Anitha Shaiq, often credited as Anitha. S is an Indian playback singer ,Sufi singer and music composer, living in
Mumbai
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, India. She performs Indian
classical,
sufi
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,
Ghazal
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,
folk
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and pop music, having sung in
Malayalam
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,
Kannada
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,
Telugu
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,
Oriya,
Punjabi
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, and
Tamil
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languages. In her 18 years in the film industry, she has recorded songs for films in 12 different languages.
Early life
Anitha Shaiq was born to Sirajuniza Begum, a secondary school music teacher, and Sheikh Ebrahim. She graduated from the Government College for Women, majoring in music. She has studied
Hindustani,
Sufi
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,
Carnatic
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See also
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, and Western music.
Career
Composing
Shaiq composed the song "Melake Ponnal" for the film ''Crossroad'' directed by Lenin Rajendran.
Playback singing
Shaiq began her play back singing in 2007 with the hit song of that year composed by Sree.
Vidyasagar
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.
She has sung for many
Malayalam
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,
Tamil
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,
Hindi
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and
Kannada
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movies.
Musical albums
"Satrangee" is composed and sung by Anitha Shaiq, while it was produced by East Coast.The album consists of seven tracks written by legends like,
Meera
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,
Mirza Ghalib
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,
Bulleh Shah
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,
Amir Khusrow
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etc..The album was launched by the famous Indian Sufi singer
Kailash Kher
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on 20 January 2015.
Live performances
Anitha has performed live concerts all over India, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Europe.
Discography

, khwajaa jee , , kabeerinte divasangal, , Malayalam, , 2019
Awards and honours
Anitha received JESSEY Awards, Lions Club Musical Award, and
GMMA Award and was nominated for the "Best singer" in the
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Film Awards.
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20150203125329/http://www.kaumudi.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=60397
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* https://theprimetime.in/ashwin-golani-the-young-producer-from-gujarat-is-racing-ahead-of-time-in-giving-quality-entertainment/
* https://theprimetime.in/anitha-shaiqs-navakeralam-song-dedicated-for-flood-relief-kerala/
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