C. Aishvarrya Suresh

{{short description|Indian model, singer and actress}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Aishvarrya

| image =

| caption = Aishvarrya in Chennai

| birth_date = 22 December 1988

(age 35)

| birth_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu

| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Model, singer

| years_active = 1997-present

}}

Aishvarrya Suresh (22 December 1988) is an Indian model, singer and actress. She has worked for many fashion designers and appeared in over 600 different marketing campaigns.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/rp/2008/01/27/stories/2008012750210400.htm |title=Retail Plus Chennai : Fashion Q Ravishing Damsel! |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2008-01-27 |accessdate=2011-11-15 |location=Chennai, India}}

Aishvarrya's first assignment was with Sharad Haksar. She later worked with fashion designers Satya Paul, Tarun Tahliani, Ritu Kumar, Ashish Soni, Rehane Yavar Dhala and others. She has also appeared in and on the cover of numerous national fashion magazines.

Aishvarrya is part of the Chennai-based fusion band Staccato.{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/article553709.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701013627/http://newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/article553709.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2012|title=From a musical note to a motley mix and the Olympics|publisher=}} The band was selected by director Danny Boyle to perform at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/south/chennai-teens-20-somethings-who-will-perform-at-olympics-490832|title=Chennai teens, 20-somethings who will perform at Olympics|publisher=}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/chennais-olympics-connect/article3569176.ece|title=Chennai's Olympics connect|first=Prince|last=Frederick|newspaper=The Hindu |date=25 June 2012|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}} Since 2015, she has been singing playback for Tamil films as well. She first sung Inimey Ippadithaan's title track composed by Santhosh Kumar Dayanidhi and later the Ghibran-composed song "Neeye Unakku Raja" alongside Kamal Haasan for Thoongavanam as well as its Telugu version for Cheekati Rajyam.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/I-have-never-sung-metal-before-Aishvarrya/articleshow/49300398.cms|title=I have never sung metal before: Aishvarrya|newspaper=The Times of India |publisher=}}

She played Roxie Hart in Chicago, based on the same-titled musical, which was jointly produced by actors Vishal and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Vishal-Varu-and-Yuvan-join-hands/articleshow/43626123.cms|title=Vishal, Varu and Yuvan join hands|newspaper=The Times of India |publisher=}} In 2015, she acted in a stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge!, portraying the star courtesan, Satine, of the cabaret.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/from-the-dark-recesses/article6951749.ece|title=From the dark recesses|first=Preeti|last=Zachariah|newspaper=The Hindu |date=2 March 2015|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Of-Love-Beauty-and-all-that-Baz/2015/03/03/article2694742.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126233131/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Of-Love-Beauty-and-all-that-Baz/2015/03/03/article2694742.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 November 2015|title=Of Love, Beauty, and all that Baz|publisher=}}