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'''Febi Mani''' (also credited as '''Febi Srikanth Deva''') is an Indian [[playback singer]] who has worked in the Indian film industry. Febi worked extensively with [[A. R. Rahman]] during the late 1990s and early 2000s, while also regularly collaborating with [[Harris Jayaraj]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nettv4u.com/celebrity/tamil/playback-singer/febi-mani |title=Tamil Playback Singer Febi Mani |publisher=Nettv4u |date= |accessdate=4 November 2017}}</ref>
'''Febi Mani''' (also credited as '''Febi Srikanth Deva''') is an Indian [[playback singer]] who has worked in the Indian film industry. She worked extensively with [[A. R. Rahman]] during the late 1990s and early 2000s, while also regularly collaborating with [[Harris Jayaraj]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nettv4u.com/celebrity/tamil/playback-singer/febi-mani |title=Tamil Playback Singer Febi Mani |publisher=Nettv4u |date= |accessdate=4 November 2017}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Early in her career, Febi Mani collaborated frequently with [[A. R. Rahman]], working on big budget projects including for "Kokku Saiva Kokku" from [[K. S. Ravikumar]]'s ''[[Muthu (film)|Muthu]]'' (1995), "Love Theme" from [[S. Shankar|Shankar]]'s ''[[Jeans (film)|Jeans]]'' (1998) and "[[Dil Se Re]]" in [[Mani Ratnam]]'s ''[[Dil Se]]'' (1998). The [[Hindustan Times]] called "Strawberry Kanne" from ''[[Minsara Kanavu]]'' (1997), sung by [[KK (singer)|Kay Kay]] and Febi Mani, as "one of the most engaging tracks Rahman has ever composed" adding the musician employed "fabulous use of a motley assortment of instruments in the song that drove the story forward in the movie".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/top-10-tamil-songs-by-ar-rahman-you-should-have-on-your-playlist/story-QhcVESfuxM183PuBabga4J.html |title=Top 10 Tamil songs by AR Rahman you should have on your playlist |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=18 July 2017 |first=Karthik |last=Kumar |accessdate=30 December 2018}}</ref> Other notable early work by the singer included "Kanni Pengal" from the [[Ajith Kumar]]-starrer ''[[Kaadhal Mannan]]'' (1998), "Kikku Yerudhey" from ''[[Padayappa]]'' (1999) and "Oh Mariya" from ''[[Kadhalar Dhinam]]'' (1999).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ajithfans.com/music-review-kadhal-mannan/ |title=Music Review - Kadhal Mannan - Ajithfans - Actor Ajith Kumar E-Fans Association |publisher=Ajithfans |date= |accessdate=4 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.last.fm/music/Febi+Mani/+wiki |title=Febi Mani's Biography — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at |publisher=Last.fm |date=1 January 1970 |accessdate=4 November 2017}}</ref>
Early in her career, Mani collaborated frequently with [[A. R. Rahman]], working on big budget projects including for "Kokku Saiva Kokku" from [[K. S. Ravikumar]]'s ''[[Muthu (film)|Muthu]]'' (1995), "Love Theme" from [[S. Shankar|Shankar]]'s ''[[Jeans (film)|Jeans]]'' (1998) and "[[Dil Se Re]]" in [[Mani Ratnam]]'s ''[[Dil Se]]'' (1998). The ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' called "Strawberry Kanne" from ''[[Minsara Kanavu]]'' (1997), sung by [[KK (singer)|Kay Kay]] and Febi Mani, "one of the most engaging tracks Rahman has ever composed", adding the musician employed "fabulous use of a motley assortment of instruments in the song that drove the story forward in the movie".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/top-10-tamil-songs-by-ar-rahman-you-should-have-on-your-playlist/story-QhcVESfuxM183PuBabga4J.html |title=Top 10 Tamil songs by AR Rahman you should have on your playlist |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=18 July 2017 |first=Karthik |last=Kumar |accessdate=30 December 2018}}</ref> Other notable early work by the singer included "Kanni Pengal" from the [[Ajith Kumar]]-starrer ''[[Kaadhal Mannan]]'' (1998), "Kikku Yerudhey" from ''[[Padayappa]]'' (1999) and "Oh Mariya" from ''[[Kadhalar Dhinam]]'' (1999).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ajithfans.com/music-review-kadhal-mannan/ |title=Music Review - Kadhal Mannan - Ajithfans - Actor Ajith Kumar E-Fans Association |publisher=Ajithfans |date= |accessdate=4 November 2017 |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107020727/http://www.ajithfans.com/music-review-kadhal-mannan/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.last.fm/music/Febi+Mani/+wiki |title=Febi Mani's Biography — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at |publisher=Last.fm |date=1 January 1970 |accessdate=4 November 2017}}</ref>


