Surmukhi Raman

Surmukhi Raman completed her primary education in Pune, Maharashtra and higher education at Vyasa Vidhyalaya Matric Higher Secondary School in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She studied at University of Madras. Her father S.V. Ramanan, who had been a semi classical singer in All India Radio, Indore, Madhya Pradesh.{{cite news |title=An interview with Singer Surmukhi! |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/tamil/en/audiotrack/interview-singer-surmukhi |accessdate=18 December 2018 |publisher=Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Tamil, Australia |date=6 July 2018}}{{cite news |title=ON A SONG – Asal Singer Surmukhi |url=http://www.ajithfans.com/media/media-news/2010/02/13/on-a-song-asal-singer-surmukhi/ |accessdate=23 December 2018 |publisher=Ajithfans |date=13 February 2010 |archive-date=24 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224024351/http://www.ajithfans.com/media/media-news/2010/02/13/on-a-song-asal-singer-surmukhi/ |url-status=dead }}

Surmukhi's playback singing career started in 2007 and has spanned over 15years.{{cite news |title=Surmukhi's songs making wave |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/music/news-and-interviews/Surmukhis-song-making-waves/iplarticleshow/5564901.cms |accessdate=15 December 2018 |work=The Times of India |date=13 February 2010}} She started singing Light music shows at the age of 14. B.H.Abdul Hameed advised her to make her voice recorded in a cassette to distribute to the music directors.{{cite web |title=Surmukhi Raman Exclusive Interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W05EbcIeis |via=YouTube |publisher=Mojo Projects |accessdate=27 April 2020}} She has sung the songs composed by all leading music directors in the film industry including Ilayaraja, A.R. Rahman, Hariharan, Bharadwaj,{{cite news|url=http://www.ayngaran.com/frame.php?iframepath=newsdetails.php?newsid=3156|title=Singer Surmukhi gets candid|accessdate=15 December 2018}} Vidhyasagar, Sharetth, Vijay Antony, Deva, Srikanth Deva, D. Imaan, Colonial Cousins, Jeevaraja, Vijayshankar, Taj Noor, Xavier, Manikanth Kadri, Rajini, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Ganesh Raghavendra, Nallathambi, and Shyam Balakrishnan.{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Ashok |title=Twin Treat |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Twin-treat/article15522209.ece |accessdate=15 December 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=17 January 2011}}{{cite news |title=Beautiful Scores |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Beautiful-scores/article15913956.ece |accessdate=15 December 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=14 September 2010}} She has sung for more than 15 movies in Tamil and Telugu under the musical composition of Ilayaraja.{{cite news |last1=Ku |first1=Anandaraj |title="'ஆண்டிப்பட்டி கனவா காத்து' பாடலைப் பாடினது நான்தான் யாருக்குத் தெரியும்?!" – பாடகி சுர்முகி |url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/music/singer-surmukhi-speaks-about-her-musical-career |accessdate=22 May 2019 |agency=Cinema vikatan |publisher=Cinema vikatan}} Her famous hit songs include "Pothum Otha Sollu",{{cite news |title=Surmukhi |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/tracks/n4wgxw |accessdate=15 December 2018 |publisher=BBC}} "Chinna Paya Vayasu",{{cite news |title=Surmukhi |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/tracks/n38f6b |accessdate=15 December 2018 |publisher=BBC}} and "Paruruvayaa".{{cite news |title=Surmukhi |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/tracks/n3hzmz |accessdate=15 December 2018 |publisher=BBC}} Her popular song "Aandipatti Kanava Kathu" from the Tamil "film Dharamadurai garnered 26 million views on YouTube."{{cite news |title=Surmukhi Raman |url=https://www.nettv4u.com/celebrity/tamil/playback-singer/surmukhi-raman |accessdate=16 December 2018 |agency=NETTV4U}} Also her another song "Peechey Peechey" from the movie Aranmanai is featured as one of the "most popular Tamil songs from the best artists" in the Tamil section of the Emirates Entertainment (In-Flight) Magazine, October 2016.{{cite news |title=Emirates Entertainment Magazine, October 2016 |url=http://content.emirates.com/downloads/ife/pdfs/2016/Entertainment_Oct16_Final_Online_190916_lr.pdf |accessdate=19 December 2018 |publisher=Emirates}}

