Suvi Suresh | |
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![]() Suvi Suresh | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Swetha Suresh |
Born | Thrissur, Kerala, India | 26 September 1987
Genres | Playback singing, Indi-pop, Amapiano, Hip-Hop R&B |
Occupation(s) | Singer, Songwriter, DJ |
Years active | 2005–present |
Website | www |
Suvi Suresh aka SUVI (born as Swetha Suresh on 26 September 1987) is an Indian singer from Chennai. She was a member of the band S5 launched by the channel SS Music. [1] She shot to fame with the song "Kodana Kodi" from Saroja , composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. [2] [3] She also founded the band Soulsonic, the members of which currently perform with Funktuation, Benny Dayal's Band. [4] She currently resides in Southern California [5]
Swetha hails from Thrissur, Kerala, India. [6] She owes her name to a spelling mistake. She wanted to be known by her pet name "Swe" but on the Kuruvi cover her name was printed as "Suvi". [7] She auditioned for SS Music's voice hunt competition at age 17 and was selected to be part of S5 with Benny Dayal, Anaitha Nair, Bhargavi Pillai and Arjun Sasi.
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