Amrutha Suresh

Amrutha Suresh (born 2 August 1990) is an Indian singer, composer, songwriter, and radio jockey. She attained popularity after her stint at the reality television singing competition Idea Star Singer on Asianet in 2007. Since then, she has sung and composed for several films and music albums. She has been a celebrity radio jockey on Radio Suno 91.7 with the music show Suno Melodies. In 2014, she founded the music band Amrutam Gamay

Early life Amrutha was born in Kochi, Kerala, to musician P. R. Suresh and Laila. Her mother, who was born as a Roman Catholic, converted to Hinduism upon her marriage. She has a sister, singer and composer Abhirami Suresh, who is five years younger. They are from Edappally, Kochi.

Living in a family (paternal) of musicians inspired her to pursue music from a young age.

Amrutha was a topper at school. She then took graduation in Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and post-graduation in Master of Business Administration (MBA), and also holds degrees in Carnatic music and Hindustani classical music.

Career Music She comes from a musician's family, she used to perform at stage shows during her childhood. While studying in eighth standard, she has been a child singer in Nadirshah's stage shows. In 2007, Amrutha contested in the second season of reality television singing competition Idea Star Singer on Asianet, she was one of the popular contestants on the show. It helped her foray into film industry. Since then, she has sung playback in a number of Malayalam films. Pulliman was her debut film as playback singer, composed by Sharreth. Her rendition of the song "Munthirpoo" from the film Aagathan (2010) was well received.

She sang "Kannu Karuthu" for music director Sharreth in his album Strawberry Theyyam (2014) which was a blend of folk and western orchestration, the song was particularly praised in the 9-track album. In 2014, Amritha founded the music band Amrutam Gamay. Amritha and her sister Abhirami Suresh are the lead vocalists of the band. The band performed internationally at gigs within six months of its formation. The band handles all kinds of genres, including Indian, western, folk, classical, or rock. The band's cover version of Israeli folk song "Hava Nagila" sung by Amritha was popular among the global Jewish community. In 2015, Amritha and Abhirami wrote and composed multiple original songs for their band, including "Katturumbu", "Ayyayo", and "Harps of Peace".

In 2017, Amrutha released her first single, "Anayathe", which featured herself and was a tribute to motherhood and women. The song was positively received and garnered attention for its theme. After its release, Amritha got acting offers from some Tamil films, but she refused as she was not seeing herself as an actress at the time. She was also approached by a Canadian production company for an English film. In the same year, she began presenting the musical talk show Suno Melodies on Radio Suno 91.7 as a celebrity radio jockey. It was followed by a single in the film Aadu 2 (2017), titled "Aadu 2 – Success Song".

In 2019, she sang "Minni Minni" in the film June which was well received. For the song, she was nominated for the Mazhavil Music Award for Best Female Singer. In the same year, Amritha sang the first of the three music videos in DJ Savyo's Destiny, an experimental album which used Shiva mantra in the backdrop of electronic dance music. That year she also signed a project with Swedish musician Neil Luckz, who contacted her after watching her music video Ohm Nama Shivaya; she is working on six English songs for the project.

Other works Amrutha is also into modelling. In 2017, she was featured in the cover of lifestyle magazine FWD Life. In December 2018, Amrutha and her sister Abhirami started a YouTube channel, Amrutam Gamay – AG, with the series AG Vlogs to publish their creative content. The content is related to their personal lives, travel, food, music, shopping among other things. The series met with positive reception from viewers. In 2020, Amrutha and Abhirami entered as contestants in the second season of Malayalam reality television game show Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 2), hosted by actor Mohanlal on Asianet. They entered the Bigg Boss house as wildcard entrants on day-50 and plays as a pair.

Personal life Amrutha first met her ex-husband Bala at the sets of the film Venalmaram in which he was starring and Amrutha was playback singer. Later, they developed a friendship-turned-romance while she was contesting in the reality TV singing competition Idea Star Singer in which he was a celebrity judge. They talked to each other's family and got married on 27 August 2010 at a ceremony held in Chennai. They were residing in Palarivattom, Kochi. They are reported to have started living separately in 2015, and got legal divorce in December 2019. They have a daughter named Avanthika born in 2012 who lives with her.

Discography Playback singer Year Song Film 2007 "Unarumee Pulakangal" Vaamanapuri 2008 "Minnaaminunge" Kabadi Kabadi 2009 "Ayalathe Kuyile" Venalmaram "Amma Nilaavaau" Ammanilavu 2007 "Onnu Thottal Mathi""Manasthapamode" Karthavu "Chandana Chela Chutty""Sankholiyunarum" Jayadurga "Anuthaapiyaay Njan" Jeevan Nalkum Vachanam "Chettikulangara""Sreevazhum" Sarvam Jagadeeswari 2018 "Meda Kinakkal" Swarna Kaineettam "" Avarkkai2019 "Davidhu Chiguruvu" Santhvanam "" Destinyalso actress "" Gokulapalakan

Filmography

Online appearances Year Title Role Network Notes 2016 The Muse Room Performer Online Musical show2017 How Well Do You Know Guest FWD TV Online Chat show

IndiaGlitz Malayalam Movies Interview Guest IndiaGlitz Online Chat show

Sensations Entertainment Guest Online Talk show 2018–present Amrutam Gamay - AG Herself/host Online YouTube Channel 2019 Movie Man Herself Online Talk show

Red FM Red Carpet Herself Red FM Malayalam Online Talk show

Candid Chat with Mammootty Interviewer Sillymonks Online Talk show

Oppo Kerala fourth Anniversary Performer YouTube Stage show

Vanita Utsav Performer YouTube Stage show 2020 Iam the Answer Herself Vanitha Online Talk show

Choych Choych Powam Herself Ginger Media Broadcasting Online Talk show

Be It Herself Online Talk show

Talentine Hours with Asianet Herself Asianet Online

Dinner Talk Host/Herself Asianet Online

2022 On Air with Meenakshi Herself Jango Space TV

What's in My Bag Herself Kaumudy Movies

Choych Choych Povam Herself Ginger Media Entertainments

Awards Creative Film Awards 2019 - for Best Singer Female - June