Connection
Swarnalatha is a Actor and Playback Singer Indian born on 29 april 1973
Swarnalatha (1973 – 12 September 2010) was an Indian playback singer. From 1987 onward, she rendered nearly 7,000 songs in many languages including Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Urdu, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi and Badaga.
She won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her rendition of the song "Porale Ponnuthayi" from the film Karuththamma. The song was composed by A. R. Rahman, under whose musical direction she recorded many memorable songs. Her distinctive voice, which could effortlessly reach high octaves, quickly made her a name to reckon with in the playback music industry.
Source : Wikidata
Swarnalatha
Nationality Inde
Birth 29 april 1973
Death 12 september 2010 (at 37 years)
Awards Filmfare Awards South
Birth 29 april 1973
Death 12 september 2010 (at 37 years)
Awards Filmfare Awards South
She won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her rendition of the song "Porale Ponnuthayi" from the film Karuththamma. The song was composed by A. R. Rahman, under whose musical direction she recorded many memorable songs. Her distinctive voice, which could effortlessly reach high octaves, quickly made her a name to reckon with in the playback music industry.
Biography
She was born in the village Kizhakkaepparra near Athikkode near Chittur, Palakkad, Kerala, to K. C. Cherukutty and Kalyani. Swarnalatha born with many brothers and sisters was the last born of a big family of music lovers. Her father was a good harmonium player and singer. Her mother also had interest in music. Swarnalatha was trained on the harmonium and keyboard. Swarnalatha's family later moved to Bhadravathi (Paper Town) in Shimoga District, where she had her education. Born in a family of musicians (father K. C. Cherukutty was a singer and harmonium player, while sister Saroja was her music guru initially). Swarnalatha took to music when she was in her teens.Usually with
Filmography of Swarnalatha (27 films)
Actress
Add to a movie list
Kadamattathachan (1984)
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Sukumari, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Prem Nazir, Sreevidya, Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai, Prathapachandran Nair
Rating56%
Sound
Sivappathigaram (2006)
, 2h13Directed by Karu Pazhanaiappan
Genres Action
Actors Vishal, Mamta Mohandas, Raghuvaran, Upendra Limaye, S. Manivannan, Rajan P. Dev
Roles Playback Singer
Rating55%
Professor Ilango comes to his native village near Theni, with his college going daughter, Charulatha (Mamta Mohandas). He has taken voluntary retirement from his college service and has come to live in his ancestral house. He plans to do research on folk songs and release a collection as a book. His student Sathiyamurthy (Vishal) assists him in this venture. Charulatha falls for Sathiya, on keenly observing his intellect, humaneness and social awareness. Meanwhile elections are announced to the State Legislature and the parties start finalizing the candidates for the constituencies. When the candidates start filing nominations, the dreadful things happen. Some candidates from both the major parties are murdered and all the candidates get jittery. Lot of candidates withdraw from the fray fearing death. The parties are in a fix on what to do. The Police are on the trace out for the killer. The Election Commission postpones the elections.
Chellamae (2004)
, 2h36Genres Thriller, Romance
Actors Vishal, Reema Sen, Bharath, Bhanupriya, Vivek, Girish Karnad
Roles Playback Singer
Rating60%
Mythili (Reema Sen) showers love and affection on Viswa (Bharath), her neighbor, since childhood. Viswa happens to be the only son of a rich business tycoon Rajasekhar (Girish Karnad), who loses his mother at a young age. Mythili treats Viswa as her younger brother and spends all her time with him. Meanwhile, Ragunandan(Vishal), an income tax officer, turns up at Rajasekhar's house for an IT raid and happens to meet Mythili there. They eventually fall in love and after a series of incidents they get wed locked. They settle in Goa then. The trouble begins when Viswa reaches Goa in search of Mythili. He manages to kidnap Mythili and bring her to Chennai. The reasons for Viswa's obsession and possessiveness towards Mythili unfolds as the movie progresses. Ragunandan who comes back to Goa finds the house deserted. The next door neighbor tells him that Mythili eloped with Viswa. He then begins to track her down and finds that the duo had left to Chennai. Ragunandan reaches Chennai, but is unable to tell his parents the real plight. With the help of Harichandra(Vivek), his colleague, he tries to trace her out. A chance look at the video of their marriage throws light on Viswa’s hatred towards Ragunandan. Now Ragunanthan is convinced that Mythili did not go on her own will. He confronts Viswa’s father but he is of no help. Finally he traces out the location of Viswa’s hideout. Mythili on the other hand pleads with Viswa to release her. She explains that she cannot be his wife and can see him only as a son or a little brother. The plea falls on deaf ears. In a racy climax on high seas, the three protagonists fight it out and Mythili hits Viswa with the boat oars. He plunges in to the sea in an unconscious condition taking Mythili along. Ragunanthan comes at the nick of the time to save her. Even though she had killed him because of her attack on him, she is filled with remorse.
