Mariyam Unoosha (born 6 October 1985), known

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as Unoosha is a Maldivian female singer and songwriter. She is from a prominent Maldivian singing family. Her parents were in the 90s famous band " Olympians". She has won many awards and has performed in various high caliber shows in

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and abroad.

Life and career

Early life

Unoosha was born on 6 October 1985 in

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and graduated from

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. She started singing at a very young age. Her parents (Shafeega and Mr. Naseer) are music legends in

. She won the 1st place of "The inter School Music Competition" in a row and became the first ever female vocalist to win the competition 3 times. After a year since she finished her O’levels, she took up an offer from a local Music band called ''Amazon Jade'' and worked with the band for 4 years. Now with over 100

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recordings to her name, many albums which release in Maldives have songs by Unoosha. Since then she has hosted a music show for kids for 2 seasons titled ''Lets Sing With Kiddy''. She has also performed on

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wedding renewal ceremony at Reethi Rah resort.

Bollywood career

Unoosha made her

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debut with in the 2012

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-directed

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film ''

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''. She got the chance while she was in

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at the

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, which was held in

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. Bhatt heard Unoosha sing at the festival and felt that there was something unique in her voice. Pooja then met the singer and offered her to sing for her film and Unoosha readily agreed. The song titled "Hey Walla" was composed by Abdul Basit Sayeed, and written by Unoosha herself along with Sayeed. Unoosha recorded her second Bollywood song along with

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and KK, for the upcoming '' Jism'' franchise. The song titled "Kahaan Se Karen Shuru" is composed by Arko Pravo Mukherjee. This would be the first Bollywood song Unoosha records in Hindi where the previous had English lyrics.

Discography

Feature Film

Television

Non-Film Songs

Accolades

Unoosha who is the only singer who has been an official ambassador of an international brand

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and the local ambassador of

leading

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and the branded

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company Eyecare.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Unoosha 1985 births Living people Bollywood playback singers People from Malé Maldivian singers