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Malgudi Subha

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Malgudi Subha
Born
Subhashini
GenresPlayback singer, pop singer
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocalist

Malgudi Subha (also spelled as Malgadi Shuba) is an Indian playback singer. She has recorded songs in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi.[1] In a career spanning two decades, she has sung more than 3000 songs.[2][3]

She began her career by providing vocals for ad jingles composed by people like A. R. Rahman and Viji Manuel.[2] She debuted as a playback singer in the film Nadodi Thendral, with music by Ilayaraja.[2] Prominent Indian composer A. R. Rahman's debut album, Set Me Free (also called Shubhaa Set Me Free), had all its songs sung by Shubha.[4] The album, which was released in 1989 and went unnoticed, but became a good seller when it was re-released in 1996 by the label Magnasound.[4] She sang the song "Thayya Thayya" (Tamil version of "Chaiyya Chaiyya") in the 1998 Mani Ratnam film Uyire (Tamil dub of Dil Se..), which was composed by A. R. Rahman. Even the Telugu version of the same song from the film Prematho had her vocals alongside Sapna Awasthi's voice from the original

Her first successful Telugu album, Chikpak Chikbhum, which was released in Chennai, sold ten lakh copies.[5] The songs were composed by Raj–Koti, under whom A. R. Rahman was assisted.

She has appeared as a judge on the Malayalam language music competition program Idea Star Singer. She is a judge in Star Singer 2 (Kannada), airing on Asianet Suvarna from 7-8 pm on weekdays. She is also a judge in the Tamil music competition program Super Singer in Star Vijay.

The South Indian actress Priyamani is her niece, and Hindi actress Vidya Balan is her relative.[6]

Television

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Year Television show Role Network
2024 Super Singer Season 10 Guest Star Vijay

Discography

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Tamil

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Year Film Song(s) Composer Notes
1992Nadodi ThendralAll The TimeIlayaraja
1992Kottai VaasalVaaya EnDeva
1994Veetla VisheshangaIndha Bus thanIlayaraja
1994CaptainIduppu Adikkadi,
Unakku Oru Macham		Sirpy
1994Chinna MadamKora KizhangukkuSirpy
1994JaihindOothathumaVidyasagar
1995BombayPoovukenna PoottuA. R. Rahman
1995Valli Vara PoraRootula Jootula,
Theendamal		K. S. Manioli
1996MusthaffaaKalapu MayileVidyasagar
1996GnanapazhamMarina BeachK. Bhagyaraj
1996KrishnaDhak DhakS. A. Rajkumar
1997Minsara KanavuThanga ThamaraiA. R. Rahman
1997Kalyana VaibhogamHollywood ChanceDeva
1997Raman AbdullahMachan Un MachiniIlayaraja
1997Love TodaySalamiyaShiva
1998SivanPesarattu,
Rukkuthan		Adithyan
1998UyireThaiyya ThaiyyaA. R. Rahman
1998Sundara PandianMalgudiDeva
2001NandhaaMun PaniyaYuvan Shankar Raja
2001Pandavar BhoomiHey SambaBharadwaj
2002ManasellamMidnightlaIlayaraja
2002AzhagiOru SundariIlayaraja
2002Roja KootamSubbammaBharadwaj
2002Mounam PesiyadheAruvadhu AayidichuYuvan Shankar Raja
2010EasanSugavaasiJames Vasanthan

Malayalam

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Year Film Song(s) Composer Notes
1994Thenmavin Kombathu"Nila Pongal"Berny-Ignatius"Nila Pongal" is accused[who?] of being an imitation of a Bengali song, "Sun Mere Bandhu Re".
1995Mannar Mathai Speaking"Machane Vaa"S. P. Venkatesh
1997Chandralekha"Maanathe Chandiranothoru"S. P. Venkatesh
2005Ben Johnson"Sona Sona nee"Deepak Dev
2015Charlie"Akale"Gopi Sundar

Filmography

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As actress

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References

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  1. ↑ "Malgudi Shubha..." Archived from the original on 25 July 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 "My first break". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 23 May 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "The Hindu : Metro Plus Hyderabad : 'For me, the magical moment is now'". Archived from the original on 24 January 2010.
  4. 1 2 "hummaa.com". ww12.hummaa.com.
  5. ↑ "The Hindu : 'Aatam Kondattam' is her style". Archived from the original on 22 May 2002.
  6. ↑ "Friday Review Chennai / Interview : Director's actor". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 13 June 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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