Following her marriage, Febi reduced her work commitments and has worked on film albums less often.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/veerasaami-tamil-movie-songs-7241 |title=Veerasaami Music Review |publisher=Indiaglitz |accessdate=4 November 2017}}</ref>
After her marriage, Mani reduced her work commitments and has worked on film albums less often.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/veerasaami-tamil-movie-songs-7241 |title=Veerasaami Music Review |website=IndiaGlitz |accessdate=4 November 2017}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Febi Mani married music director [[Srikanth Deva]] on 20 February 2005 in Chennai. The event was attended by several film personalities from the Tamil film industry including [[Rajinikanth]], [[A. R. Rahman]] and [[Suriya]], who were acquainted with either Febi, Srikanth or Srikanth's father, music composer [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]. Their first daughter, Varanya, was born in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/News/22-2-05/srikanthdeva_wed.htm |title=Srikanth Deva's Wedding |publisher=Behindwoods |date=22 February 2005 |accessdate=4 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/srikanth-deva-and-febi-got-married-news-tamil-kkfv8eaaajdsi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004209/http://www.sify.com/movies/srikanth-deva-and-febi-got-married-news-tamil-kkfv8eaaajdsi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2017 |title=Srikanth Deva and Febi got married! |publisher=Sify.com |date= |accessdate=4 November 2017}}</ref>
Mani married music director [[Srikanth Deva]] on 20 February 2005 in Chennai. The event was attended by several film personalities from the Tamil film industry including [[Rajinikanth]], [[A. R. Rahman]] and [[Suriya]], who were acquainted with either Mani, Srikanth or Srikanth's father, music composer [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]. Their first daughter, Varanya, was born in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/News/22-2-05/srikanthdeva_wed.htm |title=Srikanth Deva's Wedding |website=Behindwoods |date=22 February 2005 |accessdate=4 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/srikanth-deva-and-febi-got-married-news-tamil-kkfv8eaaajdsi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004209/http://www.sify.com/movies/srikanth-deva-and-febi-got-married-news-tamil-kkfv8eaaajdsi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2017 |title=Srikanth Deva and Febi got married! |website=[[Sify]] |date= |accessdate=4 November 2017}}</ref>


