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{{refimprove|date=January 2018}}K. S. Chithra (born 27 July 1963) is an Indian playback singer. Chithra's career began after she teamed up with music director M. G. Radhakrishnan in 1979 and sang few songs for him in Malayalam cinema. In 1985, after she was widely acclaimed for her rendition in the Tamil film Sindhu Bhairavi composed by Ilaiyaraaja, she began to get offers from all the South Indian film industries. For the 1986 Kannada film Sathkaara, composer Satyam called upon her to sing a duet song along with K. J. Yesudas and since then, Chithra has recorded around 2000 songs in Kannada film industry.[1] In the same year, composer M. Ranga Rao offered her two songs in the film Aruna Raaga. This was followed by "Sheela O My Sheela", a duet song with K. J. Yesudas and composed by Bappi Lahiri for the Dwarakish directorial fantasy-adventure film Africadalli Sheela. For the rest of the 1980s, she recorded songs for composers like Rajan-Nagendra, S. P. Venkatesh, Chakravarthy, Sankar Ganesh and Vijay Anand. Some of her popular songs in the 1980s were from the films such as Karunamayi (1987), Suprabhatha(1988), C.B.I. Shankar (1989), Hrudaya Geethe (1989) and Krishna Nee Kunidaga (1989). From the early 90s, she was the most preferred female voice in Kannada industry and Chitra sang for most of songs released for the entire decade. The 1990s saw Chithra being extensively featuring in most of the soundtracks composed by the popular composer Hamsalekha. Starting with the song "Idu Maya Bazaru" from the film C.B.I. Shankar, her collaboration with the composer brought out many successful songs from the films such as Muthina Haara ("Madikeri Sipayi" ), Navathare, Neenu Nakkare Haalu Sakkare, Shanti Kranti, Belli Kalungura, Chaitrada Premanjali, Gopi Krishna, Mannina Doni, Solillada Saradara, Hoovu Hannu, Annayya, Gadibidi Ganda, Mane Devru, Munjaneya Manju, Shrungara Kavya, Halunda Tavaru, Mahakshathriya, Himapatha, Putnanja, Karpoorada Gombe, Hrudaya Hrudaya and Shabdavedhi to name a few. Throughout the 1990s, she went on to become a notable singer in Kannada film industry with her perfection in diction and finesse. Her solos and duets with S. P. Balasubrahmanyam made her famous and she received great acclaim for portraying great deal of nativity in her singing. She continued to sing for notable music directors like V. Manohar, Sadhu Kokila, Deva, Rajesh Ramanath, Gurukiran, S. A. Rajkumar, K. Kalyan, Mano Murthy, V. Harikrishna, Arjun Janya and B. Ajaneesh Loknath. Her most frequent collaborations in Kannada has been with Hamsalekha, V. Manohar and her duet songs have been largely with S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and Rajesh Krishnan. She is fondly referred to as "Gaana Kogile" in Kannada cinema industry. The song "Hele Kogile" composed by Ilaiyaraaja for the film Nammura Mandara Hoove (1996) brought her the first Kannada state award. "Tunturu" and "Ee Sundara Beladingala" songs from Amrutha Varshini (1997),"Navileno Kunibeku" and "Hamsave Hamsave" from Gattimela, "Araluva Hoovugale" from My Autograph, "Onde Usiranthe" from Snehaloka, "Sangaathi" and "Oho Chenne Chenne" from Sparsha, amongst many others are considered Chithra's some of the most evergreen Kannada songs. Film Songs 1986 1987 1988 19891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011 - present References 1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/galleries/entertainment/2017/jul/27/happy-birthday-nightingale-10-actresses-whose-careers-are-incomplete-without-k-s-chithra-songs-100631.html|title=Happy birthday Nightingale: 10 actresses whose career is incomplete without K S Chithra songs|website=The New Indian Express|accessdate=2017-08-28}}
External links - Artist K. S. Chithra works
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