Director Fazil cast her for this song after Ilaiyaraaja got impressed with her song sung in original version in Malayalam for the film Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu in 1985 directed by himself. She was given the title Chinnakuyil after singing the song "Chinna Kuyil Paadum" from the 1985 released film Poove Poochudava. ChithraĬhithra made her debut in the Tamil film industry through the song "Poojaikketha Poovithu" from the film Neethana Antha Kuyil (1985), which was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Main article: List of Tamil songs recorded by K. As of 2017, she has won the Kerala State Awards for the record 16 times. Venkitesh and her maximum duet songs in Malayalam are with K. She recorded a number of songs for the composer S.
She is regarded as "Nightingale of Kerala (Vanambadi)" and recorded many successful songs in Malayalam.
Sreenivasan, Mohan Sithara, Vidyasagar, Ramesh Narayan, Sharreth and M. Venkitesh, Mohan Sithara, Kannur Rajan, Ilaiyaraaja, Johnson, Ouseppachan, M. Since then, she has earned wide recognition by singing popular songs under the compositions of Raveendran, Shyam, S. Her first Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer was for the song "Aayiram Kannumayi" from the film Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu (1986) composed by Jerry Amaldev. She sang the song "Indupushpam Choodi Nilkum" for the film Vaishali (1989) and won her third National Film Award. The song "Manjal Prasadavum" from the film Nakhakshathangal (1986) composed by Bombay Ravi got her the second National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer. Attahasam, Snehapoorvam Meera and Njan Ekananu were the first films in which she recorded her voice. Radhakrishnan in 1979 who recorded her voice for films and private albums. ChithraĬhithra was introduced to Malayalam playback by M. Main article: List of Malayalam songs recorded by K. She was selected to the National Talent Search Scholarship from the Central Government from 1978 to 1984.
in music with first class and third rank from the University of Kerala, and completed a master's degree in music. Chithra received her training in Carnatic music from Dr. 4.2 Performances in concerts (India & abroad)īorn in Trivandrum, Kerala, into a family of musicians, Chithra's father, Krishnan Nair, was her first teacher.