Anitha Shaiq
Anitha Shaiq, often credited as Anitha. S is an Indian playback singer, Sufi singer and music composer. She performs Indian classical, sufi, Ghazal, folk and pop music, having sung in Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Oriya, Punjabi, and Tamil languages.
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- Anitha Shaiq
- Birthplace
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Occupation
- Singer, composer
- Nationality
- India
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Anitha Shaiq, often credited as Anitha. S is an Indian playback singer, Sufi singer and music composer. She performs Indian classical, sufi, Ghazal, folk and pop music, having sung in Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Oriya, Punjabi, and Tamil languages.
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Biography
In her 18 years in the film industry, she has recorded songs for films in 12 different languages.
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• Name — Anitha Shaiq • Birth Name — Anitha Shaiq • Birthplace — Thiruvananthapuram • Genre — Sufi, Ghazal and playback singer • Occupation — Singer, composer • Instrument — Vocals • Years Active — 2007–present
Early life
Early life
Anitha Shaiq was born to Sirajuniza Begum, a secondary school music teacher, and Sheikh Ebrahim. She graduated from the Government College for Women, majoring in music. She has studied Hindustani, Sufi, Carnatic, and Western music.
Career
Career
• Illustration — At Pearl Awards in Qatar
Composing
Composing
Shaiq composed the song "Melake Ponnal" for the film Crossroad directed by Lenin Rajendran.
Playback singing
Playback singing
Shaiq began her play back singing in 2007 with the hit song of that year composed by Sree. Vidyasagar. She has sung for many Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Kannada movies.
Musical albums
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 20 January 2015.
Live performances
Live performances
Anitha has performed 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.
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- 1.M, Athira. Anitha Shaiq on her journey with music. The Hindu. 26 October 2018.
- 2.Anitha Shaiq's Recently Released Sufi Rock is Trending on YouTube with a Excellent Reviews!. 11 October 2019.
- 3.The Hindu. Anitha Shaiq on her journey with music. 26 October 2018.
- 4.Soman, Deepa. 'Crossroad' song 'Melakey' is the music direction debut of 'Chandamama' singer!. The Times of India. 13 October 2017.
- 5.Pillai, Suchithra. Rolling in the hits – Since her debut in Rock n' Roll, singer Anitha S. has continuously rocked the charts. The Hindu. 3 February 2011.
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