Vishnupriya Ravi

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Vishnupriya Ravi
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Born (1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 (age 31) [1]
NationalityIndian
Alma mater M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women
Occupation
  • Singer
Years active2013-present

Vishnupriya Ravi (born 18 October 1992), [1] is an Indian playback singer and live performer. [2]

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Career

Vishnupriya found her passion for music at the age of 9 which led her parents to enroll her in music school. She trained in carnatic, hindustani and western classical. [3] [4] In 2013, she began her career as a playback singer with the song Chellakutty in the movie Vallavanukku Pullum Aayudham composed by Siddharth Vipin. [5] In 2016, she was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu for the song Parashunara from the movie Dhruva along with Padmalatha. The song Everest Anchuna from the 2019 film Maharshi has become an instant chartbuster, [6] [7] with a 1.8 million views in YouTube within a day of its preview video release. [8] [4]

Personal life

Vishnupriya was born and brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She did her schooling at P. S. Senior Secondary School and graduated from M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women. [9]

Discography

YearFilmSongLanguageComposerCo-singers
2013 Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara "Yaen Endral" Tamil Siddharth Vipin Hariharan, Maalavika Manoj
2014 Vallavanukku Pullum Aayudham "Chellakkutti"TamilSiddharth Vipin Ranjith
2015 Aambala "Madras to Madurai"Tamil Hiphop Tamizha Kailash Kher, Maria Roe Vincent
Maha Maharaju (Dubbed version)"Hyderabad to Vizag" Telugu Hiphop TamizhaHariharasudhan
2016 Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru "Nee Pona Theruvula"Tamil G. V. Prakash Kumar G. V. Prakash Kumar, MC Vickey
Dhruva "Pareshanura"TeluguHiphop Tamizha Padmalatha
2018 Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu "IAMK Party Song"Tamil Balamurali Balu Adithya Surendar, Suchitra, Teejay Arunasalam
2019 Chikati Gadilo Chithakotudu "Party Song"TeluguBalamurali BaluNivas, Yazin Nizar
Chitralahari "Prayathname"Telugu Devi Sri Prasad Kailash Kher
Maharshi "Everest Anchuna"TeluguDevi Sri Prasad Vedala Hemachandra
Hippi "Viral"TeluguBalamurali Balu Raghu Dixit, Christopher Stanley
Tenali Ramakrishna BA. BL "Peechumittai Pillaro"Telugu Sai Karthik Dathu
2020 Anukunnadi Okati Ayinadi Okati "Killi Veddam Lolli Cheddam"TeluguVikas Badisha Roll Rida
Irandam Kuththu "Thabela Thabela"TamilS. N. Prasad Diwakar
2021 Bro "Anandham"Telugu Shekar Chandra Yazin Nizar
Anandham Vilayadum Veedu "Katti Karumbae"TamilSiddhu Kumar Saisharan
2023 Pallu Padama Paathuka "Kovama Kuttyma"TamilBalamurali Balu

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