Mahathi

Mahathi is from a family of musicians. Her father, Thiruvaiyaru P. Sekar, is a vocalist and a disciple of M. Balamuralikrishna. Her mother, Vasanthi Sekar, a flautist, is the grand disciple of T. R. Mahalingam, N. Ramani and Kesi. Mahathi is also the great-granddaughter of the violinist Sangeetha Kalanidhi Pazhamaneri Swaminatha Iyer. ==Career==

A carnatic musician & playback singer, Mahathi is a child prodigy who started Identifying classical ragas when she was 1.5 years old. Undergoing musical training under her parents Thiruvaiyaru Sekar & Smt. Vasanthi Sekar, she underwent musical training from Smt. Lalitha & Gayatri at trivandrum, Underwent advanced musical training from Sangeetha Kala Acharya Late Mangad Natesan & Padma Bhushan Awardee Madurai Shri T N Seshagopalan. Mahathi is a prominent playback singer in South Indian Languages. She was introduced to playback singing by Isaignani Ilayaraja in the movie Kadhal Jathi in 2001. ==Playback singing==

Mahathi started playback singing in 2003 with a duet, "Iyyaiyyo Pudichirukku", with Hariharan, under the music direction of Harris Jayaraj in movie, Saamy. In 2008, Mahathi won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Naeraa Varattuma" from the movie "Nenje Nenje". ==Discography==

All songs in Tamil unless specified otherwise. ==Television works==

Mahathi presented the music based quiz program, "Aaha Paadalam" on Doordarshan Podhigai TV with Raaghav. In October 2005 she presented Ilaiyaraja's Live-in Concert organised by Jaya TV, "Andrum Indrum Endrum" with actor Parthiban. ==Titles, awards, and other recognition==

• 2008, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Playback (for "Naeraa Varattuma" from Nenjathai Killadhe) • 2009, Isai Aruvi Film Award – “Mudhal Mazhai” • 2008, ITFA Best Female Playback Award (for "Mudhal Mazhai" from Bheema) • 2011, "The Chord Wizard" (title), WE Magazine, Chennai, India • 2009, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Playback (for "Nenje Nenje" from Ayan) • An “A” grade artist of the All India Radio / Doordarshan in 2020 • 2023, “Isai Chelvam” conferred by Muthamizh Peravai – from the honourable chief minister of Tamilnadu Thiru M.K Stalin • 2006, Innisai Ilayavani • 2017, ISAI PEROLI - Kartik Fine Arts • 2015, G.Ramanathan Award – Sri Parthsarathy swamy sabha Chennai • 2011, Yuva kala Bharathi – Bharath Kalachar • 2016, Vani Kala Nipuna – Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha • 2018, Madras Music Academy – Best Pallavi Prize • 2024, Raga Chathura Bhushani – Rotary Club Chennai ==References==