Shoba Chandrasekhar

Shoba Chandrasekhar (born 24 August 1956) is an Indian playback singer, director, writer and film producer. She is the mother of actor Vijay.

Musical training

Her early guru was Shri Meenakshi Sundaram. Later, she joined the Tamil Nadu Government Music College and pursued her studies from the great tutors in the college such as Vidwan Shri T.M. Thiagarajan. She also had the opportunity to learn Veena playing from Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan at the music college. For the past five 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

She was a singer in light music troupes. She later graduated to singing in films. Her first film song was "Maharaja Oru Maharani..." from the film Iru Malargal.^[3]

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 has also recently released a devotional album titled "Anaimuganum Arumuganum", that talks about her singing career.^{[citation needed]}

Her first light classical music programme was telecast on

She has produced 10 films and written stories for more than 50. She also directed two films, Nanbargal and Innisai Mazhai. In fact, 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][4]

Personal life

Shoba is married to film director S. A. Chandrasekhar on April 26, 1973. Their son Vijay is a popular actor in Tamil cinema. Their daughter Vidya passed away at the age of 2. Shoba's brother S. N. Surendar is also a playback singer and voice actor.

Filmography

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

As a playback singer

References

External links

• Shoba Chandrasekhar at
  IMDb