Malgudi Subha (born 17 October 1965; also spelled as Malgadi Shuba) is an Indian

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. She has recorded songs in Tamil, Kannada,

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, Malayalam and Hindi. In a career spanning two decades, she sang more than 3000 songs. She began her career by providing vocals for ad jingles composed by people like A. R. Rahman and Viji Manuel. She debuted as a playback singer in the film '' Nadodi Thendral'', with music by Ilayaraja. Prominent Indian composer A. R. Rahman's debut album, ''Set Me Free'' (also called ''Shubhaa Set Me Free''), had all its songs sung by Malgudi Shubha.http://www.hummaa.com/music/artist/24410/Malgudi+Subha The album, which was released in 1989 and went unnoticed, but became a good seller when it was re-released in 1996 by the label Magnasound. She sang the song ''Thayya Thayya'' in the 1998 Mani Ratnam film Uyire, which was composed by A. R. Rahman. Her first successful

album, ''Chikpak Chikbhum'', which was released in Chennai, sold ten

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copies. The songs were composed by

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, under whom A. R. Rahman was assisted. She has appeared as a judge on the

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music competition program '' Idea Star Singer''. She is a judge in ''Star Singer 2'' ( Kannada), airing on Asianet Suvarna from 7-8 pm on weekdays. She is also a judge in the Tamil music competition program '' Super Singer'' in Star Vijay. The South Indian actress Priyamani is her niece and Hindi actress Vidya Balan is her relative.

Discography

Tamil

* "Indha bus than" - Veetla Viseshanga * "Kaadhal Paattu than" - Nadodi Thendral *"Thaiyya" - Uyire *"Thulluvadho Ilamai" - Sukran *"60 aayiruchu" - Mounam pesiyathey *"Thanni Vechu" - Jai hind

Filmography

As Actress

* ''

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'' (2022)

References

Malgudi Subha Family Details
{{DEFAULTSORT:Subha, Malgudi Living people Bollywood playback singers Hindi-language singers Indian women playback singers Kannada playback singers Tamil playback singers Malayalam playback singers Marathi-language singers Russian-language singers Tamil-language singers Telugu playback singers 1965 births