Anitha Shaiq

Anitha Shaiq
Background information
Birth name Anitha Shaiq
Genres sufi, Ghazal and playback
Occupation(s) singer
Instruments vocals
Years active 2007–present

Anitha Shaiq, often credited as Anitha.S or simply Anitha is an Indian playback singer, Sufi singer and a music composer,settled in Mumbai, maharashtra, India... She performs Indian classical, sufi, Ghazal, folk and pop numbers. She has sung in Malayalam, Kannada,telungu, oriya, Punjabi, and Tamil films so far. In her 7 years in the film industry, she has recorded more than 70 songs for films. She has also sung in various languages like African, Arabean, Urdu etc.. She has also performed in several stage shows and live Ghazal, sufiyana concerts.

Early life

Anitha_Shaiq was born to Sirajuniza Begum, a secondary school music teacher, and Sheikh Ebrahim. While in secondary school, she won a number of awards for various types of performance including dance, theatre, and singing. She graduated from the Government College for Women, majoring in music. She has studied Hindustani, Sufi, Carnatic, and Western music.[1]

Film career

Anitha started her play back singing in 2007 with the hit song of that year composed by Sree. Vidyasagar.[1] She has sung for many Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Kannada movies.[1]

At Pearl Awards in Qatar
Anitha on a live show in Bahrain
Anitha on the launch of her Ghazal Album "Satrangee"
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Song Movie Music Director Language year
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 Alexpaul 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 |-

Stage performances

Anitha has performed stage shows and live concerts all over India, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Europe...

Awards and honours

Anitha received JESSEY Awards, Lions Club Musical Award, and GMMA Award and was nominated for the “Best singer” in the Asianet Film Awards.

Musical Albums

"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 January 20, 2015

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.

http://www.kaumudi.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=60397

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