Shweta Mohan

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Shweta Mohan
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Born (1985-11-19) 19 November 1985 (age 39)
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater Stella Maris College, Chennai
Occupations
  • Singer
  • music producer
Years active2003–present
Spouse
Ashwin Shashi
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(m. 2011)​
Children1 [1]
Mother Sujatha Mohan
Relatives Paravoor T. K. Narayana Pillai (great-grandfather)
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
LabelsIndependent Artist
Website shwetamohan.com

Shweta Mohan (born 19 November 1985) [2] is a south Indian playback singer. [3] She has recorded songs for films and albums in all the four south Indian cinema namely Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada, besides few Hindi films and has established herself as a leading playback singer of South Indian cinema.

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Born to playback singer Sujatha Mohan and Krishna Mohan, Shweta has received five Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Playback Singer, one Kerala State Film Award and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award.

Personal life

Shweta Mohan was born on 19 November 1985 to a Malayali family in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She is the daughter of Dr. V. Krishna Mohan and playback singer Sujatha Mohan. She completed her schooling at Good Shepherd Convent, Chennai and graduated from Stella Maris College, Chennai. [4] She is married to her long-time friend, Ashwin Shashi. [5] Shweta Mohan and Ashwin Shashi have a daughter. [1]

Career

Shweta started her training in Carnatic music at the age of 9. As a child artiste, she recorded for the chorus of the songs 'Kuchi kuchi rakkamma' (Bombay) and 'Accham accham illai' (Indira) in the music direction of A. R. Rahman. Shweta has sung for music directors in India like Ilayaraja, A. R. Rahman, Vidyasagar, M M Keeravani, M. Jayachandran, Johnson, Sharreth, Ousepachan, Deepak Dev, Harris Jayaraj, Yuvan Shankar Raja, V. Harikrishna, G. V. Prakash, Mani Sharma, Kannan, N. R. Raghunanthan, Manikanth Kadri, Devi Sri Prasad, Anirudh Ravichander and Sourendro-Soumyojit. Shweta is being trained in Carnatic classical vocal currently under Binni Krishnakumar who is also a playback singer. [6]

Television

List of television credits
YearTitleRoleChannelNotes
2011–2014 Bade Achche Lagte Hain Singer Sony Television sang title track in Tamil
2015Music IndiaJudge Asianet Appear at the semifinal and final in the show with Gopi Sunder, Deepak Dev.
Bol Baby BolJudge Surya TV Along with Gopi Sunder
2018 Super Singer 6 Judge Vijay TV One of the judge with P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram & Benny Dayal
2019 Super Singer 7 Judge Vijay TV One of the judge with P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram & Benny Dayal
2020Super Singer Champion of ChampionsJudge Vijay TV
2021 Super Singer 8 Judge Vijay TV One of the judge with P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram & Benny Dayal
2022–2023 Super Singer 9 Judge Vijay TV One of the judges with P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram & Benny Dayal
2023Super Singer 3 (Telugu)Judge Star Maa One of the judges with Rahul Sipligunj, Anantha Sriram & Mangli
2024 Super Singer 10 Guest Star Vijay To celebrate her mother, Sujatha Mohan's birthday.
2024 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Seniors 4 Guest Judge Zee Tamil Guest judge with K. S. Ravikumar for mega auditions
2024 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs 4 Judge Zee Tamil One of the judges with Srinivas, S. P. Charan & Saindhavi
2025 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Seniors 5 One of the judges with Srinivas, Vijay Prakash, Karthik,Saindhavi & S. P. Charan

Awards and nominations

1.Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Tamil 2018, 2017, 2016.

2.Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Malayalam 2018, 2017, 2016.

3.Vijay Award for Best Female Playback Singer 2014, 2012, 2009.

4.IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Playback Singer Female Kannada 2016.

References

  1. 1 2 Singer Shweta Mohan blessed with a baby n girl named Sreshta Archived 21 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine . English.mathrubhumi.com (1 December 2017). Retrieved on 2019-08-25.
  2. ↑ "Shweta Mohan Playback singer". The Times of India. 13 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Vijayakumar, Sindhu (30 January 2010). "Shweta Mohan is happy". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  4. ↑ A timeless melody.
  5. ↑ A Timeless Melody, The New Indian Express (25 June 2012). Retrieved on 25 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "And Quiet Flows The Karamana: Two of a kind". The Hindu . 5 October 2012.
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