Malgadi Subha

She began her career by providing vocals for ad jingles composed by people like A. Rahman and Viji Manuel. She debuted as a playback singer in the film Nadodi Thendral, with music by Ilayaraja. Prominent Indian composer A. Rahman's debut album, Set Me Free (also called Shubhaa Set Me Free), had all its songs sung by Shubha. The album, which was released in 1989 and went unnoticed, but became a good seller when it was re-released in 1996 by the label Magnasound. She sang the song "Thayya Thayya" in the 1998 Mani Ratnam film Uyire, which was composed by A. Her first successful Telugu album, Chikpak Chikbhum, which was released in Chennai, sold ten lakh copies. The songs were composed by Raj–Koti, under whom A. Rahman was assisted. She has appeared as a judge on the Malayalam language music competition program Idea Star Singer. She is a judge in Star Singer 2 (Kannada), airing on Asianet Suvarna from 7-8 pm on weekdays. She is also a judge in the Tamil music competition program Super Singer in Star Vijay. The South Indian actress Priyamani is her niece, and Hindi actress Vidya Balan is her relative.

• Name — Malgudi Subha • Birth Name — Subhashini • Instrument — Vocalist • Genre — Playback singer, pop singer • Occupation — Singer

• Year — Television show — Role — Network • 2024 — Super Singer Season 10 — Guest — Star Vijay

• Year — Film — Song(s) — Composer — Notes • 2010 — Easan — Sugavaasi — James Vasanthan

• Year — Film — Song(s) — Composer — Notes • 1994 — Thenmavin Kombathu — "Nila Pongal" — Berny-Ignatius — "Nila Pongal" is accused of being an imitation of a Bengali song, "Sun Mere Bandhu Re". • 1995 — Mannar Mathai Speaking — "Machane Vaa" — S. P. Venkatesh • 1997 — Chandralekha — "Maanathe Chandiranothoru" — S. P. Venkatesh • 2005 — Ben Johnson — "Sona Sona nee" — Deepak Dev • 2015 — Charlie — "Akale" — Gopi Sundar

• Achcham Madam Naanam Payirppu (2022)