Amrutha Suresh (born 2 August 1990) is an Indian singer, composer, songwriter, and

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. She attained popularity after her stint at the

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singing competition ''

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'' on

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in 2007. Since then, she has sung and composed for several films and music albums. She has been a celebrity radio jockey on Radio Suno 91.7 with the music show ''Suno Melodies''. In 2014, she founded the

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Amrutam Gamay

Early life

Amrutha was born on 2 August 1990 to musician P. R. Suresh and Laila. Her father Suresh is a

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and mother Laila is a

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. She has a sister, singer-composer Abhirami Suresh, who is five years younger. They are from

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. Living in a family (paternal) of musicians inspired her to pursue music from a young age. Amrutha started singing at age three;

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are the singers who influenced her to become a singer. Amrutha was a topper at schools. Even though, she dropped 12th standard for contesting in the

singing competition ''

'', later she completed the course in private. She then took graduation in

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(BBA) and post-graduation in

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(MBA), and also holds degrees in

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Career

Music

She comes from a musician's family, she used to perform at stage shows during her childhood. While studying in eighth standard, she has been a child singer in

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's stage shows. In 2007, Amrutha contested in the second season of

singing competition ''

'' on

, she was one of the popular contestants on the show. It helped her foray into film industry. Since then, she has sung playback in a number of Malayalam films. '' Pulliman'' was her debut film as playback singer, composed by

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. Her rendition of the song "Munthirpoo" from the film ''

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'' (2010) was well received. She sang "Kannu Karuthu" for music director

in his album ''Strawberry Theyyam'' (2014) which was a blend of folk and western orchestration, the song was particularly praised in the 9-track album. In 2014, Amritha founded the

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" sung by Amritha was popular among the global Jewish community. The song gave her much appreciations. In 2015, Amritha and Abhirami wrote and composed multiple original songs for their band, including "Katturumbu", "Ayyayo", and "Harps of Peace". In 2017, Amrutha released her first

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, "Anayathe", which featured herself and was a tribute to motherhood and women. The song was positively received and garnered attention for its theme. After its release, Amritha got acting offers from some

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, but she refused as she was not seeing herself as an actress at the time. She was also approached by a

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production company for an English film. In the same year, she began presenting the musical

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''Suno Melodies'' on Radio Suno 91.7 as a celebrity

. Amritha along with Abhirami composed, sang and acted in the title song of the film '' Crossroad'' that year. It was their debut composition in a film and was composed in a short notice. It was followed by a single in the film ''

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'' (2017), titled "Aadu 2 – Success Song". In 2019, she sang "Minni Minni" in the film ''

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'' which was well received. For the song, she was nominated for the Mazhavil Music Award for Best Female Singer. In the same year, Amritha sang the first of the three

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s in DJ Savyo's ''Destiny'', an experimental album which used

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mantra in the backdrop of

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. That year she also signed a project with

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musician Neil Luckz, who contacted her after watching her music video ''Ohm Nama Shivaya''; she is working on six English songs for the project. In 2019, she sang a song in the children's film ''Sullu'' composed by Abhirami.

Other works

Amrutha is also into

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. In 2017, she was featured in the cover of lifestyle magazine FWD Life. In the following year, she walked the ramp at Kerala Fashion Runway. She was also featured on the cover page of Vanitha Magazine along with her sister. In 2018, Amrutha started a hashtag campaign on

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known as Amazing Me, promoting self-esteem. It received positive response from public. In December 2018, Amrutha and her sister Abhirami started a

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channel, ''Amrutam Gamay – AG'', with the series ''AG Vlogs'' to publish their creative content. The content is related to their personal lives, travel, food, music, shopping among other things. The series met with positive reception from viewers. In 2020, Amrutha and Abhirami entered as contestants in the second season of Malayalam

game show ''Bigg Boss'' (Malayalam season 2), hosted by actor

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. They entered the Bigg Boss house as wildcard entrants on day-50 and plays as a pair.

Personal life

Amrutha first met her Ex-husband

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at the sets of the film ''Venalmaram'' in which he was starring and Amrutha was playback singer. Later, they developed a friendship-turned-romance while she was contesting in the

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singing competition ''

'' in which he was a celebrity judge. They talked to each other's family and got married on 27 August 2010 at a ceremony held in

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. They were residing in

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. They are reported to have started living separately in 2015, and got legal divorce in December 2019. They have a daughter named Avanthika born in 2012 who lives with her.

Discography

Playback singer

TV Serial

Singles / Music videos

Albums

Filmography

Online appearances

Awards

* Creative Film Awards 2019 - for Best Singer Female - June

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Suresh, Amrutha Living people 1990 births 21st-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian singers Indian women playback singers Indian women pop singers Indian women folk singers Indian women ghazal singers Bhajan singers Hindustani singers Women Carnatic singers Carnatic singers Malayalam playback singers 21st-century Indian women composers 21st-century Indian composers Indian women songwriters Indian songwriters Singers from Kochi Indian women radio presenters Singing talent show contestants Bigg Boss (Malayalam TV series) contestants