Darshana KT

Darshana
Born	(1984-11-06) 6 November 1984
Origin	Chennai, India
Genres	Playback singing Jingles
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2007–present

Darshana KT (born 6 November 1984) is an Indian Tamil playback singer, music composer and artist for films in India. She is currently residing in Chicago and shuttles between India and the US for her music projects.

Early career

Darshana did her schooling in Kuwait. She moved to Chennai to continue her education and did her graduate program in Journalism & Media in M.O.P. Vaishnav College, Chennai and Masters in Media Presentation/Production in Loyola College, Chennai. During this period she got the opportunity to work as an intern in The Hindu and later worked for Gautami as her assistant for a year.

Singing

She started singing from an early age of five. She started off as a singer and got to perform as a child artist in Kuwait. Some of the shows worth mentioning are the Ilayaraja Night in 2002 where she shared the stage with the Maestro and did two shows with Playback Singer Mano in 1999. Once she moved back to Chennai in 2003, she recorded many Jingles for leading companies. Between 2004 and 2006, she gave backup vocals for many television sops like Annamalai and Selvi. She also sang in many albums brought out by Manikanth Kadrigopalnath, the son of saxophone maestro Kadri Gopalnath and sang in Veena Maestro Rajesh Vaidya's fusion Albums.

Her passion for music was very strong and hence chose for Music to be her career. Her first major break was for the Movie "Shivaji – The Boss" for which the music was scored by Oscar Winner A. R. Rahman. She was also the part of A. R. Rahman Times Now show held in Chennai during 2008. She continues to work on her Jazz, R&B and has completed Level 2 in Jazz Vocals from Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago. She is also pursuing Carnatic & Hindustani Music.

She has won Several Awards at different levels. She was nominated for the 55th Filmfare (South) awards for her debut song "Maduraikki Pogathadi" for the film Azhagiya Thamizh Magan. She has also won the "My Tamizh Movie.com" award in the year 2007 for the same song.

Apart from Movie songs, she is also an independent songwriter/composer.

Music Composer

Year	Movie	Language
2023	Sila Nodigalil	Tamil

Filmography

Year	Movie	Language	Music Director	Song
2023	Sila Nodigalil	Tamil	Darshana KT	Tholai Vaanam
2021	Galatta Kalyanam	Tamil	A.R. Rahman	Sooraavali Ponnu
2019	Kaappaan	Tamil	Harris Jayaraj	Kurilae Kurilae
2017	Meyaadha Maan	Tamil	Pradeep Kumar (singer)	Nee Mattum Pothum
2017	Mom	Hindi	A.R. Rahman	Maufi Mushkil
2017	Bairavaa	Tamil	Santhosh Narayanan	Azhagiya Soodana Poovey
2015	O Kadhal Kanmani	Tamil	A.R. Rahman	Kaara Aattakkaara
2015		Tamil		Theera Ulaa
2015	OK Bangaram	Telugu (Dubbed version)		Raara Aatagaada
2015				Neetho alaa
2015				Mental Madhilo (Female version)
2012	Pizza	Tamil	Santhosh Narayanan	Engo Oduginraai
2011	Udhayan	Tamil	Manikanth Kadri	Lakka Lakka
2011	Ponnar Shankar	Tamil	Ilaiyaraaja	Malar Villale
2011	Kanchana: Muni 2	Tamil	S. Thaman	Karuppu Perazhaga
2009	Vedigundu Murugesan	Tamil	Dhina	Kaapi kottai
2009	Blue	Hindi	A.R. Rahman
2008	Yuvvraaj	Hindi
2008	Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na	Hindi		Pappu Can't Dance Saala
2008		Hindi		Nazrein Milana
2007	Shivaji – The Boss	Tamil/Hindi (Dubbed version)		Vaaji Vaaji
2007				Ballelakha
2007	Guru	Telugu (Dubbed version) / Hindi		Mayya Mayya
2007				Bazee Laga
2007	Athidhi	Telugu	Mani Sharma	Valla Valla
2007	Azhagiya Thamizh Magan	Tamil	A.R. Rahman	Valayapatti
2007		Tamil		Maduraikki Pogathadi

Independent Single/Album

Year	Composer	Song	Language
2014	KT	Vaan Thirakinra pozhuthil	Tamil
2012	KT	Unnai Ninaithen	Tamil

Awards and nominations

• Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil for the song Maduraikku Pogatheydi. (2007)

References

• Singers of A. R. Rahman
• Azhagiya Tamizh Magan
• Sivaji – The Boss
• O Kadhal Kanmani