Charulatha Mani

Dr Charulatha Mani is a leading film playback singer and composer. Her "Isai Payanam" concerts honor the beauty of Indian Ragas. Across purely classical, semi-classical and film music genres, this masterful concert concept devised by Dr Mani weaves together musical idioms across various Indian languages. Hugely popular among Indian music lovers across the globe, Charulatha has a soulful mesmerizing voice. A sought after playback singer, she works with top film music directors including Isai Puyal A R Rahman. A selection of her award-winning film songs in Indian movies include: - "Chillax" from Ilayathalapathy Vijay's "Velayudham" - "En uchi mandaila" from Vijay's "Vettaikaran" -"Theeye theeye" from Surya starrer "Maaatran" -"Kannukul pothivaippen" from "Thirumanam enum nikkah" - Recently "Sada nannu" (Telugu) and "Thandaay" (Tamil) from actress Savitri's biopic - National Award - "Chennai Express" Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone. Also an accomplished researcher and academic, Charulatha has a PhD in music from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University on intersections between Karnatik music and Italian Opera.