Jyotsna Radhakrishnan (born 5 September 1986) is an Indian

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. She predominantly works in 12 languages including

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

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and

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

. She has sung more than 1000 songs. She is based in

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. Jyotsna gained wider recognition for singing popular songs such as “''Karuppinazhaku''” from '' Swapnakoodu'' (2003), “''Themma Themma Themmadikkatte''” from '' Rain Rain Come Again'' (2004) and "''Raftara''" from ''

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'' (2019).

Early life

Jyotsna was born in

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. At a very young age she moved to

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. She did her schooling at the Asian International School in

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, an industrial area west of Abu Dhabi, where she excelled at singing.

Singing career

Jyotsna's interest in music started at a very young age. She learned the Carnatic vocal style under Mangad Natesan, and the Hindustani classical vocal style under Guru Dinesh Devdas. Although she started her career in Malayalam cinema with the song "Valakilukkam Kettedee" from the film '' Pranayamani Thooval'' in 2002. It was "Sughamanee Nilavu" from '' Nammal'' that brought her to wider attention. She has sung in almost 800 movies, in Malayalam as well as in

and

. She has sung on some 200 albums. Some of her hits are "Karuppinazhagu" from '' Swapnakoodu'', "Melleyonnu" from ''

Manassinakkare ''Manassinakkare'' (''On the Other Bank of the Mind'') is a 2003 Indian Malayalam family drama film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and written by Ranjan Pramod. It stars Jayaram, Sheela, and Nayanthara in lead roles, while Innocent (actor), Innoc ...

'', and "Meheruba" from ''

Perumazhakkalam ''Perumazhakkalam'' () is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Kamal and written by T. A. Razzaq. It stars Meera Jasmine, Kavya Madhavan, Dileep, Vineeth, and Biju Menon. The film's music was composed by M. Jayachandran. T ...

''and also Raftara in "

" in Malayalam Some of her latest films are ''Classmates'', ''Pothen Vava'', ''Don'', ''Notebook'' and ''Janmam''. She has traveled to the UK, the US,

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and

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for musical programs, and has performed with almost all leading playback singers of south India. She concluded another North American tour with singer

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and in August 2013 in Australia with

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performing for Malayalees in major cities. This was her first trip to Australia where she was accompanied by

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Personal life

On 26 December 2010, Jyotsna married Sreekanth Surendran, a software engineer from

Kochi Kochi ( , ), List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the Ernakulam district, district of Ernakulam in the ...

. She gave birth to their first child, a boy, on 9 July 2015. In 2025, Jyotsna revealed that she has been diagnosed with

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Awards

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'': * 2002 - Best Female Playback - '' Nammal'' ''

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'': *2013 - Best Female playback Singer - Zachariayude Garbhinikal *2017 - Best Female Playback Singer - Kaattu * Winner of Title trophy "Rasna Girl 2001", an open UAE music competition in Hindi film songs * Prize winner in "Sangeetha Prathibha Sangamam", an open UAE music competition in Malayalam film songs * Shruthi Bharatham Award for best Female Playback Singer 2003 * "Yuva Prathibha" award by Pallavoor Appu Marar Smaraka Kala KshetRa 2003 * All Kerala Youth Campus Critics Award 2004 * Mahatma Gandhi Education Foundation Award 2004 * "Outstanding Young Person" Award by Jaycees * Kaveri Film Critics TV Award 2004 * Jaycees Foundation Award for Best Female Playback Singer * Film Audience Award 2005 * Gulf Malayalam Music Award 2006 *Mazhavil Mango Music awards 2017 -Best Non Film song

Discography: Malayalam

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Albums

*''Ini Varumo''- (Herself Composing) *''Krishna-The Enternal (fusion/Meditation)'' - Composing her with Gireesh Chengannur * ''Manicheppu'' * '' Chempakame'' * ''Onnalla'' * ''Malayalippennu'' * ''Krishnapriya'' * ''Mayakkannaa'' * ''Ithu Premamo''Ithu Premamo
* ''Ninneyum thedi ailanchi' ; Serials *Kanakkinavu *Manaporutham *Makalude Amma * Minnukettu *Geethanjali

Discography: Other Languages

Tamil

Telugu

Kannada

Television

*''

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'' as Team captain (

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) *''Gandharva sangeetham'' as Host (

Kairali TV Kairali TV is an Indian Malayalam-language general entertainment free-to-air television channel owned by PTC Network via holding company G-Next Media Pvt Ltd . It is headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram. It was launched on 17 August 2000. Hist ...

) *''2 Crore Apple Mega Star'' as Host (

Jeevan TV Jeevan TV is an Indian Malayalam language Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

) *''Duet'' as Host (

Amrita TV Amrita TV is an Indian Malayalam-language free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal an ...

) *''Music Mojo'' as Singer (

Kappa TV Kappa TV is an Indian Malayalam language free to air youth music channel owned by Mathrubhumi. The channel was named after Tapioca, a type of starch extracted from the root of Cassava plant, which is called "kappa" in Malayalam language. The c ...

) *''Pathinalam Ravu'' as Judge ( Media One) *''Veruthe Alla Bharya Season 3'' as Grand Finale Host (

Mazhavil Manorama Mazhavil Manorama is an Indian Malayalam language general entertainment Free-to-air television channel owned by Malayala Manorama. The channel’s headquarters is at Aroor, Alappuzha in Kerala, India. History The channel has been on air sin ...

) *''Padam Namuk Padam'' as Judge (

) * ''Still Standing'' as Participant (

) *'' Top Singer Season 1'' as Judge (Flowers TV) *'' Super 4 Season 2'' as Judge (

) *''Atham Pathu Ruchi 2021'' as Celebrity presenter (Mazhavil Manorama) *''Super 4 Kids'' as Judge (Mazhavil Manorama)

Appeared films

* 2008 - Thirakkatha as RJ * 2010 - Kaaryasthan as Herself * 2021 - Vidhi : The Verdict as Herself

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Radhakrishnan, Jyotsna 1986 births Living people Indian women playback singers Malayalam playback singers Singers from Thrissur Film musicians from Kerala Women musicians from Kerala 21st-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian women singers 20th-century Indian singers 20th-century Indian women singers Kerala Film Critics Awards winners