Anitha Shaiq
Background information
Birth nameAnitha Shaiq
BornThiruvananthapuram
GenresSufi, Ghazal and playback singer
Occupation(s)Singer , composer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2007–present

Anitha Shaiq, often credited as Anitha. S is an Indian playback singer ,Sufi singer and music composer, living in Mumbai, India. She performs Indian classical, sufi, Ghazal, folk and pop music, having sung in Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Oriya, Punjabi, and Tamil languages. In her 15 years in the film industry, she has recorded more than 200 songs for films.[1][2][3]

Early life

Anitha Shaiq was born to Sirajuniza Begum, a secondary school music teacher, and Sheikh Ebrahim. She graduated from the Government College for Women, majoring in music. She has studied Hindustani, Sufi, Carnatic, and Western music.[4]

Career

At Pearl Awards in Qatar

Composing

Shaiq composed the song "Melake Ponnal" for the film Crossroad directed by Lenin Rajendran.[5]

Playback singing

Shaiq began her play back singing in 2007 with the hit song of that year composed by Sree. Vidyasagar.[4] She has sung for many Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Kannada movies.[4]

Musical albums

"Satrangee" is composed and sung by Anitha Shaiq, while it was produced by East Coast.The album consists of seven tracks written by legends like, Meera, Mirza Ghalib, Bulleh Shah, Amir Khusrow etc..The album was launched by the famous Indian Sufi singer Kailash Kher on 20 January 2015.

Live performances

Anitha has performed live concerts all over India, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Europe.

Discography

Anitha on a live show in Bahrain
SongMovieMusic DirectorLanguageyear
O mamaRock n RollVidyasagarMalayalam2007
Thumbi ThumbiParunthuAlex paulMalayalam2008
SarigamapaTwenty TwentyBerney IgnatiousMalayalam2008
MinnaminnikkoottamminnaminnikkoottamBijibalMalayalam2008
RajakumarilollipopAlex paulMalayalam2008
Ekanda chandrike2 harihar nagarAlex paulMalayalam2009
Adavukal2 harihar nagaralexpaulMalayalam2009
Kozhy chingaraBodyguardouseppachanMalayalam2009
Maama maamaSimhakuttyraghavendraMalayalam2009
Pathalle pathalleRingtoneshaanMalayalam2010
Manassin vaathiKillaadikeeravaaniMalayalam2010
Mazha mazhaKillaadikeeravaaniMalayalam2010
PanchasaaraBlack&white kudumbamAlex paulMalayalam2010
Dhak dhakAlexander the greatM G SreekumarMalayalam2010
Ola olaIn ghost house innAlex paulMalayalam2011
Miya miyaIn ghost house innAlexpaulMalayalam2011
Laddu ladduAarvamRony raphelTamil2011
AnnakkiliKaiIshaan devTamil2011
TheyyareVaranMani sharmaMalayalam2011
PathinettinHolidaysAlex paulMalayalam2011
Noda bedaKalla malla sullaAlex paulKannada2011
Nath nathBadrinathKeeravaaniMalayalam2011
Thuppa thuppaKalla malla sullaAlex paulKannada2011
Odu paampeKochi to kodambakkamThamanMalayalam2011
KaadhaloruKaandharvanAlex paulTamil2012
House fullHousefullSejo joneMalayalam2013
Kanalu njaanIdiotsNandhu karthaMalayalam2013
RaavoruRabecca UthuppRatheesh vegaMalayalam2013
KannaayiramSolar SwapnamJayanMalayalam2014
konjum ballyamallelittle superman 3Dmohan sitaraMalayalam2014
Arabean versionAynerahulrajMalayalam2015
to pain begaanialbumganesh prasadoriya2016
meree jaanekkadiki potavu chinnavadasekhar chandraTelugu2016
thakiladi melamviswaasapoorvam manzoorramesh narayanMalayalam2017
Kettu marannorumatch boxbijipalMalayalam2017
Melakeycross roadanitha shaiqMalayalam2017
kattukkul vettaithulamalex premnathTamil2018

Awards and honours

Anitha received JESSEY Awards, Lions Club Musical Award, and GMMA Award and was nominated for the "Best singer" in the Asianet Film Awards.

References

  1. ↑ M, Athira (26 October 2018). "Anitha Shaiq on her journey with music". The Hindu.
  2. ↑ "Anitha Shaiq's Recently Released Sufi Rock is Trending on YouTube with a Excellent Reviews!". 11 October 2019.
  3. ↑ The Hindu (26 October 2018). "Anitha Shaiq on her journey with music". Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 Pillai, Suchithra (3 February 2011). "Rolling in the hits – Since her debut in Rock n' Roll, singer Anitha S. has continuously rocked the charts". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Soman, Deepa (13 October 2017). "'Crossroad' song 'Melakey' is the music direction debut of 'Chandamama' singer!". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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