Swetha Ashok

Swetha Ashok
Swetha Ashok
Background information
Born	Vadakara, Calicut, Kerala
Genres	Folk, Indian classical, Playback Singing, Ghazal, Western
Years active	2008 - Present
Website	www.facebook.com/swethaashokofficial/

Swetha Ashok is an Indian playback singer, who is well known for her work in the Malayalam film industry. She rose to fame as a child when she won the reality show Munch Star Singer (2008). She was one of the finalists on the reality show SaReGaMaPa Keralam, the Malayalam regional version of the flagship show of Zee Entertainment Enterprises. During the course of the show, Swetha launched her playback singing career by singing songs for prominent films like Mammooty's Shylock, Happy Sardar, and Dhamaka by music director Gopi Sundar.

Biography[]

Swetha was born in Vadakara, Calicut. She currently lives with her parents and brother in Cochin, Kerala. She has one elder sister and a brother. Swetha's brother Vishnu Ashok is an aspiring violinist and a music director.^[1] Swetha's sister Aswathi Ashok is a lyricist^[2] and a businesswoman, owner of the jewellery line AASH.

Career[]

Swetha is a trained classical singer and a B high grade artiste in All India Radio. She trained under Guru T. Ramachandran Namboothiri and Guru Vaikom Jayachandran Namboothiri. She participated in the reality show Munch Star Singer in 2008 and subsequently was crowned the winner. Post her rise to fame as a child, Swetha has done over 500 concerts across India, USA, Canada, Singapore and the Middle East. She was an Asst. Professor of Computer Science and an online music instructor at NotesNBeats, California before she once again participated in a reality show SaReGaMaPa Keralam in 2019. During the course of her show, she landed singing opportunities with well known music directors like Gopi Sundar and Shaan Rahman.

On 26 August 2020, Swetha released her first original song, called "Chingaponpulari".^[3] The song is an Onam special featuring Swetha as the artiste. The music was done by her brother Vishnu Ashok and the lyrics have been penned by her sister Aswathi Ashok.^[4] The song immediately trended after the release with multiple media platforms covering it and lauding the family for their joint venture. Produced under their family's banner, the song has been jointly produced by KP Ashokan and Jyothi Ashok.^[5] The song was released online by Sujatha Mohan who appreciated Swetha on her maiden original with a note of encouragement.^[6]

Swetha released her second single^[7] on 1 November 2020. The romantic number "Neeye" was the second venture of the sibling trio with Vishnu Ashok composing the music and Aswathi Ashok penning the lyrics for the same.

As playback singer[]

Year	Title	Movie	Language	Music Director
2010	Amme Mookambike	Nalla Pattukare	Malayalam	Sharreth
2017	Kannil Mayyezhuthi	Sakhavinte Priyasakhi	Malayalam	Hari
2019	Bar Song	Shylock	Malayalam	Gopi Sundar
2019	Adipoli Dhamaka	Dhamaka	Malayalam	Gopi Sundar
2019	Happy Song	Dhamaka	Malayalam	Gopi Sundar
2020	Farewell Song - Chorus	Kunjeldho	Malayalam	Shaan Rahman
2020	Thulasikathir Nulliyeduthu	Album	Malayalam	Sargam Music
2020	Maadu Meykum Kanne	Album	Malayalam	Sargam Music
2020	Veera Viraada	Album	Malayalam	Sargam Music
2020	Malappuram Song	Album	Malayalam	Atif, Essar Media
2020	Thulasi Kathir (Hindi)	Album	Malayalam	Sargam Music
2020	Chingaponpulari	Original Song ^[8]	Malayalam	Vishnu Ashok
2020	Neeye	Original Song ^[9]	Malayalam	Vishnu Ashok
2020	Kadhayini Maari	Kaiyethum Doorath ^[10]	Malayalam	Gopi Sundar
2021	Janmangal Theeruvolam Amma Kunje	Amma makal ^[11]	Malayalam	Alphons Joseph
2021	Edukka Kaashayi	Minnal Murali	Malayalam	Shaan Rahman