Anitha Shaiq
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Anitha Shaiq |
| Born | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Genres | Sufi, Ghazal and playback singer |
| Occupation(s) | Singer , composer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Anitha Shaiq, often credited as Anitha. S is an Indian playback singer ,Sufi singer and music composer, living in Mumbai, India. She performs Indian classical, sufi, Ghazal, folk and pop music, having sung in Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Oriya, Punjabi, and Tamil languages. In her 15 years in the film industry, she has recorded more than 200 songs for films.[1][2][3]
Early life[edit]
Anitha Shaiq was born to Sirajuniza Begum, a secondary school music teacher, and Sheikh Ebrahim. She graduated from the Government College for Women, majoring in music. She has studied Hindustani, Sufi, Carnatic, and Western music.[4]
Career[edit]
Composing[edit]
Shaiq composed the song "Melake Ponnal" for the film Crossroad directed by Lenin Rajendran.[5]
Playback singing[edit]
Shaiq began her play back singing in 2007 with the hit song of that year composed by Sree. Vidyasagar.[4] She has sung for many Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Kannada movies.[4]
Musical albums[edit]
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"Satrangee" is composed and sung by Anitha Shaiq, while it was produced by East Coast.The album consists of seven tracks written by legends like, Meera, Mirza Ghalib, Bulleh Shah, Amir Khusrow etc..The album was launched by the famous Indian Sufi singer Kailash Kher on 20 January 2015.
Live performances[edit]
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Anitha has performed live concerts all over India, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Europe.
Discography[edit]
| Song | Movie | Music Director | Language | year | ||
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| O mama | Rock n Roll | Vidyasagar | Malayalam | 2007 | ||
| Thumbi Thumbi | Parunthu | Alex paul | Malayalam | 2008 | ||
| Sarigamapa | Twenty Twenty | Berney Ignatious | Malayalam | 2008 | ||
| Minnaminnikkoottam | minnaminnikkoottam | Bijibal | Malayalam | 2008 | ||
| Rajakumari | lollipop | Alex paul | Malayalam | 2008 | ||
| Ekanda chandrike | 2 harihar nagar | Alex paul | Malayalam | 2009 | ||
| Adavukal | 2 harihar nagar | alexpaul | Malayalam | 2009 | ||
| Kozhy chingara | Bodyguard | ouseppachan | Malayalam | 2009 | ||
| Maama maama | Simhakutty | raghavendra | Malayalam | 2009 | ||
| Pathalle pathalle | Ringtone | shaan | Malayalam | 2010 | ||
| Manassin vaathi | Killaadi | keeravaani | Malayalam | 2010 | ||
| Mazha mazha | Killaadi | keeravaani | Malayalam | 2010 | ||
| Panchasaara | Black&white kudumbam | Alex paul | Malayalam | 2010 | ||
| Dhak dhak | Alexander the great | M G Sreekumar | Malayalam | 2010 | ||
| Ola ola | In ghost house inn | Alex paul | Malayalam | 2011 | ||
| Miya miya | In ghost house inn | Alexpaul | Malayalam | 2011 | ||
| Laddu laddu | Aarvam | Rony raphel | Tamil | 2011 | ||
| Annakkili | Kai | Ishaan Dev | Tamil | 2011 | ||
| Theyyare | Varan | Mani sharma | Malayalam | 2011 | ||
| Pathinettin | Holidays | Alex paul | Malayalam | 2011 | ||
| Noda beda | Kalla malla sulla | Alex paul | Kannada | 2011 | ||
| Nath nath | Badrinath | Keeravaani | Malayalam | 2011 | ||
| Thuppa thuppa | Kalla malla sulla | Alex paul | Kannada | 2011 | ||
| Odu paampe | Kochi to kodambakkam | Thaman | Malayalam | 2011 | ||
| Kaadhaloru | Kaandharvan | Alex paul | Tamil | 2012 | ||
| House full | Housefull | Sejo jone | Malayalam | 2013 | ||
| Kanalu njaan | Idiots | Nandhu kartha | Malayalam | 2013 | ||
| Raavoru | Rabecca Uthupp | Ratheesh vega | Malayalam | 2013 | ||
| Kannaayiram | Solar Swapnam | Jayan | Malayalam | 2014 | ||
| konjum ballyamalle | little superman 3D | mohan sitara | Malayalam | 2014 | ||
| Arabean version | Ayne | rahulraj | Malayalam | 2015 | ||
| to pain begaani | album | ganesh prasad | oriya | 2016 | ||
| meree jaan | ekkadiki potavu chinnavada | sekhar chandra | Telugu | 2016 | ||
| appangal |
Usthad hotel||gopisunder||Tamil||2016|- |
thakiladi melam | viswaasapoorvam manzoor | ramesh narayan | Malayalam | 2017 |
| Kettu marannoru | match box | bijipal | Malayalam | 2017 | ||
| Melakey | cross road | anitha shaiq | Malayalam | 2017 | ||
| kattukkul vettai | thulam | alex premnath | Tamil | 2018 |
Awards and honours[edit]
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Anitha received JESSEY Awards, Lions Club Musical Award, and GMMA Award and was nominated for the "Best singer" in the Asianet Film Awards.
References[edit]
- ^ M, Athira (26 October 2018). "Anitha Shaiq on her journey with music". The Hindu.
- ^ "Anitha Shaiq's Recently Released Sufi Rock is Trending on YouTube with a Excellent Reviews!". 11 October 2019.
- ^ The Hindu (26 October 2018). "Anitha Shaiq on her journey with music". Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Pillai, Suchithra (3 February 2011). "Rolling in the hits – Since her debut in Rock n' Roll, singer Anitha S. has continuously rocked the charts". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- ^ Soman, Deepa (13 October 2017). "'Crossroad' song 'Melakey' is the music direction debut of 'Chandamama' singer!". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
External links[edit]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150203125329/http://www.kaumudi.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=60397
- Anitha Shaiq at IMDb
- https://theprimetime.in/ashwin-golani-the-young-producer-from-gujarat-is-racing-ahead-of-time-in-giving-quality-entertainment/
- https://theprimetime.in/anitha-shaiqs-navakeralam-song-dedicated-for-flood-relief-kerala/
- https://theprimetime.in/ennittenthe-ennittenthe-folk-song-trending-on-social-media/
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