Latha Raju

Latha Raju
Born	Kochi, Kerala, India
Genres	Playback singing, Carnatic music
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1962–1999
Labels	Audiotracs

Latha Raju is an Indian film singer and actress in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s. Some of her popular Malayalam songs are 'Pinchu hridayam devalayam', 'Manjakkilee swarnakkilee mayilppeelikkaattile varnakkilee' (from the film Sethubandhanam) 'Ividuthe chechikkinnale' (Azhakulla Saleena), 'Chippee Chippee muthuchippee' (with Anto in Aranaazhikaneram), and 'Aaluvaappuzhakkakkareyoru ponnambalam' (Aadyathe Kadha). She has rendered songs in Tamil, Kannada and Tulu. She has also dubbed for actresses like Suhasini, Shobhana and the late Shobha.

Latha is the only child of singer Santha P. Nair and K. Padmanabhan Nair, who was a radio dramatist. Her first song was in the 1962 Malayalam film Snehadeepam. She post graduated in Master of Arts. She retired as director of marketing in Akashvani, Doordarshan, Chennai in 2011 and currently continues in the same post as a consultant. Her husband, J. M. Raju, himself a playback singer, produces music albums. The couple have two children, Aalap Raju and Anupama. Her son Aalap Raju is also a playback singer.

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