Swetha Ashok

Swetha Ashok
Background information
Born	Vadakara, Calicut, Kerala
Genres	Folk, Indian classical, Playback Singing, Ghazal, Western
Years active	2008 - Present
Website	www.facebook.com/swethaashokofficial/

Swetha Ashok is an Indian Playback Singer, who is well known for her work in the Malayalam Film industry. She rose to fame as a child when she won the reality show Munch Star Singer in the year 2008. She is currently one of the finalists in the popular reality show SaReGaMaPa Keralam, the Malayalam regional version of the flagship show of Zee Entertainment Enterprises. During the course of the show, Swetha launched her playback singing career by singing songs for prominent films like Mammooty's Shylock, Happy Sardar and Dhamaka by music director Gopi Sundar.

Biography

Swetha was born in Vadakara, Calicut. She currently lives with her parents and brother in Cochin, Kerala. She has one elder sister. Swetha's brother Vishnu Ashok is an aspiring violinist.

Career

Swetha is a trained classical singer and a B high grade artiste in All India Radio. She trained under Guru T. Ramachandran Namboothiri and Guru Vaikom Jayachandran Namboothiri. She participated in the reality show Munch Star Singer in 2008 and subsequently was crowned the winner. Post her rise to fame as a child, Swetha has done over 500 concerts across India, USA, Canada, Singapore and the Middle East. She was an Asst. Professor of Computer Science and an online music instructor at NotesNBeats, California before she once again participated in a reality show SaReGaMaPa Keralam in 2019. During the course of her show, she landed singing opportunities with well known music directors like Gopi Sundar and Shaan Rahman. She has currently sung songs for over 5 Malayalam films.

Notable work

Bar Song - Shylock
Shaadi Mein Aana - Happy Sardar
Adipoli Dhamaka - Dhamaka
Happy Song - Dhamaka

As playback singer

Albums

Year	Title	Movie	Language	Music Director
2010	Amme Mookambike	Nalla Paatukkare	Malayalam	Sharreth
2017	Kannil Mayyezhuthi	Sakhavinte Priyasakhi	Malayalam	Hari
2019	Bar Song	Shylock	Malayalam	Gopi Sundar
2019	Adipoli Dhamaka	Dhamaka	Malayalam	Gopi Sundar
2019	Happy Song	Dhamaka	Malayalam	Gopi Sundar
2020	Farewell Song - Chorus	Kunjeldho	Malayalam	Shaan Rahman
2020	Thulasikathir Nulliyeduthu	Album	Malayalam	Sargam Music

Television shows

Program	Role	Channel	Notes
SaReGaMaPa Keralam	Finalist	Zee Keralam	2nd Runner Up
Munch Star Singer	Winner	Asianet	Winner

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References

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/malayalam/i-quit-my-teaching-job-for-music-says-sa-re-ga-ma-pa-keralam-contestant-swetha-ashok/articleshow/70466437.cms

https://www.exchange4media.com/industry-briefing-news/saregamapa-keralam-contestants-song-for-shylock-crosses-1m-views-on-youtube-102274.html

https://malayalilife.com/channel/interview/swetha-ashok-sharing-the-lockdown--days-10823.html

https://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k10/feb/febrel51.php

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/malayalam/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-keralam-contestants-turn-playback-singers-this-onam/articleshow/70910794.cms

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