Lathika

Lathika
ലതിക teacher is a maestro
Lathika; ലതിക teacher is a maestro
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Background information
Birth name	Lathika
Born	1960 (age 63–64) ; Kollam, India
Genres	Playback singing, Carnatic music
Occupation(s)	Singer, lecturer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1976–present

Lathika (

Malayalam: ലതിക) is an Indian playback singer whose voice held sway over the music charts in the late 1980s-early 1990s in the Malayalam film industry. She has lent her voice mainly for Malayalam and Tamil film songs for over 300 films. Some of her hit songs of that time are ‘Kathodu Kathoram…' and ‘Devadoothar Padi…'(Kathodu Kathoram), ‘Poo Venam Pooppada Venam...' (Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam), and ‘Tharum Thalirum...' (Chilambu).^[1]

Career

Lathika debuted at the age of 16 with the scene "Pushpathalpathin.." composed by Kannur Rajan for I. V. Sasi's ‘Abhinandam' (1976). She sang the duet with K. J. Yesudas, who, she says, has always been her mentor. Over the years Lathika also has had the "good fortune" to sing in the debut films of some of the most famous composers in Malayalam including Ravindran Master (‘Choola'), Ouseppachan (‘Kathodu Kathoram') and S.P. Venkatesh (‘Rajavinte Makan'). Although Lathika, had earlier sung playback for a number of songs and was a star on the ganamela circuit in and around Kollam and Tamil Nadu, it wasn't until she was introduced to Bharathan that she began to be noticed in the music industry.

It was music director

Vaishali) and ‘Hridayaraga…' (Amaram), to name a few. Her last song for him was ‘Othiri Othiri Mohangal…' in Vengalam

. Nilaavinte poomgavil... from the movie 'Sreekrishna Parunthu' is one of her most popular song. Her other notable songs include 'Poovulla Meda Kaanan....' from the film 'Pandu pandoru rajakumari' along with G. Venugopal, Aathma Sugandham from the movie 'Bhadrachitta' etc.

Throughout her career, Lathika has had several songs credited to other singers, especially K.S. Chitra, by popular media and persons. This has been attributed to slight similarities between her songs and Chithra's. The singer has always been uncomplaining about the matter.

As of August 2016, her latest rendition for a movie is for a 2016 Malayalam movie Guppy in which she sang the song "Athiraliyum karakaviyum" along with Vijay Yesudas.^[2]

In 2022, she received the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award in Light Music category.^[3]

Present life

Currently she is serving as lecturer in music at the Swathi Thirunal College of Music, Thiruvananthapuram. She has been promoted as Asst. Professor and serving the same college.

References

^ Sathyendran, Nita (25 March 2010). "Unforgettable Lathika". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
^ 919radiomango (9 August 2016), Guppy movie song ATHIRALIYUM, retrieved 27 August 2016{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy awards declared". The Hindu. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.

External links

Lathika at
IMDb
Lathika at MSI

[1] Sathyendran, Nita (25 March 2010). "Unforgettable Lathika". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 September 2018.

[2] 919radiomango (9 August 2016), Guppy movie song ATHIRALIYUM, retrieved 27 August 2016{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[3] "Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy awards declared". The Hindu. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.

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