Radhakrishnan in 1979 who recorded her voice for films and private albums.
Chithra is referred to as Chinna Kuyil (English: Little Nightingale) or Keralathinte Vanambadi (English: Nightingale of Kerala) or Nightingale of South India.Ĭhithra was introduced to Malayalam playback by M. She is consider to be the only South Indian female singer to present her maiden concert in the world's prestigious concert hall Royal Albert Hall in London Her song 'Kannalane/Kehna Hi Kya' from the film Bombay (1995) was included in The Guardian 's '1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear' list. She is considered to be the first Indian woman to be honoured by House Of Commons, British Parliament, United Kingdom. She was honored with India's civilian honor Padma Shri in 2005. She has won all the four south Indian state film awards. She is a recipient of six National Film Awards, seven Filmfare Awards South and 34 different state film awards. She has recorded more than 25,000 Songs for various films and albums. She has sung in a number of Indian languages as well as Urdu, Latin, Arabic, Sinhalese and English. Chithra also sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. Chithra or simply Chithra, is an Indian playback singer from Kerala. Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra, often credited as K.
