Amrutha Suresh

Amritha Suresh (born 2 August 1990) is an Indian singer, composer, songwriter, and radio jockey. She attained popularity after her stint at the reality television singing competition Idea Star Singer on Asianet in 2007. Since then, she has sang and composed in several films and music albums. She has been a celebrity radio jockey on Radio Suno 91.7 with the music show Suno Melodies. In 2014, she founded the music band Amrutam Gamay, in which Amrutha and her sister Abhirami Suresh are the lead vocalists. They are also known for vlogging, with the series AG Vlogs on their YouTube channel Amrutam Gamay – AG.

Amritha Suresh
Born	(1990-08-02) 2 August 1990 Kochi, Kerala, India
Other names	Ammu
Occupation	Singer Composer Radio Jockey Model
Years active	2007 – present
Spouse(s)	Bala ​ ( m. 2010; div. 2019)
Children	1
Relatives	Abhirami Suresh (sister)
Musical career
Genres	Pop Classical Folk Ghazal Bhajan Rock
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	Independent artist
Associated acts	Amrutam Gamay
Website	amrutamgamay.com

Early life

Amrutha was born on 2 August 1990 to musician P. R. Suresh and Laila.[1] Her father Suresh is a Hindu and mother Laila is a Christian. She has a sister, singer-composer Abhirami Suresh, who is five years younger.[2] They are from Edappally, Kochi.[3] Living in a family (paternal) of musicians inspired her to pursue music from a young age.[4] Amrutha started singing at age three; Celine Dion and Michael Jackson are the singers who influenced her to become a singer.[5] Amrutha was a topper at schools.[2] Even though, she dropped 12th standard for contesting in the reality television singing competition Idea Star Singer, later she completed the course in private.[6] She then took graduation in Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and post-graduation in Master of Business Administration (MBA), and also holds degrees in Carnatic music and Hindustani classical music.[4]

Career

Music

Coming from a musician's family, she used to perform at stage shows during her childhood. While studying in eighth standard, she has been a child singer in Nadirshah's stage shows.[7] In 2007, Amritha contested in the second season of reality television singing competition Idea Star Singer on Asianet, she was one of the popular contestants on the show.[8] It helped her foray into film industry. Since then, she has sang playback in a number of Malayalam films. Pulliman was her debut film as playback singer, composed by Sharreth. Her rendition of the song "Munthirpoo" from the film Aagathan (2010) was well received.[9]

She sang "Kannu Karuthu" for music director Sharreth in his album Strawberry Theyyam (2014) which was a blend of folk and western orchestration, the song was particularly praised in the 9-track album.[10] In 2014, Amritha founded the music band Amrutam Gamay. Amritha and her sister Abhirami Suresh are the lead vocalists of the band. The band performed internationally at gigs within six months of its formation.[11] The band handles all kinds of genres, including Indian, western, folk, classical, or rock.[12] The band's cover version of Israeli folk song "Hava Nagila" sang by Amritha was popular among the global Jewish community.[11] The song gave her much appreciations.[13] In 2015, Amritha and Abhirami wrote and composed multiple original songs for their band, including "Katturumbu", "Ayyayo", and "Harps of Peace".[11][14]

In 2017, Amritha released her first single, "Anayathe", which featured herself and was themed at and was a tribute to motherhood and women.[15] The song was positively received and garnered attention for its theme. After its release, Amritha got acting offers from some Tamil films, but she refused as she was not seeing herself as an actress at the time.[16] She was also approached by a Canadian production company for an English film. In the same year, she began presenting the musical talk show Suno Melodies on Radio Suno 91.7 as a celebrity radio jockey.[2] Amritha along with Abhirami composed, sang and acted in the title song of the film Crossroad that year. It was their debut composition in a film and was composed in a short notice.[17] It was followed by a single in the film Aadu 2 (2017), titled "Aadu 2 – Success Song".[18]

In 2019, she sang "Minni Minni" in the film June which was well received.[19] For the song, she was nominated for the Mazhavil Music Award for Best Female Singer.[20] In the same year, Amritha sang the first of the three music videos in DJ Savyo's Destiny, an experimental album which used Shiva mantra in the backdrop of electronic dance music.[21][22] That year she also signed a project with Swedish musician Neil Luckz, who contacted her after watching her music video Ohm Nama Shivaya; she is working on six English songs for the project.[18] In 2019, she sang a song in the children's film Sullu composed by Abhirami.[23]

