Rakshita Suresh
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Rakshita Suresh is an Indian playback singer and stage performer who works primarily in the South Indian film industries. She has performed internationally and is one of the lead singers in A. R. Rahman's band. She has recorded songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi.[1][2][3]
She has received several industry awards, including the Vijay Television Award for Favourite Singer (2023).[4] She has also been nominated for the SIIMA Awards three times, the IIFA Award once, and the Mirchi Music Award for Upcoming Female Vocalist of the Year once.
Her playback work includes songs from films such as Jawan,[5] Ponniyin Selvan: I[6] and II,[7] Thug Life, Amaran, and The Goat Life.[8] Her independent releases include "Kutty Pattas," "Moopilla Thamizhe Thaaye," "Vilagathey," and "That’s How We Roll – 1 Min Music."
Early life
She has received training in Carnatic classical music, Hindustani classical music, and light music.[9][10]
Career
Rakshita made her debut as a playback singer in 2015 with the song "Challa Gaali" for the Telugu film Yevade Subramanyam, composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[11] She made her Hindi film debut with the song "Yaane Yaane" for the soundtrack of the 2021 film Mimi, composed by A. R. Rahman.[12][13] She has since recorded songs in several Indian film industries across multiple languages. Some of her notable playback recordings include "Sol" from Ponniyin Selvan: I,[6] "Kirunage" from Ponniyin Selvan: II,[7] "Vennilavu Saaral" from Amaran,[14] "Kaalathukkum Nee Venum" from Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu,[15] "Nanage Neenu" from Upadhyaksha,[16] "Sanchariyaagu Nee" from Love Mocktail 2,[17] "Kodi Parakura Kaalam" from Maamannan,[18][19] and "Engeyo" from Thug Life.[20][21][22]
Rakshita began her public singing career through participation in televised music competitions from an early age. She appeared on the Kannada music show Yede Thumbi Haduvenu on ETV Kannada, and later competed on Super Singer Junior 3 on Star Vijay,[23] Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Hindi on Zee TV, and Rising Star Season 1 on Colors TV. She won the Kannada reality show Rhythm Tadheem and was the title winner on Little Star Singer on Asianet Suvarna. In 2018, she was the first runner-up on Super Singer 6 on Star Vijay.[24][25]
Television
| Year | Show | Role | Network | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Little Star Singer | Contestant | Asianet Suvarna | Kannada | |
| 2011–2012 | Super Singer Junior 3 | Contestant | Star Vijay | Tamil | |
| 2016 | Sa Re Ga Ma Pa | Contestant | Zee TV | Hindi | |
| 2017 | Rising Star Season 1 | Contestant | Colors TV | ||
| 2018 | Super Singer 6 | Contestant | Star Vijay | Tamil | First runner-up |
| 2024 | Super Singer 10 | Guest Performer | |||
| 2025 | Super Singer 11 | Judge |
Discography
| Song | Movie | Language | Composer | Co-artists | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | "Challa Gaali" | Yevade Subramanyam | Telugu | Ilaiyaraaja | Christian Jose, Sethil | ||
| 2018 | "Kannane Kanne" | God Father | Telugu | Naviin Ravindran | Aalap Raju, Lokesh | ||
| "Ninna Kannolagilidu" | Aa Nayana | Kannada | Sunita Chandrakumar | Sahajeet Chandrakumar | |||
| "Talakke Tallavidu" | Kannada | ||||||
| "Lokada Kannige" | Kannada | Shreya. K. Bhat | |||||
| "Bhaama Ramana Deepamerage" | Deepa Lakshmi | Kannada | Shreya. K. Bhat | ||||
| "Aare Ivanaare Mohana" | Kannada | Vasundha Shastri, Sinchana C | |||||
| 2019 | "Pattamarangal" | Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven | Tamil | Hiphop Tamizha | Sanjith Hegde, Srinithi S | ||
| "Vilagathey" | The Final Chapter of Usuraiya Tholaichaen | Tamil | Stephen Zechariah | Stephen Zechariah | [26] | ||
| "Party Song" | Gangs of 18 | Telugu | A H Kaashif | ||||
| "Maruppu" | |||||||
| "Varamai Vandha Vaazhvu" | Appa Oru Varam | Tamil | Raja Shah | ||||
| "Yennai Yeno" | Raja Shah | ||||||
| 2020 | "Oththa Kannula | Thanne Vandi | Tamil | Moses | Ananthu | ||
| 2021 | "Kutty Pattas" | Album Song | Tamil | Santhosh Dhayanidhi | Santhosh Dhayanidhi | [27] | |
| "Rowdy Pattas" | Telugu | ||||||
| "Yaane Yaane" | Mimi | Hindi | A. R. Rahman | Nominated for Mirchi Music awards for the category " Upcoming female vocalist of the year " | [28] | ||
| "Mutyala Chemma Chekka Remix" | Love Story | Telugu | Pawan CH | ||||