Puthiya Geethai (2003)
Directed by Jagannaath
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Vijay, Meera Jasmine, Ameesha Patel, Kalabhavan Mani, Karunas Sethu, Vivek
Roles Playback Singer
Rating48%
Sarathy (Vijay) shines in every fact of life and be a role model to every youngster was predicted by an astrologer who also predicted that his life will end when he is 27. Without knowing this, Sarathy enjoys his life. Suji (Meera Jasmine) is his close friend while Jo (Amisha Patel), a photojournalist, adores Sarathy for his attitude and tricks Suji by saying she loves him and plays with her emotions. The incidents that follow with the accord to the astrologer's prediction forms the rest of the story.The power of positive thinking and the power of spoken word has been dramatically portrayed by Sarathy's character.
Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
, 2h17Directed by Mani Ratnam
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors R. Madhavan, Simran, Prakash Raj, Nandita Das, J. D. Chakravarthy, Pasupathy
Roles Playback Singer
Rating82%
The film begins in a small village in Sri Lanka called Mankulam, where Shyama (Nandita Das) is married to Dileepan (J. D. Chakravarthy), who along with few other Sri Lankan Tamils in the village, is part of the Tamil Tigers rebel association. While having a quiet moment, the couple hears sounds of Sri Lankan army troops approaching. He asks Shyama to leave while he remains in the forest. Shyama realizes that she is pregnant and waits in vain for Dileepan’s return. Her villagers begin fleeing to India to seek refugee due to the war. Shyama is initially stubborn to leave since one of the rebels says that he has seen Dileepan with bullet wounds in the forest, but her relatives convince her to seek refuge for her unborn child's sake. The villagers board a to the shores of Rameswaram. While a local collector takes down the names of the refugees, Shyama gives birth to a baby girl. However, the urge to find her husband and be with her people back home overwhelms Shyama and she leaves behind the newborn girl, hoping that the girl will lead a better life.
Junior Senior (2002)
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Mammootty, Hamsavardhan, Charle, Delhi Ganesh, K. R. Vijaya, Pandu
Roles Playback Singer
Rating51%
Alaipayuthey (2000)
, 2h36Directed by Mani Ratnam
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors R. Madhavan, Shalini Ajith Kumar, Jayasudha Kapoor, Swarnamalya, Vivek, Pyramid Natarajan
Roles Playback Singer
Rating82%
Karthik Varadarajan (Madhavan) is an independent and free-spirited software engineering graduate establishing a software start-up with his friends. At a friend's wedding, he meets Shakti Selvaraj (Shalini), a student of medicine at Madras Medical College. They continue to bump into each other on local trains that they both use on their daily commute, and fall in love. Karthik pursues Shakti aggressively and proposes marriage; Shakthi, however, is reluctant. Karthik manages to convince Shakthi and requests his parents to formally ask Shakti's parents for her hand in marriage; however, when the parents meet, they do not get along, and Shakti calls off the relationship altogether and leaves for an extended medical camp in Kerala.
Mugavari (2000)
, 2h36Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ajith Kumar, Jyothika, Raghuvaran, K. Viswanath, S. Manivannan, Vivek
Roles Playback Singer
Rating71%
Sridhar (Ajith Kumar) has been trying to become a music director for eight years. In spite of having earned an M.A., his only dream is to become a music director (he even calls the eight-year wait a "penance"). His family, consisting of his father (K. Vishwanath), his brother Shiva (Raghuvaran), his sister-in-law Shantha (Sitara) and his sister (Preitha Raghav), is fully supportive of him. He runs into Viji (Jyothika) and their friendship soon blossoms into love. She helps him get a foot in the door in the industry but bad luck spoils his chances.
Kadhalar Dhinam (1999)
, 2h12Directed by Kadhir
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Kunal Singh, Sonali Bendre, Nassar, S. Manivannan, Goundamani, Chinni Jayanth
Roles Playback Singer
Rating64%
Raja (Kunal) is from a poor family. Raja's dad is violent and an alcoholic. He spends the family's income on alcohol. Raja's family struggles to work hard everyday. Raja's mom requests him to move to Mumbai to start a new life. Raja approves his mom's request and moves to Mumbai to attend Ramachandra College.
Vaali (1999)
, 2h39Directed by S. J. Surya
Genres Thriller, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Ajith Kumar, Simran, Jyothika, Livingston, Vivek, Pandu
Roles Playback Singer
Rating78%
Deva and Shiva (both played by Ajith Kumar) are the twins. Deva, the elder, is deaf and mute. But he is a genius, an expert at lip-reading and the head of a successful advertising company. Shiva loves and trusts his brother. Priya (Simran) wants to marry only someone who is an ex-smoker, an ex-drunkard and ditched by a girl but still pining for her. Learning this, Shiva invents an old romance between him and Sona (Jyothika) and finds his way into Priya's heart.