She is also a live stage performer who has performed more than 2000 orchestras.{{cite news |title=That defining decade |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/that-defining-decade/article6285029.ece |accessdate=15 December 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=6 August 2014}}{{cite news |title=Friends in deed |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/friends-in-deed/article2793986.ece |accessdate=15 December 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=12 January 2012}}{{cite news |last1=Krupa |first1=Lakshmi |title=Notes of nostalgia |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/notes-of-nostalgia/article5609356.ece |accessdate=15 December 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=13 May 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Srinivasan |first1=Meera |title=SPB magic, live in Jaffna |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/SPB-magic-live-in-Jaffna/article15479081.ece |accessdate=15 December 2018 |date=11 October 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Natarajan |first1=Aravindham |title=Ilaiyaraaja in ink |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/Ilaiyaraaja-in-ink/article16709720.ece |accessdate=15 December 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=27 November 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.isaignanifanclub.com/events.php|title=Raajavin Sangeetha Thirunaal – 5th April 2014|accessdate=15 December 2018|agency=Isaignani Fan Club}}

Surmukhi Raman has been performing solo devotional Bhajan, semi classical shows in North India almost every year for past 10 years. She has sung more than 500 devotional songs, encouraged by Mr.A.C. Dinakar, one of the senior most musicians in the industry. Her famous devotional albums include Siva Kavasam & Thirupallieluchi(2009),{{cite news |title=Siva Kavasam and Thirupallieluchi (2005) |url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/album/Siva-Kavasam-And-Thirupallieluchi-songs-TD01093 |accessdate=21 December 2018 |agency=Raaga-A World of Music}}Yoga Narasimhar (2015),{{cite news |title=Yoga Narasimhar (2015) |url=https://mio.to/album/Srivardhini%2C+Surmukhi/Yoga+Narasimhar+%282015%29 |accessdate=16 December 2018 |agency=Music India Online |archive-date=6 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406143345/http://mio.to/album/Srivardhini%2C+Surmukhi/Yoga+Narasimhar+%282015%29 |url-status=dead }} Murugane Mal Murugane (2011),{{cite news |title=Murugane Mal Marugane |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/murugane-mal-marugane/0PLtZhXNXdc_ |accessdate=16 December 2018 |agency=Jiosavaan}} Kanikai Thanthidum (2017){{cite news|url=https://www.deezer.com/us/track/400097402|title=Kaanikai Thanthidum|accessdate=15 December 2018|agency=Deezer}} and Mera Sairam (2019).{{cite web |last1=Mera Sairam |title=Album Mera Sairam |url=https://music.amazon.in/albums/B07QNCLSFK?ref=dm_sh_duWVRQfdZRzUE7ObtViX4RyC7 |publisher=Amazon Music |accessdate=19 April 2019}}{{cite web |title=Mera Sairam |url=https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/srichakra/mera-sairam |website=Distrokid |accessdate=22 April 2019}}

Apart from playback singing, she is also appeared among the panel of Judges in the singing reality shows.

Official voice trainer for "Sun Singer" consecutively for 4 years.{{cite news |title=Sun Singer Trichy auditions on February 28 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/Sun-Singer-Trichy-auditions-on-February-28/articleshow/51166386.cms |accessdate=15 December 2018 |work=The Times of India |date=27 February 2016}}

According to popular online media musical sources, the discography of Surmukhi Raman includes.{{cite news |title=Surmukhi Songs |url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/singer/songs/Surmukhi/ |accessdate=7 January 2019 |website=Raaga.com}}{{cite news |title=Surmukhi Raman-Playback Singer |url=https://www.moviebuff.com/surmukhi-raman/ |accessdate=7 January 2019 |publisher=Moviebuff}}

• Mahalakshmi – 2017

Surmukhi Raman composed the theme music for Kanmani along with Sathyan Mahalingam and Regina.

• [https://www.moviebuff.com/surmukhi-raman/ Movie Buff-Surmukhi]
• [https://mio.to/artist/Surmukhi+Raman/ Music India Online-Surmukhi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513153043/https://mio.to/artist/Surmukhi+Raman |date=13 May 2021 }}
• [https://www.raaga.com/tamil/singer/songs/Surmukhi/ Raaga.com-Surmukhi Songs]

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