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Sunitha Sarathy is an Indian vocalist and performer in both Indian contemporary and Western classical music genres.[1] She is also a gospel singer who performs in various church choirs. After having won the "Virgin Voice Choice" contest – a joint initiative of Channel V and Virgin Records in the year 2000, Sarathy debuted into film playback in the year 2002.

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Sunitha Sarathy
Background information
Birth name	Sunitha Sarathy
Born	Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Genres	Western Classical, Gospel, R&B
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocalist
Years active	2002–current

She debuted as a playback singer with the Tamil film Yei! Nee Romba Azhagey Irruke guest-singing the prelude and interlude portions of the song "Ini Naanum Naanillai" with Srinivas and Sujatha Mohan as the lead singers.[2] Sarathy has around 200 film songs in various languages, performances as singer-keyboardist-percussionist across a wide spectrum of Western music genres including classical, jazz, soul and R&B, neo-soul and quiet storm, and a prolific output of gospel songs to her credit.[3]

Early life

Coming from a family well-versed in Western music (classical jazz), Sarathy started singing in choirs from a young age of four. Her mother Susheela Sarathy is a pianist and conductor of leading Madras choirs at Santhome Church and Lazarus Church. Sunitha's irrepressible talent conquered all, including her initial flippancy. Her performances at Santhome – including devotionals in Latin and Franz Schubert's Ave Maria – elevated her to star status among Madras' church music circles. She has had the honour of rendering the 'Easter Proclamation' – a typical Catholic chant – for three years before an overflowing San Thome Basilica.

In 2000, Sarathy won the Virgin Voice Choice contest – a joint initiative of Channel V and Virgin Records. Out of 45,000 entries, 1,500 contestants were shortlisted. Ten made it to the finals in Mumbai, of which Sarathy emerged as a winner.

Career

Sunitha Sarathy was noticed by playback singer Srinivas after her victory in the talent hunt program. He offered her a small portion of a song which he was guest-composing for the film Hey! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukke in the year 2002. Soon later, composer Harris Jayaraj recorded her voice for a Love theme and dance theme in his Telugu film Vasu. However she got a big break and wider recognition after singing the full-length solo song "Thoodu Varuma" for the blockbuster Tamil film, Kaakha Kaakha in the same year.

Sarathy got a national recognition for her playback singing for a Hindi – Tamil bilingual film Yuva / Aaytha Ezhuthu in 2004 both directed by Mani Ratnam with music composition by A. R. Rahman. Soon after this, Sarathy recorded her voice for many successful soundtracks in various languages. Some of her notable works are for the films that include Mitr, My Friend, Anniyan, Polladhavan, Vallavan, Kana Kandaen, Don 2, Happy Days, Sainikudu, Cheluvina Chittara among others.[4][5] She also recorded the song "Warriors in peace" for the Mandarin film Warriors of Heaven and Earth composed by A. R. Rahman.

Sarathy performed for a song at the 2006 Asian Games.[6]

In July 2013, Sunitha Sarathy became the first solo female performer from India to be signed by AKG microphones as an endorsee[7]

July 2014 saw the launch of Sunitha Sarathy's School of Vocal Excellence, a performance oriented learning center for aspiring singers.

Notable Filmography

Year	Song	Film Title	Language	Co-singer(s)
2002	"Ini Naanum Naanillai"	Hey! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukke	Tamil
2002	"Give me Hugs"	Mitr, My Friend	English
2003	"Warriors in Peace"	Warriors of Heaven and Earth	English/ Mandarin
2003	"Thoodu Varumaa"	Kaakha Kaakha	Tamil
2003	"Kaaka Kaaka Karuppu Paaru"	Julie Ganapathi	Tamil
2003	"Seduction Saawariya"	Boom	Hindi
2003	"Maaro Maaro"	Boys	Tamil/ Telugu
2003	"Habibi"	Tehzeeb	Hindi
2004	"My Heart Beats"	Prana	Kannada
2004	"Shaaba Shaaba"	Runway	Malayalam
2004	"Yaakai Thiri"	Aaytha Ezhuthu	Tamil
2004	"Hey Goodbye Nanba"	Aaytha Ezhuthu	Tamil
2004	"Fanaa"	Yuva	Hindi
2004	"Hey Khuda Hafiz"	Yuva	Hindi
2004	"Arakonathil"	Arasatchi	Tamil
2004	"Ivanthaana"	Kaadhal	Tamil
2004	"Andathanama"	Gharshana	Telugu
2004	"La La Lahiri"	Mass	Telugu
2004	"New New"	New	Tamil
2005	"My Wish comes true"	Kisna	Hindi
2005	"Chinna Chinna"	Kana Kandaen	Tamil
2005	"Dai Dai Kattikoda"	Sachien	Tamil
2005	"F TV Chiranjeevi"	Andarivaadu	Telugu
2005	"Pattuko Ko"	Naa Alludu	Telugu
2005	"Stranger in Black"	Anniyan	English/Tamil
2006	"Kalloori Saalaikkul"	Sivappathigaram	Tamil
2006	"Bangaranni"	Nuvvu Nenu Prema	Telugu
2006	"Hip Hip Hurray"	Vallavan	Tamil
2006	"Byla Bylamo"	Sainikudu	Telugu
2007	"Neeye Sol"	Polladhavan	Tamil
2007	"Yaar Iraivanai"	Oram Po	Tamil
2007	"Ye Cheekati"	Happy Days	Telugu
2008	"Chellame Chellame"	Satyam	Tamil
2008	"He Dil Deewana"	Twenty 20	Malayalam
2009	"Paathi Kaadhal"	Modhi Vilayadu	Tamil
2009	"Saregama Saregama"	Jolly Days	Kannada
2010	"Hey CM"	Leader	Telugu	Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu
2010	"Non Stop"	Namo Venkatesa	Telugu
2010	"Thuru Thuru"	Jaggubhai	Tamil
2010	"Suthude Suthude"	Paiyaa	Tamil
2010	"Kooda Kooda"	Naanayam	Tamil
2011	"Dushman Mera"	Don 2	Hindi
2011	"The Rise of Damo"	7aam Arivu	Tamil/ Telugu
2011	"Its a Game"	Game	Hindi
2011	"Nuvvante Naaku"	Mogudu	Telugu
2012	"Bubble Gum"	Leelai	Tamil
	"Ellinda Banthu"	Toofan	Kannada	Kunal Ganjawala
2014	"Ennodu Nee Irundhal"	I (film)	Tamil
2014	"Yaen Ennai"	Yennai Arindhaal	Tamil
2015	"Orea oru murai"	Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai	Tamil
2015	"Thoovanam"	Romeo Juliet	Tamil
2018	"Tik Tik Tik"	Tik Tik Tik	Tamil
2018	"Sevandhu Pochu Nenju"	Chekka Chivantha Vaanam	Tamil
2019	"Bad Boy"	Saaho	Tamil	Benny Dayal
			Malayalam
	"Breaking My Heart"	Suryakantham	Telugu
	"Speechless"	Aladdin	Tamil/Telugu

References

External links

• Sunitha Sarathy at IMDb

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