K.S Chitra, heralded as the nightingale of South India has built a formidable reputation as playback singer with her deep and sweet voice. Her mellifluous voice has transcended all language barriers as she has sung over 11,000 songs in different languages like Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Bengali and Oriya.

K.S Chitra was born at Trivandrum in Kerala on 27th July 1963. Born in a family of musicians, music was bound to happen to Chitra. The earliest influence on Chitra's career was her father as well as well known singer -Krishnan Nair. From her younger age, she learnt the basics of music from her father. At school, Chitra was awarded cultural talentscholarship which enabled her to learn Carnatic music under Dr. Omanakutty. It was a turning point in Chitra's music career.

Chitra's mellifluous voice blended very well with the voice of evergreen singer K.J.Yesudas and it gave her the record hits in Malayalam music. Her expressive voice got her plenty of offers and she very soon started to make her own mark in Malayalam music industry.

Her voice got huge popularity in the album Piya Basanthi with Ustad Sultan Khan. Her music album Sunset Point with Gulzar made her the favourite singer of Bollywood music directors like Anu Malik.

After Lata Mangeshkar, Chitra is the firstIndian woman to perform at the famous Royal Albert hall in London. She has won the National Award for the best playback singer five times. She has the unique distinction of being the first female playback singer to be honored by all the four South Indian State Governments as the best playback singer.

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