Malgudi Subha

Malgudi Subha (born 17 October 1965; also spelled as Malgadi Shuba) is an Indian <a href="/facts/Playback_singer/zQtIk9k1">playback singer</a>. She has recorded songs in <a href="/facts/Kannada/cooJ3trn">Kannada</a>, <a href="/facts/Tamil_language/7I0lHL0d">Tamil</a>, <a href="/facts/Telugu_language/yV5dQWhw">Telugu</a>, <a href="/facts/Malayalam/YLuvDWd3">Malayalam</a> and <a href="/facts/Hindi_language/n1QIEeCC">Hindi</a>. In a career spanning two decades, she has sung more than 3000 songs.
She began her career by providing vocals for ad jingles composed by people like <a href="/facts/A._R._Rahman/rP8WeDEy">A. R. Rahman</a> and Viji Manuel. She debuted as a playback singer in the film <a href="/facts/Nadodi_Thendral/zbtkqyhS">Nadodi Thendral</a>, with music by <a href="/facts/Ilayaraja/r9w7EWWh">Ilayaraja</a>. Prominent Indian composer <a href="/facts/A._R._Rahman/rP8WeDEy">A. R. Rahman</a>'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 <a href="/facts/Mani_Ratnam/or2W3bb6">Mani Ratnam</a> film Uyire, which was composed by A. R. Rahman.
Her first successful <a href="/facts/Telugu_language/yV5dQWhw">Telugu</a> album, Chikpak Chikbhum, which was released in <a href="/facts/Chennai/8ngv75bW">Chennai</a>, sold ten <a href="/facts/Lakh/FTocP0hn">lakh</a> copies. The songs were composed by <a href="/facts/Raj%25E2%2580%2593Koti/LoCP5usG">Raj–Koti</a>, under whom A. R. Rahman was assisted.
She has appeared as a judge on the <a href="/facts/Malayalam_language/YLuvDWd3">Malayalam language</a> music competition program <a href="/facts/Idea_Star_Singer/s8DdkL8h">Idea Star Singer</a>. She is a judge in Star Singer 2 (<a href="/facts/Kannada/cooJ3trn">Kannada</a>), airing on <a href="/facts/Asianet_Suvarna/0rjUAlSI">Asianet Suvarna</a> from 7-8 pm on weekdays. She is also a judge in the Tamil music competition program <a href="/facts/Vijay_TV%2527s_Super_Singer_(TV_series)/QhfUQ3g1">Super Singer</a> in <a href="/facts/Star_Vijay/uuDI6lJy">Star Vijay</a>.
The South Indian actress <a href="/facts/Priyamani/x6HDpocb">Priyamani</a> is her niece, and Hindi actress <a href="/facts/Vidya_Balan/axP8J3VX">Vidya Balan</a> is her relative.

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