Amala Chebolu is a

playback singer A playback singer, as they are usually known in South Asian cinema, or ghost singer in Western cinema, is a singer whose performance is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and the performers lip-sync the ...

in the

Telugu film Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Based in Film Nagar, Hyderabad, Telug ...

industry, also known as Tollywood.

Personal life and education

Amala Chebolu, a native of Visakhapatnam, daughter of Saraswathi Chebolu, a vocalist, and Dr. Gopalakrishna Murthy, a Professor in Economics. Amala completed her B.Tech from

Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM) is a private deemed university located in Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. The university was founded by the late M. V. V. S. Murthi in Visakhapatnam in 1980. It was previously aff ...

, Visakhapatnam.

Career

Amala started her cultural pursuit at a very early age and got training in music from Pantula Rama, a renowned Carnatic music vocalist. She began her singing career as a

in films at the age of 21.

Shekar Chandra Shekhar Chandra is an Indian music composer and singer known for his work in Telugu cinema. His debut film as music director was Anasuya (film), ''Anasuya'' (2007). He is considered as one of the most underrated music directors of Telugu film i ...

, a music director first gave her a chance to sing the title song of the film '' Maaya'' directed by the national award-winning G. Neelakanta Reddy and produced by

Madhura Sreedhar Reddy Madhura Sreedhar Reddy is an Indian film director, producer, and distributor who works in Telugu cinema. He started his film career by music label Madhura Audio and eventually turned as a director with the film Sneha Geetham in 2010. Reddy al ...

and her debut song is ‘Kalayedo Nijamedo’.

Discography

Filmography

Voice artist

References

Living people Indian women playback singers Indian voice actresses Filmfare Awards South winners Singers from Andhra Pradesh Telugu playback singers Musicians from Visakhapatnam Film musicians from Andhra Pradesh Women musicians from Andhra Pradesh 21st-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian singers 1993 births {{India-singer-stub