Other works

Amrutha is also into modelling. In 2017, she was featured in the cover of lifestyle magazine FWD Life.[5] In the following year, she walked the ramp at Kerala Fashion Runway.[24] She was also featured on the cover page of Vanitha Magazine along with her sister. In 2018, Amrutha started a hashtag campaign on Instagram known as Amazing Me, promoting self-esteem. It received positive response from public.[25] In December 2018, Amrutha and her sister Abhirami started a YouTube channel, Amrutam Gamay – AG, with the series AG Vlogs to publish their creative content.[26] The content is related to their personal lives, travel, food, music, shopping among other things.[27][28] The series met with positive reception from viewers.[29] In 2020, Amrutha and Abhirami entered as contestants in the second season of Malayalam reality television game show Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 2), hosted by actor Mohanlal on Asianet. They entered the Bigg Boss house as wildcard entrants on day-50 and plays as a pair.[30]

Personal life

Amrutha first met her future husband Bala at the sets of the film Venalmaram in which he was starring and Amrutha was playback singer. Later, they developed a friendship-turned-romance while she was contesting in the reality TV singing competition Idea Star Singer in which he was a celebrity judge. They talked to each others family and got married on 27 August 2010 at a ceremony held in Chennai.[31] They were residing in Palarivattom, Kochi.[32] They are reported to have started living separately in 2015, and got legal divorce in December 2019. They have a daughter named Avanthika (born 2012) who lives with her.[33] Beside music, she is also a travel enthusiast.[3]

Discography

Playback singer

Year	Song	Film	Ref.
2007	"Unarumee Pulakangal"	Vaamanapuri	[34]
2008	"Minnaaminunge"	Kabadi Kabadi	[35]
2009	"Ayalathe Kuyile"	Venalmaram	[31]
2010	"Munthiripoo"	Aagathan	[35]
2010	"Sadukudu"	Pulliman	[36]
2010	"Amma Nilaavaau"	Ammanilavu	[34]
2012	"Akalaminnarikeyalle" "Kannaake"	The Hit List	[34]
2017	"Nirame Maayalle"	Vilakkumaram	[35]
2017	"Veerangana"	Crossroad	[35]
2019	"Minni Minni"	June	[35]
2019	"Maariville"	Sullu	[35]
2019	"Alhamdulillah"	Sufiyum Sujatayum	[35]

Singles / Music videos

Year	Title	Credits	Notes
2017	"Anayathe"	Composer Singer
2017	"Veerangana"	Composer Singer	Film: Crossroad Also appears in the song
2018	"Aadu 2 – Success Song"	Composer Singer	Film: Aadu 2

Albums

Year	Title	Album	Ref.
2006	"Neelaakaasam"	Adhishakthi	[37]
2007	"Onnu Thottal Mathi" "Manasthapamode"	Karthavu	[37]
2008	"Palolichandrikayil"	Sivapriya	[37]
2008	"Pogallennu"	Kottiyoor Kaarunyam	[38]
2008	"Chandana Chela Chutty" "Sankholiyunarum"	Jayadurga	[38]
2008	"Kudamalooril"	Sreeyesunadan	[37]
2008	"Hari Ohm Hari Ohm" "Palazhiyil Palli Kollum"	Midhila	[37]
2008	"Thulli Thulli" "Varnamayilerum"	Vel Vel	[37]
2009	"Kaalathu Kaanumbol" "Kumbha Maasathil" "Maadi Maadi Vilikkunnu" "Oru Njettilundaaya"	Sarva Mangale	[37]
2009	"Lakshmana Sree Lakshmana" "Maanasam Manimandiram" "Raghupathi Raamam"	Sarayoo	[37]
2009	"Chenthaarakam" "Kaali Kaali"	Sivanandini	[37]
2009	"Chottanikkarayil" "Devi Devi Bhadre" "Sankeerthanam"	Bhagavathiseva	[37]
2009	"Kudamalooril"	Vishudha Alphonsamma	[37]
2009	"Ee Puzhathan"	Aleena Ninakkai
2010	"Ethra Valarnnalum (F)" "Jeevanay"	Kazhcha	[37]
2010	"Maanam Thelinju"	Ohm Kaali	[37]
2010	"Anuthaapamodanayan – 1"	Dhivyakarunya Thanalil	[35]
2011	"Karunyathin"	The King of Israel	[37]
2011	"Ambalathin Nadathurannu" "Nallamme Nallathu" "Neela Churul Mudi"	Rudra Kaali	[37]
2012	"Snehamanen – Female"	In the Name of Jesus	[37]
2012	"Ninmahathwam"	Sugandhavahini Amma	[37]
2012	"Kanna Ennunnikanna" "Kunungi Kunungi"	Kalkandam	[39]
2012	"Anuthaapiyaay Njan"	Jeevan Nalkum Vachanam	[35]
2013	"Mathavanen"	Daivaputhran	[38]
2013	"Rukminiyo Sathyabhamayo"	Vrindhavanam	[38]
2013	"Oro Thudippum – 1"	Happy Christmas	[37]
2013	"Kunnolam"	Vaidyan
2014	"Yesuve Nin" "Yesurajan"	Athyunnathangalil	[38]
2014	"Kannu Karuthu (Duet)"	Strawberry Theyyam	[35]
2015	"Mizhineerin Sagara"	Eeran Nilavil	[35]
2015	"Yesuvellam (F)"	Divya Sparsham	[37]
2015	"Kaattinte Chundil" "Ethrayo Bhaagyamaai"	Geethamritham	[35]
2015	"Thirumizhikal (F)"	Divyaarchana	[37]
2015	"Eshoy Aye Ekykakail"	Samrudhy	[40]
2015	"Chettikulangara" "Sreevazhum"	Sarvam Jagadeeswari	[41]
2018	"Meda Kinakkal"	Swarna Kaineettam
2019	"Davidhu Chiguruvu"	Santhvanam	[42]
2018	""	Avarkkai
2019	""	Destiny	also actress
	""	Gokulapalakan

