Shoba Chandrasekhar

Shoba Chandrasekhar (born 24 August 1948) is an Indian playback singer, screenwriter, film producer and film director. She is the mother of former actor and the ninth chief minister of Tamil Nadu C Joseph Vijay.

Others In 2011, she was appointed as the Artistic Heritage Consultant by the order of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.

Film career 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.

She has written several stories that have been made into movies by moviemaker husband S. A. Chandrasekhar mostly starring Vijayakanth and Vijay.

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. She also sang over 12 movies.

Personal life Shoba is married to film director S. A. Chandrasekhar on April 24, 1973. Their son Vijay is a former actor in Tamil cinema and the incumbent Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu since 2026.

Filmography Note: she was mostly credited as Shoba and was sometimes credited as Shoba Chandrasekaran.

As a playback singer Year Title Song(s) Composer Co-singer(s) 1967 Iru Malargal "Maharaja Oru Maharani" M. S. Viswanathan Sadan, T. M. Soundararajan 1978 Aval Oru Pachai Kuzhanthai "Maalai Ila Manathil" Illayaraja S. N. Surendar 1979 Allari Vayasu (Telugu) "Paapam Ee Chinnavaadikoka Lokam" J. V. Raghavulu G. Anand 1985 Neethiyin Marupakkam "Potti Kadaiyile" Illayaraaja Illayaraja 1986 Kodai Mazhai "Pala Pala Kuruvi" Uma Ramanan Natpu "Adi Maadi Veettu" P. Jayachandran 1992 Innisai Mazhai "Dhoori Dhoori" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 1993 Kattalai "Nambinen Maharajene" Mano 1994 Rasigan "Love Love Mama" Deva S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 1995 Vishnu "Dhoddabetta" Vijay 1997 Once More "Oormila Oormila" 2005 Sivakasi "Kodambakkam Area" Srikanth Deva Tippu 2006 Nenjirukkum Varai "Azhagana Ponnu" Gopal Sharma 2007 Mudhal Kanave "Beeru Venuma Brandy Venuma" Vikranth 2008 Pandhayam "Chinnamamiye" Vijay Antony MK Balaji, Vinaya, Christopher 2009 Vettaikaaran "Uchimandai Surrru" Krishna Iyer, Charulatha Mani, Shakthisree Gopalan 2010 Veluthu Kattu "Sangili Pungili" Bharani Karthik, Rap Valla Sura "Naan Nadanthal Adhiradi" Mani Sharma Naveen, Janani Madhan