| "Allipoola Vennela" | Telangana Bathukkama Jagrunthi | Telugu | A. R. Rahman | Haripriya, Deepthi Suresh, Aparna Harikumar, Padmaja, Uthara Unnikrishnan | |||
| "Beatta Yaethi" | Album Song | Tamil | Arish | ||||
| "Nee Parichaya" | Ninna Sanihake | Kannada | Raghu Dixit | Sidhdhartha Belamannu | Nominated for SIIMA Awards for the category "Best Female Singer" - Kannada for the year 2021 | ||
| "Sahana Swaravu" | Sivaji: The Boss | Kannada | A. R. Rahman | Kannada dubbed version of Sivaji | |||
| "Aruvi (Title Track)" | Aruvi TV Series (Sun TV) | Tamil | Shravan Sridhar | ||||
| 2022 | "Sanchariyagu Nee" | Love Mocktail 2 | Kannada | Nakul Abhyankar | Vijay Prakash | ||
| "O Nidhima" | |||||||
| "Moopilla Thamizhe Thaaye" | Tamil Anthem | Tamil | A. R. Rahman | A. R. Rahman, Saindhavi, Nakul Abhyankar, A. R. Ameen, Amina, Rafiq, Gabriella Sellus, Niranjana Ramanan, Aparna Harikumar | |||
| "Kan Kan Mein Shriram" | Devotional song | Hindi | Aditya Ramkumar | Sarthak Kalyani | |||
| "Aasai Alai Meerudhae" | Album song | Tamil | Bharath Raghavan | ||||
| "Karupazhagi" | Album song | Tamil | Satthia Nallaiah | Satthia Nallaiah | |||
| "Tholi Tholi" | The Legend | Telugu | Harris Jayaraj | Haricharan | |||
| "Kaalathukkam Nee Venum" | Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu | Tamil | A. R. Rahman | Silambarasan | |||
| "Ninne Thaladanne" | The Life of Muthu | Telugu | Sam Vishal | ||||
| "'Yele Ilanchingamey" | Cobra | Tamil | A. R. Rahman | ||||
| "Sol" | Ponniyin Selvan: I | Tamil | A. R. Rahman | ||||
| "Ayyo Plastic" | Album song | Kannada | Sunita Chandrakumar | ||||
| "Vaadi Valarpiraye" | Azhagiya Kanne | Tamil | N.R.Ragunanthan | Sayyad Suban, Savni Raveendra | |||
| "Ezhuthum Neeye" | Naatpadu Theral:2 | Tamil | Vidyasagar | K.Krishnakumar | |||
| "Tholi Tholi" | The Legend | Telugu | Harris Jayaraj | Haricharan | |||
| "Thats How We Roll" | Album Song | Tamil | Part of Instagram 1 minute music series | ||||
| "Pani Puri" | Album Song | Tamil | Sathya Prakash | ||||
| 2023 | "Kirunage" | Ponniyin Selvan: II | Kannada | A. R. Rahman | Kannada Dubbed Version of PS-2 | ||
| "Veera Raja Veera" | Vijay Prakash, Sivasri Skandaprasad | ||||||
| "Kanjaadai Poova" | Vallaan | Tamil | Santhosh Dhayanidhi | Karthik | |||
| "Kodi Parakura Kaalam" | Maamannan | Tamil | A. R. Rahman | Kalpana Raghavendar, Deepthi Suresh, Aparna Harikumar | |||
| "Theeraa Vaanam" | Sweet Kaaram Coffee | Tamil | Govind Vasantha | ||||
| ”Not Ramaiya Vastavaiya” | Jawan | Tamil, Telugu | Anirudh Ravichander | Anirudh Ravichander, Sreerama Chandra | |||
| "Nanage Neenu" | Upadhyaksha | Kannada | Arjun Janya | Vijay Prakash | |||
| "Main Parwaana" | Pippa | Hindi | A. R. Rahman | Arijit Singh, Pooja Tiwari, Nisa Shetty | |||
| "Yaava Janumada Gelati" | Kaatera | Kannada | Hari Krishna | Hemanth Kumar | |||
| 2024 | "Omane" | The Goat Life - Aadujeevitham | Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi | A. R. Rahman | Chinmayi, Vijay Yesudas | ||
| "Vennilavu Saaral" | Amaran | Tamil | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Kapil Kapilan | |||
| "Mounam Pole (Female Version)" | Vanangaan | Tamil | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Karthik Netha | |||
| "Sri Krishnam" | Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi | Kannada | Arjun Janya | ||||
| "Ringu Chaku" | Hitler | Tamil | Vivek–Mervin | Vivek Siva | |||
| 2025 | "Engeyo" | Thug Life | A. R. Rahman | ||||
| "Yaaru Petha" | Desingu Raja 2 | Vidyasagar | Harshavardhan | ||||
| "Kanaga" | Non Violence | Yuvan Shankar Raja | |||||
| 2026 | "Alangaari" | Jockey | Sakthi Balaji | Sathya Prakash | [29] |
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Language | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mirchi Music Awards | Upcoming Female Vocalist of the Year | Yaane Yaane | Hindi | Nominated | |
| SIIMA | Best Female Playback Singer | Nee Parichaya | Kannada | Nominated | ||
| 2023 | Vijay Television Awards | Favorite Singer | Tamil | Won | [30] | |
| SIIMA | Best Female Playback Singer | Sol | Tamil | Nominated | ||
| 2025 | SIIMA | Best Female Playback Singer | Vennilavu Saaral | Tamil | Nominated |
References
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Sreerama Chandra, Rakshita Suresh, and Anirudh Ravichander have added their vocals to this energetic party number
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Composed by AR Rahman, the song is crooned by Rakshita Suresh, who rose to fame through Super Singer Junior.
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