Shweta Mohan (born 19 November 1985)[2] is an Indian playback singer. She has received four Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Playback Singer, one Kerala State Film Award and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award. She has recorded more than 700 songs for film music and albums in all the four south Indian languages namely Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada in addition to the Hindi films and has established herself as a leading playback singer of South Indian cinema.

Shweta Mohan
Born	(1985-11-19) 19 November 1985 (age 36) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater	Stella Maris College, Chennai
Occupation	Singer music producer
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Aswin Sasi ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	1[1]
Parent(s)	Krishna Mohan Sujatha Mohan (singer)
Musical career
Genres	Filmi Pop Ghazal Classical Bhajan
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Labels	Independent Artis
Musical artist
Website	shwetamohan.com

Personal life

Shweta Mohan was born on 19 November 1985 to a Malayali family in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She is the daughter of Krishna Mohan and playback singer Sujatha Mohan. She completed schooling at Good Shepherd Convent, Chennai and graduated from Stella Maris College, Chennai.[3] She is married to her long-time friend, Ashwin Shashi.[4] Shweta Mohan and Ashwin Shashi have a daughter, Sresta Ashwin, who was born in 2017.[1]

Career

Shweta started her training in Carnatic music at the age of 9. As a child artiste, she recorded for the chorus of the songs 'Kuchi kuchi rakkamma' (Bombay) and 'Accham accham illai' (Indira) in the music direction of A. R. Rahman. Shweta has sung for music directors in India like Ilayaraja, A. R. Rahman, Vidyasagar, M M Keeravani, M. Jayachandran, Johnson, Sharreth, Ousepachan, Deepak Dev, Harris Jayaraj, Yuvan Shankar Raja, V. Harikrishna, G. V. Prakash, Mani Sharma, Kannan, N. R. Raghunanthan, Manikanth Kadri, Devi Sri Prasad and Anirudh Ravichander. Shweta is being trained in Carnatic classical vocal currently under Binni Krishnakumar who is also a playback singer.[5]

Awards & nominations

Shweta has received five Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Playback Singer, one Kerala State Film Awards and one Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. She is also a judge on the famous singing competition, Super Singer on Vijay Television. She further gained fame via her famous performances on the show.

Discography

Shweta has recorded songs for film music and albums in all the four South Indian languages namely, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada along with the Hindi language and has established herself as a leading playback singer of South Indian cinema.

Filmography

Shweta has appeared as a judge on several television reality shows and she also appears in music videos.

References

External links

• Shweta Mohan at IMDb