==Notable discography==
==Notable discography==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f5f5f5;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f5f5f5;"
|-
|-
! Year !! Song title !! Film !! Music Director !! Notes
! Year !! Film !! Song title !! Music director
|-
|-
| 1995 || "Kokku Saiva Kokku" || ''[[Muthu (film)|Muthu]]'' || [[A. R. Rahman]] ||
| 1995  
| ''[[Muthu (film)|Muthu]]''  
| "Kokku Saiva Kokku" || [[A. R. Rahman]]  
|-
|-
| 1997 || "Chinna Chinna Kanamma" || ''[[Bharathi Kannamma]]'' || [[Deva (composer)]] ||
| rowspan="2" | 1997
| ''[[Bharathi Kannamma]]''  
| "Chinna Chinna Kanamma" || [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]  
|-
|-
| 1997 || "Strawberry Kanne" || ''[[Minsara Kanavu]]'' || A. R. Rahman ||
| ''[[Minsara Kanavu]]''  
| "Strawberry Kanne" || A. R. Rahman  
|-
|-
| 1998 || "Kanni Pengal" || ''[[Kaadhal Mannan]]'' || [[Bharathwaj]] ||
| rowspan="4" | 1998
| ''[[Kaadhal Mannan]]''  
| "Kanni Pengal" || [[Bharadwaj (composer)|Bharadwaj]]  
|-
|-
| 1998 || "Maattekki Thooge" || ''[[Bavagaru Bagunnara?]]'' || [[Mani Sharma]] ||
| ''[[Bavagaru Bagunnara?]]'' (Telugu)
| "Maattekki Thooge" || [[Mani Sharma]]  
|-
|-
| 1998 || "Love Theme" || ''[[Jeans (film)|Jeans]]'' || A. R. Rahman ||
| ''[[Jeans (film)|Jeans]]''  
| "Love Theme" || rowspan="7" | A. R. Rahman  
|-
|-
| 1998 || "[[Dil Se Re]]" || ''[[Dil Se]]'' || A. R. Rahman ||
| ''[[Dil Se]]'' (Hindi)
| "[[Dil Se Re]]"
|-
|-
| 1999 || "Kikku Yerudhey" || ''[[Padayappa]]'' || A. R. Rahman ||
| rowspan="5" | 1999
| ''[[Padayappa]]''  
| "Kikku Yerudhey"
|-
|-
| 1999 || "Oh Mariya" || ''[[Kadhalar Dhinam]]'' || A. R. Rahman ||
| ''[[Kadhalar Dhinam]]''  
| "Oh Mariya"
|-
|-
| 1999 || "Adi Manjakelange" || ''[[Taj Mahal (1999 film)|Taj Mahal]]'' || A. R. Rahman ||
| ''[[Kadhalar Dhinam]]'' - Telugu (D)
| "Oh Mariya"
|-
|-
| 1999 || "Kizhakke Nandavanam" || ''[[Taj Mahal (1999 film)|Taj Mahal]]'' || A. R. Rahman ||
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Taj Mahal (1999 film)|Taj Mahal]]''  
| "Adi Manjakelange"
|-
|-
| 2001 || "Jothi Neranjava" || ''[[12B]]'' || [[Harris Jayaraj]] ||
| "Kizhakke Nandavanam"  
|-
|-
| 2001 || "Hari Gori" || ''[[Majunu]]'' || Harris Jayaraj ||
| 2000
| ''[[Kadhalar Dhinam]]'' - Hindi (D)
| "Oh Mariya" || [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
|-
| 2001 || "Krishna Krishna" || ''[[Dumm Dumm Dumm]]'' || [[Karthik Raja]] ||
| rowspan="5" | 2001
| ''[[12B]]''  
| "Jothi Neranjava" || rowspan="2" | [[Harris Jayaraj]]
|-
|-
| 2001 || "Paarthale Paravasam" || ''[[Paarthale Paravasam]]'' || A. R. Rahman ||
| ''[[Majunu]]''  
| "Hari Gori"
|-
|-
| 2001 || "Minchulli Kenne" || ''[[Hoo Anthiya Uhoo Anthiya]]'' || Karthik Raja ||
| ''[[Dumm Dumm Dumm]]''  
| "Krishna Krishna" || [[Karthik Raja]]
|-
|-
| 2002 || "Vidai Kodu Engal Naadae" || ''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]'' || A. R. Rahman ||
| ''[[Paarthale Paravasam]]''  
| "Paarthale Paravasam" || A. R. Rahman  
|-
|-
| 2002 || "Kaatrukku Kaatrukku" || ''[[Thulluvadho Ilamai]]'' || [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] ||
| ''[[Hoo Anthiya Uhoo Anthiya]]'' (Kannada)
| "Minchulli Kenne" || Karthik Raja  
|-
|-
| 2004 || "Yaaru Yaaru Ivano" || ''[[M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi]]'' || [[Srikanth Deva]] ||
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| ''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]''  
| "Vidai Kodu Engal Naadae" || A. R. Rahman
|-
|-
| 2004 || "Iruvathu Vayasu" || ''[[Arasatchi]]'' || Harris Jayaraj ||
| ''[[Thulluvadho Ilamai]]''  
| "Kaatrukku Kaatrukku" || [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
|-
|-
| 2004 || "Aadatanamaa" || ''[[Gharshana]]'' || Harris Jayaraj ||
| rowspan="5" | 2004
| ''[[M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi]]''  
| "Yaaru Yaaru Ivano" || [[Srikanth Deva]]
|-
|-
| 2004 || "Coimbatore" || ''[[Jithan]]'' || [[Srikanth Deva]] ||
| ''[[Arasatchi]]''  
| "Iruvathu Vayasu" || rowspan="2" | Harris Jayaraj
|-
|-
| 2005 || "Kanavugal" || ''[[Ullam Ketkumae]]'' || Harris Jayaraj ||
| ''[[Gharshana]]'' (Telugu)
| "Aadatanamaa"
|-
|-
| 2005 || "Stranger in Black" || ''[[Anniyan]]'' || Harris Jayaraj ||
| ''[[Phir Milenge (2004 film)|Phir Milenge]]''  (Hindi)
| "Phir Milenge" || Bhavatharini
|-
| ''[[Jithan]]''
| "Coimbatore" || Srikanth Deva
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005  
| ''[[Ullam Ketkumae]]''
| "Kanavugal" || rowspan="2" | Harris Jayaraj
|-
| ''[[Anniyan]]''
| "Stranger in Black"  
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Peraanmai]]'' || "Thuppaaki Penne" || Vidyasagar
|}
|}