Filmography

List of television appearances

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2007	Idea Star Singer	Herself	Asianet	Reality TV singing competition
2012	Gazhal	Singer	DD Malayalam
2012	Star Ragging	Guest	Kairali TV	Talk show
2012	Anubhavathal	Guest	Asianet News	Talk show
2014	Manassiloru Mazhavillu	Guest	Kairali TV	Talk show
2014 – 2017	Music Mojo (Season 3 and 4)	Singer	Kappa TV	Representing band Amrutam Gamay, along with Abhirami Suresh
2015	Star Jam	Guest	Kappa TV	Talk show; along with Abhirami Suresh
2015	Vanitha	Guest	Mazhavil Manorama	Talk show; episode 27
2015	Vartha Prabhatham	Guest	Asianet News	Talk show; along with Abhirami Suresh
2015	Onnum Onnum Moonu	Guest	Mazhavil Manorama	Talk show; episode 20
2015	JB Junction	Guest	Kairali TV	Talk show; along with Abhirami Suresh
2016	D3 – D4 Dance	Guest	Mazhavil Manorama	Along with Abhirami Suresh
2016	Smart Show	Participant	Flowers	Along with Abhirami Suresh Opposite Stephen Devassy & Merin Gregory
	Mylanchi Little Champions	Guest Singer	Asianet
2017	Chat with Amrutha Suresh	Guest	Kaumudy TV	Talk show
2017	Varthakkappuram	Guest	Asianet News	Talk show
2017	Music Shots	Singer	Manorama Online
2017	Miss & Mrs Kerala Beauty Pageant 2017	Performer	Kairali TV	Alongside Amruthamgamaya band
2017	Moodtapes	Singer	Kappa TV
2017	Amruthamgamaya	Guest	News18 Kerala	Along with Abhirami Suresh
2018	The Happiness Project	Guest	Kappa TV	Talk show
2019	Paadaam Namukku Padaam	Guest	Mazhavil Manorama	Along with Abhirami Suresh
2019	Mazhavil Music Awards	Herself	Mazhavil Manorama	Award ceremony; nominated for "Minni Minni" in June
2019	Josh Talks	Herself	Josh Talks	Talk show
2020	Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 2)	Herself	Asianet	Reality TV competition; paired with Abhirami Suresh
2020	Stay Home Stay Happy	Herself	Mathrubhumi News	Talk show
2020	Veendum Chila Veettu Visheshangal	Herself	Asianet	Chat show

Online appearances

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2016	The Muse Room	Performer	Online	Musical show
2017	How Well Do You Know	Guest	FWD TV Online	Chat show
2017	IndiaGlitz Malayalam Movies Interview	Guest	IndiaGlitz Online	Chat show
2017	Sensations Entertainment	Guest	Online	Talk show
2019	Movie Man	Herself	Online	Talk show
2019	Red FM Red Carpet	Herself	Red FM Malayalam Online	Talk show
2019	Candid Chat with Mammootty	Interviewer	Sillymonks Online	Talk show
2019	Oppo Kerala 4th Anniversary	Performer	Youtube	Stage show
2019	Vanita Utsav	Performer	Youtube	Stage show
2020	Iam the Answer	Herself	Vanitha Online	Talk show
2020	Choych Choych Powam	Herself	Ginger Media Broadcasting Online	Talk show
2020	Be It	Herself	Online	Talk show
2020 - Present	Talentine Hours with Asianet	Herself	Asianet Online
2020	Dinner Talk	Host/Herself	Asianet Online

Awards

• Creative Film Awards 2019 - for Best Singer Female - June [43]
• Ramu Kairat Sangeetha Award for Best Solo 2019 - June
• Master Vision International Excellence Award (Singer) 2017

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External links

• Official website
• Amrutha Suresh on IMDb