Jyotsna Radhakrishnan

Infobox musical artist
Name = Jyotsna Radhakrishnan


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Born = Birth date and age|1986|9|5 flagicon|Kuwait Kuwait
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Origin = flagicon|India Thrissur, Kerala
Instrument = Vocalist
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Genre = playback singing
Occupation = Singer
Years_active = 1998-present
URL = [http://jyotsnamusic.org/ jyotsnamusic.org]

Jyotsna Radhakrishnan (born September 5, 1986) is a playback singer in Malayalam cinema. She is based in Thrissur, Kerala.

Early days

Jyotsna Radhakrishnan was born in Kuwait to Radhakrishnan and Girija. She was brought up in Abu Dhabi, and did her schooling up to 10th grade in Abu Dhabi. She is currently doing her final year Degree Course in English Literature, in Kerala, India. She has learnt both Carnatic and Hindustani music when moving back to Kerala.

inging career

Jyotsana's interest in music started at a very young age. She has learnt Carnatic vocal under Mangad Natesan (A.I.R. artiste) and also Hindustani classical vocal under Guru Dinesh Devdas. Although she started her career in Malayalam Cinema with the song "Valakilukkam Kettedee" from the film "Pranayamani Thooval" in 2002, she shot into the limelight with the song "Sughamanee Nilavu" from the film "Nammal" after which she has had a very busy professional singing career. Till now she has sung in almost 130 movies including Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu. She also has lent her voice for 200 albums. Some of her other hits include ”Karuppinazhagu” from "Swapnakoodu", "Melleyonnu" from "Manassinakkare", "Meheruba" from "Perumazhakkalam" etc.

Some of her latest films include "Classmates", "Pothen Vava", "Don", "Notebook" and "Janmam". She has traveled to the U.K., U.S.A and Singapore for musical programs and has performed with almost all leading playback singers of south India. She successfully concluded another North American tour recently with singer G. Venugopal, performing for Malayalees in major cities.

Awards

# Winner of Title trophy "Rasna Girl 2001" (Open UAE music competition in Hindi film songs)
# Prize winner in "Sangeetha Prathibha angamam" an open UAE music competition in Malayalam film songs.
# Lux-Asianet Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer 2003
# Shruthi Bharatham Award for best Female Playback Singer 2003
# "Yuva Prathibha" award by Pallavoor Appu Marar Smaraka Kala Kshetra 2003
# All Kerala Youth Campus Critics Award 2004
# Mahatma Gandhi Education Foundation Award 2004
# "Outstanding Young Person" Award by Jaycees
# Kaveri Film Critics TV Award 2004
# Jaycees Foundation Award for Best Female Playback Singer
# Film Audience Award 2005
# Gulf Malayalam Music Award 2006

Discography

Films

# Sukhamanee Nilavu- Nammal
# Karuppinazhagu-Swapnakkoodu
# Melleyonnu Padi- Manassinakkare
# Gujarati Kalthala- Pulival kalyanam
# Ninte Mizhimuna- For the People
# Themma Themma- Rain Rain Come Again
# Kalla Kalla- Youth Festival
# Mehruba Mehruba- Pezhumazhakkalam
# Pothenvava
# Classmates
# Pathaka
# Don
# Notebook
# Janmam
# Abraham & Lincoln

Albums

# Manicheppu
# Chempakame
# Malayalippennu
# Krishnapriya
# Ithu Premamo ( releasing on 2008) [http://www.ithupremamo.blogspot.com/]

links

* [http://jyotsnamusic.org/ Official website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1549859/ IMDB Entry]