Birth name Rita Thyagarajan Years active 2005–present Occupation(s) Singer, designer Genres Playback Singer | Name Rita Thyagarajan Role Playback Singer Website www.ritasinger.in | |
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Born 10 June 1984 (age 39) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ( 1984-06-10 ) Albums Oxygen / Chamtzan, Rita Ha'osef, Bhar Ke Ganga Jal Kanwariya, Rita, Mindorokke Nominations Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil, Vijay Award for Best Female Playback Singer Similar People Anthony Daasan, Rahul Nambiar, Karthik, Ranjith, S Thaman Profiles | ||
Rita singer interview part1
Rita Thyagarajan (born 10 June 1984), known by the mononym Rita, is an Indian playback singer who sings in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.
Contents
- Rita singer interview part1
- Allegra allegra song rita thyagarajan live performance in hyderabad 2017
- Early life
- Early career
- Rita Sunrisers tamil Telugu
- References
Allegra allegra song rita thyagarajan live performance in hyderabad 2017
Early life
Rita was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She was exposed to classical music very early in life and started attending classical Carnatic music lessons at the age of five. Her mother Lalitha Thyagarajan is a veteran illustrator and artist in Chennai and also a classical veena player while her father is employed with a popular Indian daily. She later started learning Hindustani classical music and has trained under celebrated masters in Chennai. Her sister is also trained in classical Carnatic music and runs her own design consultancy business in Chennai. Rita did her early schooling in P.S. Senior Secondary School in Mylapore and moved on to do a Bachelors in Design from Stella Maris College like her mother and sister. It was in college that she discovered her penchant for other styles of music and experimented with commercial film and Western styles.
She is also a graphic designer and visualiser and co-founder of a design studio of integrated freelance professionals called Utopik.
Early career
Rita started her career with D. Imman, who contacted her after listening to her demo CD which she had recorded after college. "Yendan Varungaalaveetukaraney" from the movie Aanai was the first song she recorded and from then she has recorded over 300 songs and jingles in all major South Indian languages. She got her big break with the song "Vada Mapillai" in Villu, and then recorded songs like "Allegra" and "Mambo mamiyaa" for Kandasamy in Tamil. She was nominated for the Filmfare Award for the song "Allegra". Her song "Vada Mapillai" won Best Song of the Year at the Radio Mirchi Music awards. She recorded songs in Telugu like "Khilaadikoona" from Athidhi for Mani Sharma and "Panchadharabomma" for M. M. Keeravani which again won the Song of the Year award at the Radio Mirchi music awards.
Rita has worked with music directors like Ilaiyaraaja, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Mani Sharma, D. Imman, Vidyasagar, Devi Sri Prasad, M. Jeychandran, and M. M. Keeravani. She also performs for stage shows in countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai, Canada, USA, and Australia.