Shweta Mohan

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.

Not to be confused with Shweta Pandit or Shweta Shetty, who are also Indian singers.

Shweta Mohan
Born (1985-11-19) 19 November 1985
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materStella Maris College, Chennai
Occupation
  • Singer
  • music producer
Years active1995, 2003–present
Spouse(s)
Aswin Sasi
​
(m. 2011)​
Children1[1]
Parent(s)Krishna Mohan
Sujatha Mohan (singer)
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
LabelsIndependent Artis
Websiteshwetamohan.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 from Ramamoorthy Rao Sir. Participating in cultural events and competitions gradually drew her closer to music. She considers herself very fortunate to have done her first couple of recordings as a child artiste with none other than the Mozart of Madras, AR Rahman, for the chorus of the songs 'Kuchi kuchi rakkamma' (Bombay) and 'Accham accham illai' (Indira). 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. She has sung many popular and famous film songs, including Enna Solla (Thangamagan) and Nee Koorinaal. Shweta is being trained in Carnatic classical vocal currently under Smt. Binni Krishnakumar.[5]

Awards & nominations
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Shweta Mohan

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
Main article: List of songs recorded by Shweta Mohan

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
Main article: Shweta Mohan filmography

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

References
  1. Singer Shweta Mohan blessed with a baby n girl named Sreshta. English.mathrubhumi.com (1 December 2017). Retrieved on 2019-08-25.
  2. "Shweta Mohan Playback singer". The Times of India. 13 August 2020.
  3. A timeless melody.
  4. A Timeless Melody, The New Indian Express (25 June 2012). Retrieved on 25 August 2019.
  5. "And Quiet Flows The Karamana: Two of a kind". The Hindu. 5 October 2012.
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