Taal (1999)
, 2h59Directed by Subhash Ghai
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Aishwarya Rai, Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Amrish Puri, Alok Nath, Supriya Karnik
Roles Playback Singer
Rating65%
Manav (Akshaye Khanna) comes to visit India with his wealthy father Jagmohan Mehta (Amrish Puri), his aunt and uncle, and his father's employees. In Chamba he meets Mansi (Aishwarya Rai), the beautiful daughter of a spiritual singer named Tara Babu (Alok Nath); Jagmohan Mehta owns the Mehta & Mehta group and is into investing in Chamba; their families meet, and Jagmohan and Tara Babu become acquainted and friendly toward each other. Manav and Mansi fall in love, but when Jagmohan learns of this he packs the family up and moves them to their house in Mumbai, with the excuse that Mansi and her father are of low social status. However, he is nice to Tara Babu's face and invites him to come and stay with him in Mumbai if he, Tara Babu, ever happens to be visiting there. Mansi is distressed by Manav's departure but he assures her that he will not abandon her and that everything will be fine. She gives Manav his scarf which she modified, making it say "Manavsi", a juxtaposition of their names.
Kabhi Na Kabhi (1998)
, 2h51Directed by Priyadarshan
Genres Crime
Actors Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Pooja Bhatt, Paresh Rawal, Tinnu Anand
Roles Playback Singer
Rating44%
Kachra Seth runs an empire of collecting garbage, which is merely a front to cover-up for his other business - drug trafficking. He recruits a select group of people to carry out unpleasant tasks - such as beating someone up, or even killing someone. One of his recruits is Jaggu, who will do anything for a price. Jaggu loves Tina but is afraid to tell her. When Jaggu's mom is hospitalized, he comes to Kachra for monetary assistance, he is assigned to a task instead, and unable to complete the task he is apprehended by the police with the assistance of a librarian, and is subsequently found guilty and sent to prison. Jaggu's place is taken by Rajeshwar alias Raja, who is also attracted to Tina and even rescues her from one of Kachra's goons, Chabiley, and they both fall in love. When Jaggu returns from prison, he finds his mom has died, and his sister is missing, believed to have committed suicide. In anger, he concoctes a fool-proof plan to kill the librarian, and he does so. Jaggu does not know that the librarian is none other than Raja's dad, and Raja has sworn to hunt down his dad's killer, no matter what.
Dil Se.. (1998)
, 2h31Directed by Mani Ratnam
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Films about terrorism, Rape in fiction, Musiques du monde, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, Preity Zinta, Jiah Khan, Raghubir Yadav, Zohra Sehgal
Roles Playback Singer
Rating74%
Amar Kant Varma (Shahrukh Khan) is a Program executive for All India Radio. He is dispatched from New Delhi to cover festivities in Northeast India. On his way there, during a rainy night, Amar stops at Haflong train station to catch Baraks Valley express, as the train runs late, Amar meets a mysterious woman by herself who asks him for a cup of tea. When he returns with the tea, he watches her board the next train with three male passengers. Later, Amar spots the same woman in Silchar. He attempts to talk to her but she says she cannot recall meeting him before. As part of his news reporting assignment, for the occasion of fifty years of Indian Independence, Amar interviews many citizens of Barak Valley, and an extremist leader, who claim that the reason behind human rights violations, and poverty in the region is due to Indian Government, and that the Liberationists do not wish to enter into any dialogue with the government, and further justify their resistance in Utthar Purv.
Aravindhan (1997)
Genres Drama
Actors R. Sarathkumar, Nagma, Radhakrishnan Parthiban, Urvashi, Visu, Prakash Raj
Roles Playback Singer
Rating48%
The film is based on the 1968 Kizhavenmani massacre, in which 44 people were burnt alive.
Daud (1997)
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Road movies, Bollywood
Actors Sanjay Dutt, Urmila Matondkar, Paresh Rawal, Manoj Bajpayee, Vineeth, Neeraj Vora
Roles Playback Singer
Rating58%
The affable Nandu (Sanjay Dutt), a small-time crook who is hired to deliver a mysterious package to a notorious criminal named Pinky (Paresh Rawal). Feeling that he's being cheated on his delivery fee, Nandu holds out for more money, and soon finds himself on the run from both the angry gangsters and the police, who have launched a massive manhunt. Nandu and Bhavani (Urmila Matondkar), the lovely cabaret dancer who's tagging along for the ride, assume the package contains gold; both are unpleasantly surprised when it turns out to be something deadlier: a nuclear bomb.