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Febi Mani
BornChennai, India
GenresPlayback singing
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1997–present

Febi Mani (also credited as Febi Srikanth Deva) is an Indian playback singer who has worked in the Indian film industry. She worked extensively with A. R. Rahman during the late 1990s and early 2000s, while also regularly collaborating with Harris Jayaraj.[1]

Career[edit | edit source]

Early in her career, Mani collaborated frequently with A. R. Rahman, working on big budget projects including for "Kokku Saiva Kokku" from K. S. Ravikumar's Muthu (1995), "Love Theme" from Shankar's Jeans (1998) and "Dil Se Re" in Mani Ratnam's Dil Se (1998). The Hindustan Times called "Strawberry Kanne" from Minsara Kanavu (1997), sung by Kay Kay and Febi Mani, "one of the most engaging tracks Rahman has ever composed", adding the musician employed "fabulous use of a motley assortment of instruments in the song that drove the story forward in the movie".[2] Other notable early work by the singer included "Kanni Pengal" from the Ajith Kumar-starrer Kaadhal Mannan (1998), "Kikku Yerudhey" from Padayappa (1999) and "Oh Mariya" from Kadhalar Dhinam (1999).[3][4]

After her marriage, Mani reduced her work commitments and has worked on film albums less often.[5]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Mani married music director Srikanth Deva on 20 February 2005 in Chennai. The event was attended by several film personalities from the Tamil film industry including Rajinikanth, A. R. Rahman and Suriya, who were acquainted with either Mani, Srikanth or Srikanth's father, music composer Deva. Their first daughter, Varanya, was born in 2007.[6][7]

Notable discography[edit | edit source]

Year Film Song title Music director
1995 Muthu "Kokku Saiva Kokku" A. R. Rahman
1997 Bharathi Kannamma "Chinna Chinna Kanamma" Deva
Minsara Kanavu "Strawberry Kanne" A. R. Rahman
1998 Kaadhal Mannan "Kanni Pengal" Bharadwaj
Bavagaru Bagunnara? (Telugu) "Maattekki Thooge" Mani Sharma
Jeans "Love Theme" A. R. Rahman
Dil Se (Hindi) "Dil Se Re"
1999 Padayappa "Kikku Yerudhey"
Kadhalar Dhinam "Oh Mariya"
Kadhalar Dhinam - Telugu (D) "Oh Mariya"
Taj Mahal "Adi Manjakelange"
"Kizhakke Nandavanam"
2000 Kadhalar Dhinam - Hindi (D) "Oh Mariya" A. R. Rahman
2001 12B "Jothi Neranjava" Harris Jayaraj
Majunu "Hari Gori"
Dumm Dumm Dumm "Krishna Krishna" Karthik Raja
Paarthale Paravasam "Paarthale Paravasam" A. R. Rahman
Hoo Anthiya Uhoo Anthiya (Kannada) "Minchulli Kenne" Karthik Raja
2002 Kannathil Muthamittal "Vidai Kodu Engal Naadae" A. R. Rahman
Thulluvadho Ilamai "Kaatrukku Kaatrukku" Yuvan Shankar Raja
2004 M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi "Yaaru Yaaru Ivano" Srikanth Deva
Arasatchi "Iruvathu Vayasu" Harris Jayaraj
Gharshana (Telugu) "Aadatanamaa"
Phir Milenge (Hindi) "Phir Milenge" Bhavatharini
Jithan "Coimbatore" Srikanth Deva
2005 Ullam Ketkumae "Kanavugal" Harris Jayaraj
Anniyan "Stranger in Black"
2009 Peraanmai "Thuppaaki Penne" Vidyasagar

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Tamil Playback Singer Febi Mani". Nettv4u. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Kumar, Karthik (18 July 2017). "Top 10 Tamil songs by AR Rahman you should have on your playlist". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Music Review - Kadhal Mannan - Ajithfans - Actor Ajith Kumar E-Fans Association". Ajithfans. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Febi Mani's Biography — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at". Last.fm. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Veerasaami Music Review". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Srikanth Deva's Wedding". Behindwoods. 22 February 2005. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Srikanth Deva and Febi got married!". Sify. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

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