Manjari Babu (born 17 April 1986) is an India

India

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n playback singer

Playback singer

A playback singer is a singer whose singing is prerecorded for use in movies. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras, while the actual singer does not appear on screen.-South Asia:...

 active mainly in Malayalam

Malayalam language

Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...

. She was born in 1986 in Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...

 and grew up in Muscat

Muscat, Oman

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. Her first stage performance was with Shiva, the Kolkota based rock band, when she was in class eight.

Since her début, she has worked with the likes of Ramesh Narayan, Ilayaraaja, M. G. Radhakrishnan

M. G. Radhakrishnan

M. G. Radhakrishnan was a senior music director and Carnatic vocalist from Kerala. He is highly regarded as one of the most successful light music and film music composer in Malayalam.- Personal life :M. G...

, Kaithapram Viswanathan, Vidyasagar

Vidyasagar (music director)

Vidyasagar is an Award-Winning Indian film music director and music composer in the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi film industry. He is very popular in South Indian music industry and best known for his soulful melodies. His fast numbers to many films have earned him much fame too. He has...

, M. Jayachandran

M. Jayachandran

M. Jayachandran is a film score composer, singer and musician in the Malayalam film industry. He has won Kerala State Film Awards for best music director in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010, maximum awards won by any music director. He also won the state award for best male singer in 2005...

, Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...

 and the late Raveendran

Raveendran

M. Raveendran , fondly called as "Raveendran Master" was a popular South Indian music composer and Playback singer from Kerala. He was always referred to as the aristocratic music director of Malayalam who had a distinctive style of his own. He composed more than 150 films primarily for the...

. She has also sung for albums such as Balabhaskar's Mazhayil Aaro Oral. She has over 40 Tamil and Malayalam films and several albums to her credit.

Manjari won the Kerala State Film Award

Kerala State Film Award

The Kerala State Film Awards are the most prestigious film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy since 1998 on behalf of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala, India....

 for the best female singer twice; the first one was in 2004, for the song Mukilin makale in the film Makalku and the second came in 2008 for the song Mullulla Murikkinmel in Vilapangalkappuram

Vilapangalkappuram

Vilapangalkkappuram is a Malayalam film scripted and directed by T. V. Chandran in 2008. The film is based on the aftermath of the Gujarat riots of 2002. The film won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film in 2008...

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Films

Year	Film	Song(s)	Notes
2005	Achuvinte Amma		Asianet Award
2005	Makalkku	Mukilin Makalee	Kerala State Award
2005	Kochi Rajavu	Kinavin Kilikale
2005	Daivanamathil
2005	Anandabhadram	Pinakkamaano
2006	Out of Syllabus	Poi varuvaan
2006	Rasathanthram	Attinkara	Asianet Award
2006	Vadakkumnathan
2006	Classmates
2007	Vinodayatra	Kaiyetha Kombathu
2007	Hello	Mazhavillin Neelima, Bhajan
2007	Nasrani	Eeran Meghame
2008	Positive	Orikkal née paranju
2011	Urumi	Chimmi Chimmi

Albums

• Ekakikalude Geetham
• Kashithumpe
• Mazhayilaroo
• Njanenna Gaanam
• Thottarvadi
• Ennum Ee Ponnonam
• Kinavile Raajathy
• Mizhikal
• Orikkal Nee Paranju
• Pranayamayee
• +2 kari
• Dilruba
• Ennennum
• Khanasyam
• Aattukaldevi amma

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards:

• 2008 - Best Playback Singer
  Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer
  The Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer winners:-Best Classical Music Singer:-References:**Specific...
  
   - Makalkku
  Makalkku
  Makalkku is a 2005 Malayalam film, made in India, by Jayaraj, and starring Suresh Gopi and Shobana.Notable Indian singer Adnan Sami performed a song in this movie, which became a superhit. -Plot:...
  
  ('Mukilin Makale')
• 2004 - Best Playback Singer
  Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer
  The Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer winners:-Best Classical Music Singer:-References:**Specific...
  
   - Vilapangalkappuram
  Vilapangalkappuram
  Vilapangalkkappuram is a Malayalam film scripted and directed by T. V. Chandran in 2008. The film is based on the aftermath of the Gujarat riots of 2002. The film won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film in 2008...
  
  ('Mullulla Murikkinmel')

Asianet Film Awards

Asianet Film Awards

The Asianet Film Awards is the most prominent award ceremony for Malayalam films presented annually by Asianet, a Malayalam-language television network from the south-Indian state of Kerala. The awards ceremony has been instituted to honour both artistic and technical excellence in the Malayalam...

:

• 2006 - Best Female Playback - Rasathanthram
  Rasathanthram
  Rasathanthram is a 2006 Malayalam drama movie directed by Sathyan Anthikkad, starring Mohanlal and Meera Jasmine in lead roles. Other actors include Bharath Gopi, KPAC Lalitha, Innocent, Oduvil Unnikrishnan and Mamukkoya. Director Sathyan Anthikkad got the Mathrubhumi Best Director award for this...
  
  ('Attinkara')

Personal life

Manjari married Vivek Prasad, a fighter pilot in the Indian Navy on April 11, 2009 at Subrahmaniam hall in Thiruvananthapuram.

External links

• Interview: Manjari on a winning note