INFORMATION
| Artist Birtday : | 27/07/1963 (Age 61) |
| Born In : | Trivandrum, Kerala, India |
| Occupation(s) : | Singer, Music Producer |
| Genres : | Indian Classical Music, Playback Singing, Filmi |
| Web Site : | www.kschithra.com |
K.S. Chitra is the most popular Indian playback singer. She was born on 27 July 1963 in Trivandrum, Kerala, India. She is the daughter of Krishnan Nair’ She has a younger brother K. Mahesh (Playback Singer) and She has an elder sister K. S. Beena.
Chitra has completed a master’s degree in music. She has recorded over 25,000 songs in many languages like Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Odia, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Tulu, Rajasthani, Urdu, Sanskrit, Badaga, Marathi, Malay, Latin, Arabic, Sinhalese, English, and French.
Chitra was awarded 6 “National Film Awards”, and 8 “Filmfare Awards”. In 2001, She was awarded the “MTV Video Music Award” for International Viewer’s Choice. In 2021, She was awarded “India’s third-highest civilian award Padma Bhushan” and In 2005, “Padma Shri”. In 2009, She is the only singer from India who was awarded the “Qinghai International Music” and “Water Festival” by the Government of China. She was awarded the “Rashtrapati Award” by the Government of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on 20 January 2018.
