Kalyani Nair

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Kalyani Nair (Tamil: கல்யாணி நீர், with help of Google Transliteration) is a popular singer from Chennai, India (birth place is Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala). She is highly active in in Tamil cinema industry, Kollywood. Her melodious voice has created ripples in music industry. At certain places of her song a resemblance of her voice with that of popular singer Shreya Ghosal can be noticed. One of her popular songs is Dora Dora Anbe Dora in movie Masilamani where she has sung the duet with famous singer Balram.

She is an undergraduate student of Economics in Ethiraj College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She believes, Chennai is the right place for music as there are all varirties of music one can find. Hariharan once described her voice as one with a bright future as she sang with him at a function that was organised to celebrate his 50th birthday. She likes the golden oldies of Lata, Asha and Geeta Dutt.

Kalyani has sung for Vidyasagar in `Satyam' and `Kochi Rajavu,' and for Ouseppachan in `Thaskaraveeran,' and the popular `Moollai Thirugum' in `Kana Kande,' a popular song in Chennai.

She did her schooling mostly in North India as her father Colonel U.G. Kumar was posted in different places in India. She had the chance to learn Hindustani music and at 12. At Chennai, her teacher is Binny Krishnakumar whom she appreciates a lot for his help.

Reference: http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/07/04/stories/2005070401220100.htm