Megha (singer)

Megha (singer)
Megha
Birth name Harini Ramachandran
Born March 18, 1987 (1987-03-18) (age 24)
Genres Carnatic, Western Classical
Occupations Playback singer, Live Performer
Instruments Vocalist
Years active 2007-current
Website http://www.singermegha.com/

Megha (Tamil: மேக்ஹா; born on March 18, 1987 as Harini Ramachandran (Tamil: ஹரிணி ராமசந்திரன்)) is a Tamil playback singer singing predominantly in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.

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Early life

Megha is a great grand daughter of Papanasam Sivan, a Carnatic composer. Born in Chennai, she relocated to Bangalore where she did most of her schooling. She did her Bachelors in Commerce in Chennai and pursued her Masters in Human Resources whilst making a foray into the field of playback singing in 2007. She has completed Grade 8 from Trinity College London in Western classical music under the guidance of renowned musician Augustine Paul from Chennai.

Career

Megha is a playback singer in the South Indian film industry. She was introduced into the film industry by music director Vijay Antony in the film Naan Avanillai (2007 film) (2007), and has worked with music directors including A. R. Rahman, Ilaiyaraaja, Harris Jayaraj, Devi Sri Prasad, Vijay Antony and D. Imman.

She actively performs in western classical concerts in Chennai, and has also learnt Hindustani classical music recently. She performs with the Madras Music Association choir.[1]

Awards

  • Kannadasan Award – Ajanta Fine Arts
  • 2010: Nominated, Vijay Music Award for Best Song of the Masses - "Singham Singham" from Singam[2][dead link]

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