Daleema

Daleema (born Daleema John Arattukulam, 30 May 1969) is a South Indian playback singer and a politician. She is popular for her Christian devotional songs and made her debut as a playback singer in the Malayalam music industry through her title song "Thechi Malar Kadukalil" composed by Raveendran in the 1997 movie Kalyanappittannu.[1] Her hit Malayalam songs include "Manjumasa Pakshi" from Krishnakudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu and "Ee Thennalum Thingalum" from Nee Varuvolam. On 2015, She was duly elected and sworn in Alappuzha District Panchayat as District Vice President.[2]

Daleema
Born	Daleema John Arattukulam 30 May 1969 (1969-05-30) (age 51) Ezhupunna, Kerala, India
Occupation	Playback singer, politician
Years active	1995–present

Early life

She was born on 30 May 1969, as the youngest daughter to John Arattukulam and Ammini John. From a very young age she sang with her brothers and sisters in the village church choir. She decided to pursue singing after her pre-degree and under the guidance of Ramankutty master, she trained in Carnatic music for eight years.

Career

Daleema began her career by singing on stage shows. Through Kolping Society, she had the chance to sing on international programmes and shows in Germany, Italy and Rome for the Keralites who lived there. She sang in her first Christian devotional album which was composed by Berny Ignatius, and thereafter singing in over 5000 Christian devotional albums. On 1995 she bagged a NANA Award for her song "Venal Poompular Vela" in the album Thapasya by Manorama Music. On the same year she sang for Sariga audios for an album covering S. Janaki's old songs. Through these notable works, she entered the Malayalam film industry by singing in the hit movie Kalyanappittannu directed by K.K Haridas and furthermore singing in almost 20 other movies, a couple of Malayalam serials and around 100 Malayalam professional dramas. She won 3 Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy state award in the years, 2001, 2003 and 2008, for the best singer, and also bagged 2 Drishya awards. She also dubbed many songs in Kannada and Telugu and sang in almost 2000 stage shows in the country as well as in Europe, America and in the Gulf Countries. On 2015 she was elected as the Vice President of Alappuzha District.[3]

Discography

Following is a partial discography

Year	Song	Film/Album	Music Director	Co-singer(s)
1997	"Thechi Malar Kadukalil"	Kalyanappittanu	Raveendran	Krishnachandran
1997	"Manjumasa Pakshi"	Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu	Vidyasagar	K.J. Yesudas
1997	"Eee Thenalum Thingalum"	Nee Varuvolam	Johnson
1997	"Manjil Mungum Maamarathil"	Gajaraja Manthram	Berny-Ignatius	K.J. Yesudas
1997	"Neerani Kaatte Nadodi"	Avani Kanavukal	Bombay Ravi
1997	"Kaana Kattin Tharivala Ilaki"	Aattuvela	Raveendran	Biju Narayanan
1997	"Kaneer Thudaykuvan Ammayundo"	Chandana Varnatheru	Vijay Kumar
1997	"Moham Poothameniyil"	Sneha Swanthanam	Vijay Kumar
1997	"Sundara Swapnathin Poonchirakil"	Sneha Swanthanam	Vijay Kumar	Biju Narayanan
1998	"Devalokamano"	Manthri Kochamma	Mohan Sithara	Manoj Krishnan
1998	"Koodevide Koodevide Oh Mridule" [F]	Manthri Kochamma	Mohan Sithara
1998	"Oru Thulli Pala Thulli"	Sreekrishnapurathe Nakshathrathilakam	Bery-Ignatius	K.J. Yesudas, K.S. Chithra
1998	"Kakka Penne"	Kalapam	Berny-Ignatius, Prem Sagar, Thoppil Anto	M.G. Sreekumar
1998	"Kaathuvachoru Kalathilakkam"	Grama Panchayathu	Berny-Ignatius	M.G. Sreekumar
1998	"Raakkaviletho Kulirkkattupole"	Grama Panchayathu	Berny-Ignatius	K.J. Yesudas
1999	"Nilaavo Neermizhi Thaamarayil"	English Medium	Raveendran
1999	"Vellaramkunnathu"	English Medium	Raveendran
2000	Priya Priya	O Priye	Sidhartha Vijayan
2000	Chempakame Kaananathil	O Priye	Sidhartha Vijayan
2000	Kanna Njaan	Ente Priyappetta Muthuvinu	Raveendran
2005	Nallavanaaye	Chathrapathi	MM Keeravani
2008	Devi Kavyamohini	Mohitham	Thilak Sreemoolanagaram	Biju Narayanan
2008	Raga Vathi	Mohitham	Thilak Sreemoolanagaram	Biju Naryaanan
2011	Valampiri Shankil	Kochi	Sasi Thripunithra
2014	Kaalidarumbol	Mummyude Swantham Achoos	Bharathlal

Personal life

She is married to George Joseph (Jojo) and is the mother of two children.

References

1. whykol. "Kalyanappittennu Plot, Story, Reviews, Wiki, Ratings, Cast, Crew And Box Office Collection". WhyKol. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
2. Jojo, Daleema. "Daleema to contest in Local Body Elections – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
3. Jojo, Daleema (2 November 2015). "Singer Daleema sworn in vice president". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 June 2020.