Swarnalatha

                       (1987 – 2010)

Hindi , Marathi , Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam , Kannada , Urdu , Punjabi , Badaga , Oriya , Nepali




                  Swarnalatha (1973 – twelve sep 2010) was associate in nursing indian playback singer. from 1987 onward, she rendered nearly 7,000 songs in several languages .

                  She won the national film award for best feminine playback singer for her rendition of the song "porale ponnuthayi" from the film karuththamma. the song was composed by a. r. rahman, beneath whose musical direction she recorded several unforgettable songs. her distinctive voice, that might effortlessly reach high octaves, quickly created her a reputation to reckon with within the playback music trade.  

Life

             She was born in athikkodu close to chittur, palakkad , kerala , to k. c. cherukutty and kalyani. her father was a decent organ player and singer. her mother additionally had interest in music. swarnalatha was trained on the organ and keyboard. swarnalatha's family later affected to bhadravathi (paper town) in shimoga district , wherever she had her education.born in a very family of musicians (father k. c. cherukutty was a singer and organ player , whereas sister saroja was her music guru initially). swarnalatha took to music once she was in her teens.


               In 1987, she shifted to madras , wherever she met m. s. viswanathan. m.s.v. introduced her to the industry through a duet with k. j. yesudas , "chinnanchirukiliye kannamma" from the film neethikku dhandanai. after, several different music administrators approached her to perform their songs. she was recruited by legendary musicians like ilaiyaraaja and a. r. rahman. she conjointly recorded many hindi songs , the foremost notable one being "haiavatar yeh kya hua" from rangeela at the side of hariharan.

              She was one in all the foremost versatile singers of her times, as she was able to sing melodies like "maalayil yaaro manathodu pesa" from chatriyan or "porale ponnuthayi" from karuthamma moreover as rahman's experimental songs like "mukkabla" from kadhalan or "mottu vittadha" from pavithra. swarnalatha was the primary feminine playback singer to fetch the national award during a. r. rahman's music for the song "porale ponnuthayi". once in associate in nursing interview, she aforementioned that she was affected to tears once she finished the recording of this song and received praise from a. r. rahman. she recorded several alternative unforgettable songs with music administrators deva , vidyasagar , harris jayaraj , anu malik , shankar-ehsaan-loy , raj-koti , yuvan shankar raja , mani Sharma , hamsalekha and plenty of others. she had sung all the songs of lata mangeshkar and shamshad begum within the moving-picture show anarkali (tamil dubbed version of the hindi moving-picture show mughal-e-azam) and she or he was praised by the acclaimed screenland musician late naushad ali. 

Awards

 She got national award from government of india when she was 21 years old. she won cinema express awards four times.

National Award (Silver Lotus Award)-(Rajat Kamal):  

1994 : National film award for best female playback singer for "porale ponnuthayi" from karuththamma

Cinema Express Award:

1991 : Best female playback singer for "aattama therottama" from captain prabhakaran

1995 : Best female playback singer for "muquala muqapala" from kadhalan

1996 : Best female playback singer for "akkadannu nanga" from indian

1999 : Best female playback singer for "ulunthu vidaikayile" from mudhalvan 

Tamil Nadu State Awards:

1991 : Tamil nadu state film award for best female playback for "povomma oorkolam" from chinna thambi

1994 : Tamil nadu state film award for best female playback for "porale ponnuthayi" from karuththamma

2000 : Tamil nadu state film award for best female playback for "evano oruvan" from alaipayuthey 

Government Awards:

1994: Kalaimamani award by the government of tamil nadu for her contributions towards tamil music.  

Other Awards:

2002 : The song "rakkama kaiya thattu" from the movie thalapathi (1991) was among the songs listed in a bbc world top ten music poll. it was performed by s. p. balasubrahmanyam and swarnalatha

Popular Songs

1995 : Humma humma from bombay

2000 : Suntan hai mera khuda from pukar

2001 : Chalo chale mitwa from nayak

1995 : Hai rama from rangeela 

In a.r.rahman's music : 

              There is little doubt that no alternative song free throughout that amount found the type of recognition that the dance variety "mukkala mukkabla" from the film kadhalan achieved. equally the song ‘porale ponnuthayi’ from the film karuthamma reigned in everyone’s heart going away an unerasable disappointment with its manner of rendition. these 2 songs at the 2 emotional extremes live up to as testimony to the uncommon singing felicity of swarnalatha. the means she had rendered mukkala mukkabla, variety meant to please the mass, was wonderful. Death

               Swarnalatha died at a non-public hospital in metropolis at the age of thirty seven as a result of pathology followed by opening respiratory organ malady (lung infection) once being admitted as a result of she had problem in respiration. the singer had been undergoing treatment for respiratory organ infection for over a year and had not recorded for films throughout the amount.

              Legendary music musician m s viswanathan , who gave the then 14-year recent swarnalatha a chance in films , delineated her as a awfully proficient singer. she is believed to possess approached him initial, once she needed to launch her career in film music. he gave her an opportunity within the film needhikku thandanai. "i was aghaston hearing the news. swarnalatha was introduced to films by american state, and was extremely proficient in music" he aforementioned.