Shoba Chandrasekhar

Shoba Chandrasekhar
Born	Shoba
Nationality	Indian
Years active	1967 – present
Spouse(s)	S. A. Chandrasekhar
Children	Joseph Vijay Chandrasekar
Website	www.actorvijay.com

Shoba Chandrasekhar is an Indian film playback singer, director, writer and producer. She is the mother of Kollywood actor Vijay. Her son had debuted in the film S.A Chandrasekar's Naalaya Theerpu.

Personal life

She is married to S. A. Chandrasekhar, who is an Indian film director, producer and writer. Her son Vijay, is one of Tamil Nadu's leading actors and her daughter Vidhya died at the age of 2. Sangeetha is her daughter-in-law. Her siblings are Sunder, Surender and Sheela. Her Mother is Mrs. Lalitha.^[1]

Musical training

Her guru was Shri Meenakshi Sundaram. Later she joined the Tamil Nadu Government Music College and pursued her learning from the great tutors in the college like Vidwan Shri T.M. Thiagarajan. She also had the opportunity to learn Veena from Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan at the music college. For the past 5 years she has been learning vocal carnatic music from Smt. Brinda Thiagarajan – daughter of Shri Maharajapuram Santhanam.^[1]

Awards and titles

She has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Mrs. Chennai award by the Esthel Hotels and Resorts. Shoba Chandrasekhar, a singer, has been given this award for her philanthropic activities in Chennai as well as for being a good mother and wife.^[1]

Others

She has been appointed as the Artistic Heritage Consultant by the order of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha.^[2]

Film career

She was a singer in light music troupes. She later graduated to singing in films. She has written several stories that have been made into movies by moviemaker husband S. A. Chandrasekhar. She turned film producer and then became a film director. She has also performed at various classical concerts. She also recently released a devotional album titled 'Anaimuganum Arumuganum', talks about her singing career.

Her first light classical music programme was telecast on Vijay TV in April 2003. The title of the programme was 'Samarpanam'. Her first live concert was for the Maharajapuram Santhanam Trust. Her first film song was 'Maharaja Oru Maharani ... ' from the film Iru Malargal. She has sung in nearly all the films made by her husband.

She has produced 10 films and written stories for more than 50. She also directed two films Nanbargal and Innisai Mazhai. In fact, Mr. Chandrasekhar worked as her associate director in these films. He was assisted by Shankar, now a famous director. The management of the Esthel hotels and resorts said that Shoba is a perfect example of an egoless person. She also sang over 12 movies.^[1][3]

Partial Filmography

Year	Film	Credited as			Language	Notes
		Director	Producer	Writer
2008	Pandhayam				Tamil
2006	Nenjirukkum Varai				Tamil
2006	Aadhi				Tamil
1998	Nilaave Vaa				Tamil
1996	Maanbumigu Maanavan				Tamil
1995	Vishnu				Tamil
1995	Deva				Tamil
1994	Rasigan				Tamil
1993	Sendhoorapandi				Tamil
1992	Naalaiya Theerpu				Tamil
1992	Innisai Mazhai				Tamil
1991	Nanbargal				Tamil
1989	Rajanadai				Tamil
1987	Sattam Oru Vilayaattu				Tamil
1986	Vasantha Raagam				Tamil
1986	Enakku Nane Needipathi				Tamil
1985	Neethiyin Marupakkam				Tamil
1985	Pudhu Yugam				Tamil
1983	Hasida Hebbuli				Kannada
1982	Pattanathu Rajakkal				Tamil

As a playback singer

Year	Title	Song(s)	Composer	Co-singer(s)	Ref.
1967	Iru Malargal	"Maharaja Oru Maharani"	M. S. Viswanathan	Sadan, T. M. Soundararajan	[4]
1978	Aval Oru Pachai Kuzhanthai	"Maalai Ilam"	Illayaraja	SN. Surendar	[5]
1985	Neethiyin Marupakkam	"Potti Kadaiyile"	Illayaraja	Illayaraja	[6]
1986	Kodai Mazhai	"Pala Pala Kuruvi"	Illayaraja	Uma Ramanan	[7]
1986	Natpu	"Adi Maadi Veettu"	Illayaraja	P. Jayachandran	[8]
1992	Innisai Mazhai	"Dhoori Dhoori"	Illayaraja	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	[9]
1993	Kattalai	"Nambinen Maharajene"	Illayaraja	Mano	[10]
1994	Rasigan	"Love Love Mama"	Deva	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	[11]
1995	Visnhu	"Dhoddabetta"	Deva	[12]
1997	Once More	"Oormila Oormila"	Deva	Vijay
2005	Sivakasi	"Kodambakkam Area"	Srikanth Deva	Tippu	[13]
2006	Nenjirukkum Varai	"Azhagana Ponnu"	Srikanth Deva	Gopal Sharma	[14]
2007	Mudhal Kanave	"Beeru Venuma Brandy Venuma"	Srikanth Deva	Vikranth	[15]
2008	Pandhayam	"Chinnamamiye"	Vijay Antony
2009	Vettaikaaran	"Uchimandai Surrru"	Vijay Antony	Krishna Iyer, Charulatha Mani, Sakthi Sree	[16]
2010	Veluthu Kattu	"Sangili Pungili"	Bharani	Karthik, Rap Valla	[17]
2010	Sura	"Naan Nadanthal Adhiradi"	Mani Sharma	Naveen, Janani Madhan	[18]

References

1. http://profiles.lakshmansruthi.com/index.php?uid=684
2. http://www.kollyinsider.com/2011/11/jayalalitha-gives-new-post-to-vijays.html
3. "Shobha Chandrasekhar Filmography". entertainment.oneindia.in. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
4. "Iru Malargal Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
5. "Aval Oru Pachai Kuzhanthai Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
6. "Neethiyin Marupakkam Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
7. "Kodai Mazhai Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
8. "Natpu Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
9. "Innisai Mazhai Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
10. "Kattalai Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
11. "Kattalai Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
12. "Visnhu Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
13. "Sivakasi Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
14. "Nenjirukkum Varai Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
15. "Mudhal Kanave Songs". oosai.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
16. "Vettaikaaran Songs". oosai.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
17. "Veluthu Kattu Songs". oosai.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
18. "Sura Songs". oosai.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.

External links

• Shoba Chandrasekhar at IMDB