Tamil-language playback singers

Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody" and "Voice of the Millennium".

Indian composer and musician

Asha Bhosle was an Indian playback singer, businesswoman, actress and television personality who predominantly worked in Indian cinema. Known for her versatility, she was described in the media as one of the greatest and most influential singers in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning over eight decades, she recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and won several accolades including two National Film Awards, four BFJA Awards, eighteen Maharashtra State Film Awards, nine Filmfare Awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award and a record seven Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer, in addition to two Grammy nominations. In 2000, she was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in the field of cinema. In 2008, she was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian honour of the country. The Guinness Book of World Records acknowledged her in 2011 as the most recorded artist in music history.

Indian playback singer

Indian actor, activist and joker (born 1954 )

Indian actress

Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, known professionally as Vijay, is an Indian actor and politician who works in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning over three decades, he's acted in 69 films in a lead role and is amongst the highest paid actors in India. He is one of the most commercially successful actors in the industry with multiple films amongst the list of highest-grossing Tamil films. He has won several awards as an actor. Referred to as "Thalapathy" (transl. Commander), he has a significant fan following.

Indian singer

Nepalese playback singer

Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, lyricist and playback singer who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He has mainly acted in Tamil films, as well as few Hindi and Telugu films. Having starred in 50 films over his career, his accolades include four National Film Awards (two as actor and two as producer), fourteen SIIMA Awards, eight Filmfare Awards South and a Filmfare Award. One of the highest paid actors in Tamil cinema, he has been included in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list six times.

Indian actress

Indian actor and playback singer

Indian playback singer

Indian playback singer (1946–2020)

Indian actress and singer

Indian singer

Indian singer and composer

Indian singer

Indian playback singer (1968–2022)

Indian playback singer

Ilaiyaraaja (born Gnanathesigan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominantly in Tamil in addition to Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. Regarded as one of the most prolific composers, in a career spanning over forty-nine years, he has composed over 8,600 songs, provided film scores for about 1,523 feature films in nine languages, and performed in over 20,000 concerts. He was one of the earliest Indian film composers to use Western classical music harmonies

Indian film actress and playback singer

Indian actor and singer

Indian playback singer and film actress

Indian actress

Indian playback singer and musician from Kerala.

Indian classical dancer and playback singer

Indian singer

Indian singer

Indian pop-rock singer

Indian actor

Indian actor and film director

Indian musician

Indian Carnatic vocalist

Indian playback singer

Silambarasan Tesingu Rajendar (born 3 February 1983), popularly known as Simbu or by his initials as STR, is an Indian actor, producer,director and playback singer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He is a recipient of two Edison Awards and three SIIMA Awards.

Indian singer

Indian playback singer

Indian singer (1945–2023)

Indian music composer

Indian actor

singer, music composer and teacher

Chinnaponnu (also credited as Chinna Ponnu or Chinnaponnu Kumar) is a folk and playback singer from the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

Canadian playback singer

Indian singer

Indian singer

Indian singer

Indian playback singer and songwriter

Indian singer, songwriter, performing artist and actress

Indian actress

Sivakarthikeyan (born 17 February 1985), also known by his initials as SK, is an Indian actor, playback singer, lyricist, and film producer primarily active in Tamil cinema. He served as a television presenter before his entry into films. He is a recipient of one Filmfare Award, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and eight SIIMA Awards.

Indian singer

Indian singer

playback singer

Indian singer

Divya Venkatasubramaniam Iyer, better known by her stage name Kaniha, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema along with a few Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movies. Kaniha made her debut in the 2002 Tamil film Five Star.

Indian film actor and television personality (1961-2021)

Indian playback singer

Indian singer

Indian singer