K. S. Chithra
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| Birth name | Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra |
| Also known as | Melody Queen of Indian Cinema Little Nightingale of India Vanambadi in Kerala Chinna Kuyil in Tamil Nadu Kannada kogile in Karnataka Sangeeta Saraswathi in Andhra Pradesh&Telangana Piya Basanti in Mumbai |
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27 July 1963 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
| Genres | Playback singing, Carnatic music, Hindustani music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Labels | Audiotracs |
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kschithra.com FB : KSChithra Official Twitter : KSChithra Instagram : KSChithra |
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Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra, often credited as K. S. Chithra or simply Chithra, is an Indian playback singer from Kerala. Chithra also sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. She has sung in a number of Indian languages as well as Urdu, Latin, Arabic, Sinhalese and English. She has recorded more than 25,000 Songs for various films and albums. She is a recipient of six National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards South and 31 different state film awards. She has won all the four south Indian state film awards. She was honored with India's civilian honors Padma Shri in 2005 and Padma Bhushan in 2017. Her song "Kannalane/Kehna Hi Kya" from the film Bombay (1995) was included in The Guardian's "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear" list. Chithra is referred to as Chinna Kuyil (English: Little Nightingale) or Keralathinte Vanambadi (English: Nightingale of Kerala) or Nightingale of South India.
Born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, into a family of musicians, Chithra's father, the late Krishnan Nair, was also her first guru (teacher). Her elder sister K. S. Beena is also a playback singer. Chithra received her training in Carnatic music from Dr. K. Omanakutty, passed B.A. in music with first class and third rank from the University of Kerala, and completed a master's degree in music. She was selected for the National Talent Search Scholarship from the Central Government from 1978 to 1984.
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