Srinisha Jayaseelan (born 26 September 1999) is an Indian

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. She participated in the reality show Super Singer Junior S2 in the year 2009 as a contestant, which was telecasted in Vijay Television. She made her debut as a playback singer in the movie Amma Kanakku under the music composition of

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in the year 2016. Srinisha was again reintroduced to the audience, after her participation in the reality show Super Singer Champion of Champions, which gained her popularity.

Early life

Srinisha was born in

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to Mr. Selvaraj Jayaseelan and Mrs. Sujatha Jayaseelan. She did her schooling in TST Rajah Girls Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai and later completed her bachelor's degree in commerce at

Ethiraj College for Women Ethiraj College for Women is an arts and science college for women in Chennai, India, managed by the Ethiraj College Trust. It was founded in 1948 by the barrister V. L. Ethiraj of Vellore. History Ethiraj College for Women is an autonomous co ...

Career

Television

Srinisha was introduced in Television through

Super Singer Junior (season 2) The second season of ''Airtel Super Singer Junior'' – ''Thamizhagathin Chellakuralukkana Thedal'' ( en, the search for the sweet voice of Tamil Nadu) premiered on 21 June 2009. The music competition reality TV show was again telecast on Vij ...

. She was eliminated from the competition as a semi-finalist. She later appeared as a guest performer and backing vocalist in subsequent seasons of the show, and competed in other

Vijay TV Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly Star India), a subsidiary of Asianet Star Communications. The channel's headquarters is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Star Vijay change ...

music competitions. Srinisha was also a part of the team 'Chennai Rockstars' in the first season and team 'White Devils' in the second season of the Super Singer T20. 'White Devils' team was crowned the title winner of the competition after delivering outstanding performances during the finals and throughout the competition. In the year 2020, she gained popularity through her performances when she participated in the reality show ''Super Singer Champion of Champions'' featuring the Super Singer Stars, where she performed along with her team 'Bachelor Band' that included playback singer Sam Vishal and ''DJ Sudhan'' aka ''DJ Black''. According to sources, Bachelor Band was the first ever team to use a DJ in a musical show in the south. With this unique combo of musicians, they made their way into the finals as a direct finalist along with the ''Nighty Boys'' (Srinivasan Raghunathan'', Diwakar and ''Manoj'') and the Ooo Team (''Maalavika Sundar'', Santhosh Hariharan and ''Rangapriya'').

As playback singer

Srinisha's debut as a playback singer was in the year 2016 when she sang the song 'Maths Tough' for Music Director

in the movie Amma Kanakku. She had earlier sung a song for Music Director

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for the film

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in the year 2014. ''Vilambara Idaiveli'' from

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, ''Kanna Veesi'' from Kadhal Ondru Kanden and ''Adi Penne'' from the Naam series are few of her notable works.

Discography

Film Songs

Non-film Songs

Other works

External links

References

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