck | "Aazma (Luck Is The Key)" | Salim–Sulaiman | |
Unnaipol Oruvan | "Allah Jaane" | Herself | ||
"Unnaipol Oruvan" | ||||
"Vaanam Ellai" | ||||
Eenadu | "Allah Jaane" | Herself | ||
"Eenadu" | ||||
"Ningi Haddu" | ||||
2010 | — | "Semmozhiyaana Thamizh Mozhiyaam" | A. R. Rahman | |
Prithvi (Kannada) | "Nenapidu Nenapidu" | Manikanth Kadri | ||
Hisss | "Beyond The Snake" | Dave Kushner | ||
2011 | Udhayan | "Evan Ivan" | Manikanth Kadri | |
7aum Arivu | "Yellae Lama" | Harris Jayaraj | ||
Oh My Friend | "Sri Chaitanya Junior College" | R. Anil | ||
Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal | "Sokkupodi" | G. V. Prakash Kumar | ||
2012 | 3 | "Kannazhaga Kaalazhaga" | Anirudh Ravichander | |
3 (Hindi) | "Tan Ye Mera" | |||
3 (Telugu) | "Kannulada" | |||
2013 | D-Day | "Alvida" | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy | |
2014 | Yennamo Yedho | "Shut Up Your Mouth" | D. Imman | |
Race Gurram | "Down Down" | S. Thaman | ||
Aagadu | "Junction Lo" | S. Thaman | ||
Maan Karate | "Un Vizhigalil" | Anirudh Ravichander | ||
2015 | Tevar | "Joganiyan" | Sajid–Wajid | |
Shamitabh | "Stereophonic Sannata" | Ilaiyaraaja | ||
Puli | "Yaendi Yaendi" | Devi Sri Prasad | ||
Vedalam | "Don't You Mess With Me" | Anirudh Ravichander | ||
2016 | Idhu Namma Aalu | "King Kong" | Kuralarasan | |
2019 | LKG | "Dappava Kizhichaan" | Leon James | |
Khamoshi | "Khamoshi title track" | Zeest | ||
Kadaram Kondan | "Kadaram Kondan" | Ghibran | ||
2021 | Music Video | "Arivum Anbum" | ||
2021 | Music Video | "Hum Hindustani" | Dilshaad Shabbir Shaikh | [11] |
2023 | Hi Nanna | "Odiyamma" | Hesham Abdul Wahab | [12] |
Toxic | "Toxic - Title OST" | Jeremy Stack | ||
2024 | Teenz | Hey Naanika | D. Imman |
Parthasarathy Srinivasan, known professionally as Kamal Haasan, is an Indian actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, choreographer, playback singer, lyricist, television presenter, social activist and politician who works in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, he has also appeared in some Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Bengali films. Considered as one of the finest actors in Indian cinema, Haasan is also known for introducing many new film technologies and film making techniques to the Indian film industry. He has won numerous accolades, including four National Film Awards, nine Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, four Nandi Awards, one Rashtrapati Award, two Filmfare Awards and eighteen Filmfare Awards South. He was awarded the Kalaimamani Award in 1984, the Padma Shri in 1990, the Padma Bhushan in 2014 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Chevalier) in 2016.
Swathi Muthyam is a 1986 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by K. Viswanath and produced by Edida Nageswara Rao. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Radhika, while Gollapudi Maruti Rao, J. V. Somayajulu, Nirmalamma, Sarath Babu, and Y. Vijaya play supporting roles. The soundtrack and background score were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Swathi Muthyam depicts the plight of a young widow who is rescued by an autistic man.
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Krack (KRACꞰ) is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Gopichand Malineni, who wrote the script with the dialogues by Sai Madhav Burra. It stars Ravi Teja, Shruti Haasan, Samuthirakani, and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar. Produced by B. Madhu under Saraswathi Films Division banner and based on multiple true incidents that took place in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the film depicts the conflict between a circle inspector and a gangster. The film's narrative style is inspired from 2018 Kannada film Tagaru.