List of songs recorded by K. S. Chithra

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Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963), credited as K. S. Chithra or Chithra, is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning over four decades, she has recorded 25,000 songs[1] in various Indian languages including Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Odia,[2][3] Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Tulu, Rajasthani, Urdu, Sanskrit, and Badaga as well as foreign languages such as Malay, Latin, Arabic, Sinhalese, English and French.[4] She is also known for her extensive history of collaboration in the songs with Music Composers A.R. Rahman, Ilaiyaraja, Hamsalekha,[5] M. M. Keeravani and with the playback singers KJ Yesudas and SP Balasubramaniyam over the years. She is regarded as a cultural icon of Kerala[1] and is fondly called as the Melody Queen and [6] Nightingale of South India.[7]

Chithra is a recipient of six National Film Awards, eight Filmfare Awards South and 36 different state film awards. She has won film awards from all the four south Indian states.[8][9][10] She was awarded India's third highest civilian honor Padma Bhushan in 2021 and Padma Shri in 2005 for her valuable contributions towards the Indian musical fraternity.[11][12][13][14] Chithra is the first Indian woman who was honored by the House of Commons, British Parliament, United Kingdom in 1997[8] and is the only singer from India who was honored by the Government of China at the Qinghai International Music and Water Festival in 2009.[15] She is conferred with the highest honour of Rotary International, For the Sake of Honour award in 2001[citation needed] and has received the MTV Video Music Award – International Viewer's Choice at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York in 2001.[16] She received honorary doctorates from Sathyabama University in 2011[17][18] and from The International Tamil University, United States in 2018.[19][20]

Hindi songs[edit]

Main article: List of Hindi songs recorded by K. S. Chithra

Tamil songs[edit]

Main article: List of Tamil songs recorded by K. S. Chithra

Telugu songs[edit]

Main article: List of Telugu songs recorded by K. S. Chithra

Malayalam songs[edit]

Main article: List of Malayalam songs recorded by K. S. Chithra

Kannada songs[edit]

Main article: List of Kannada songs recorded by K. S. Chithra

Bengali songs[edit]

This is Incomplete list

Year Film Song Composer(s) Co-artist(s)
1994 Nag Panchami "Aay Re Basanta" Prafulla Kar S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Chal Chal Haati Tui"
"Nag Panchami"
"Janma Janma" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
1999 Sudhu Ekbar Bolo "Bolo Sudhu Ek Baar" Babul Bose Babul Supriyo
"Hey Gore Gore America"
"Kokila Kokila Tu Gaye"
"Oh Daddy Daddy"

Odia songs[edit]

This is Incomplete list

Year Film Song Composer(s) Co-artist(s)
1992 Naga Panchami "Mani Nageshwari" Prafulla Kar
"Zanama Zanama" Mahaprasad Kar
1994 Pacheri Uthila Majhi Duaru "Sajani Mo Sajani" Prafulla Kar Debasish
"To Premare"
1995 Mani Nageswari "Kana Kalu Kana Kalu" Akshaya Mohanty
"He Naga Mata"
"Ete Dina Gala Pare"
1999 Sarpanch Babu "Sundara Muhan Ku" Amarendra Mohanty Mano
"Dauna Dauna"
Sasu Hatakadi Bhauja Bedi "Suna Ama Ghara" Akshaya Mohanty Bhibu Das
"Ku Ku Ku Ku Kuhu" Badri Narayan Mohanty
"Fusuru Fusuru"
"Chuna Hela Ei Sunara"

Tulu songs[edit]

Year Movie Song Composer(s) Co-artist(s)
2014 Madime "Taka Taka" A K Vijay Solo

Punjabi songs[edit]

Year Album Song Composer(s) Co-artist(s)
2000 Sunset Point "Pakhiyan Ve" Vishal Bhardwaj Solo

Rajasthani songs[edit]

Year Album Song Composer(s) Co-artist(s)
2000 Piya Basanti "Rangeelo Rut" Sandesh Shandilya Ustad Sultan Khan
2006 Ustad And The Divas "Thaari Ghoomar Chay" Sandesh Shandilya Ustad Sultan Khan

English songs[edit]

Year Album / Film Song Composer(s) Co-artist(s)
2005 Heart Beats "Wake Me Up" Balabhaskar George Peters
2009 Fantasy Ride "Turn Tables" Ciara Ciara
2010 The Imagine Project "The Song Goes on" Herbie Hancock Chaka Khan, Anoushka Shankar, Wayne Shorter
2014 Million Dollar Arm "Unborn Child" A R Rahman P. Unnikrishnan

Latin songs[edit]

Year Album / Film Song Composer(s) Co-artist(s)
2005 Gloria "Adeste Fideles" Jerry Amaldev Chorous

Arabic songs[edit]

Year Album / Film Song Composer(s) Co-artist(s)
2009 Amrelhob "Amrelhob" Jawed Al Ali Jawed Al Ali

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pradeep, K. (2019-08-22). "Celebrating 40 years of singer KS Chithra, the queen of melody". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  2. ↑ "K.S Chithra Odia Songs".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "K.S Chitra Odia Song-Mani Nageswari(1995)".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ Article (5 March 2016). "Chithra in concert and workshop". The Hindu.
  5. ↑ Bhumika K. (29 March 2016). "Music has helped me live". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "celebrating 40 years of singer ks chithra, the queen of melody". The Hindu. 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  7. ↑ "Music is the reason for my existence: K S Chithra". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 S.R. Ashok Kumar (21 July 2005). "One more feather in her cap". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 July 2005.
  9. ↑ Film beat (13 April 2018). "Singers Who Won National Award For Malayalam Songs". Film Beat.
  10. ↑ Filmfare (16 June 2018). "Winners of the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018". Filmfare.com.
  11. ↑ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2009)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  12. ↑ "Padma Awards 2021 announced". Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "Shinzo Abe, Tarun Gogoi, Ram Vilas Paswan among Padma Award winners: Complete list". The Times of India. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  14. ↑ Sharma, Priyanka (25 January 2021). "SPB honoured with Padma Vibhushan posthumously; KS Chithra gets Padma Bhushan". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  15. ↑ "Lars Grünwoldt 2009 - Special Concert Qinghai (China)". KKManagement. 31 July 2009.
  16. ↑ "Hindustan at MTV Awards". The Times of India. 9 September 2001.
  17. ↑ "Sathyabhama doctorates for scientist, stars". The New Indian Express. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  18. ↑ "Honoris Causa 2011 - Satyabhama University". Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  19. ↑ "Honorary Doctorate from International Tamil University, USA". Facebook. 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  20. ↑ "Honorary Doctorate from International Tamil University - USA". Facebook. 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2020-09-15.

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