T. K. Kala is an Indian playback singer who sings in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu languages. Kala is also an actress who plays supporting roles in Tamil films and

voice actor Voice acting is the art of Acting, performing a character or providing information to an audience with one's voice. Performers are often called voice actors/actresses in addition to other names. Examples of voice work include animation, animated, ...

. She received the

Kalaimamani The Kalaimamani is the highest civilian award in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. These awards are given by the ''Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram'' (literature, music and theatre), a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government ...

award in 2006. She is the daughter of actress

Shanmugasundari Shanmugasundari (23 September 1937 – 1 May 2012) was a Tamil Language, Tamil actress. she acted in more than 750 films. Her daughter T. K. Kala is also an actress and playback singer. She also appeared in comedy roles along with Vadivelu in m ...

Career

Born to actress

, Kala was well trained in music and was a regular choice for songs featuring child actors. She got her major breakthrough when noticed by A P Nagarajan and made her singing debut in the film "Agathiyar" with the song "Thaayir sirandha kovilum illai". She made her acting debut portraying Prakash Raj's mother in ''

Ghilli ''Ghilli'' ( ) is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language sports action film directed by Dharani and produced by A. M. Rathnam. It is a remake of the Telugu film '' Okkadu'' (2003), written and directed by Gunasekhar, with few changes made to the st ...

'' (2004).

Filmography

Television

Discography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kala, T. K. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Tamil playback singers Telugu playback singers Indian women playback singers 20th-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian singers 20th-century Indian singers