Maarivil Maayana - Sithara

Sithara (2007- present)

Sithara Krishnakumar (Malayalam: സിതാര) (born July 1, 1986) is an Indian singer. Popularly known by her first name, Sithara is a playback singer in Malayalam who has also recorded songs for a number of Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Trained in Hindustani and Carnatic Classical Music traditions, she is also a recognized Ghazal singer. She travels extensively in India and abroad and has performed at more than a hundred stage shows. Pop, Folk and Fusion being her other areas of interest, she has collaborated with various popular musical bands in Kerala.

Sithara started off her playback singing career in the year 2007 with the song Pammi Pammi in Vinayan's Malayalam film Athishayan. Formerly, she was the winner of several musical talent shows like Asianet Saptha Swarangal (2004), Kairali TV Gandharva Sangeetham (Seniors) and Jeevan TV Voice 2004 which served to bring her multifarious talents to the fore. She also won Jeevan TV's 2 Crore Apple Megastars in 2008. She has gained a good reputation as a devoted Ghazal singer and a passionate stage performer of other vocal genres. So far she has worked with noted composers like Rajamani, Ouseppachan, M. Jayachandran, G. V. Prakash Kumar, Berny Ignatius and Palash Sen and rendered her voice to over fifty film songs including Malayalam and other Indian languages. She is all set to launch a Ghazal album and her own production on ethnic music of Kerala.

She has been recognized with several musical awards and nominations for her musical talent. She won the Kerala State Award for the Best Female Singer (2012) for 'Enundodee' from the film Celluloid.She won Baburaj Memorial Award for the Best Female Singer in 2002, Swaralaya Kairali Yesudas Award in 2004, Drishya Award for the Best Female Album Singer in 2009, Mohammed Rafi Memorial Award in 2011, Vayalar Samskarika Vedi Award in 2011, Channel-L Award and Kannur Rajan Memorial Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2012. She also got nominated for the Best Female Playback Singer Award at Star Vijay Awards 2013. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.