Suchitra Karthik Kumar (Tamil: சுசித்ரா கார்த்திக் குமார், b. 14th April, 1979) is an Indian Tamil Radio Jockey and Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu playback singer. Born and brought up in Kerala, she had her school education in Bhavans Vidya Mandir Giri Nagar, Kochi. She is a graduate from the Kerala University (Mar Ivianos, Trivandrum). Later on she moved to Coimbatore for her MBA (PSG College). She was then engaged with Sify for a while. She quit the job as she did not find it to be creative enough for her. This is when she responded to an ad for the post of an RJ in Radio Mirchi. From then on, she never had to look back in her career.
She has appeared in a few Kollywood films, but her main priority is singing and anchoring radio shows. Prior to embarking on a singing career, she appeared as a radio jockey on Mirchi FM. At present she is working in another private radio channel in Chennai. Suchitra won the Excellence in Radio Award (ERA) for the "RJ of the year (Tamil)" category in 2008. Her show is a high energy, no nonsense, full of humor, reflecting social issues, tell-it-like-it-is, kind of show. The format includes interactions with listeners on issues that are fresh and on people's minds, game shows, plus a look at what’s on in the city of Chennai, all with Suchi's unique take on things. She had also anchored several TV shows. What also adds extra zing to the show is Suchi's immense love for music that is apparent in her great success as a Tamil playback singer as well. Even as a child singing was her dream. Her immense singing talent was brought to light during her college days.
Suchitra sang her first Tamil movie song under the music director Harris Jeyaraj for the movie "Leysa Leysa" in 2003. Her voice in "Uyirin Uyire" for the movie "Khaaka Khaaka (2003)" was like a first minute opening goal in her career. Her two solos "Dole Dole" & "En Chella" under music director Mani Sharma for the movie "Pokiri(2006)" marked her position in Telugu and Tamil film industry. Her duets with Tamil movie lead actor Sillambarasan were huge hits. Her songs "Vechikkava" and "Chinna Thamarai" were voted as people's favorite songs in their related categories in 2008 and 2009 respectively. All her songs will be of different styles and tones. That's her specialty. Today she has sung more than 85 songs in Tamil. She had given many stage performances all over Tamil Nadu and in other countries also. Apart from contributing to the Tamil cinema industry as a playback singer, she has dubbed for various female artists in Tamil movies also. A well known columnist in Chennai, her articles were published by The Hindu Metro Plus Chennai edition as fortnightly column on relationships. Her last column was on the topic "Detached attachment" published in The Hindu Metro Plus dated July 5, 2011. According to a retraction published in The Hindu Metroplus dated July 11, 2011 "...the column was substantially plagiarised from an article by Martha Beck, published on www.oprah.com and other websites. As a result, the fortnightly column stands discontinued." She has won the Commonwealth Short Story Competition for kids for her story "The Runaway Peppercorn" in 2003. This story also got sponsorship for translation in other languages. She got married on November 27, 2005 to noted theatre and film actor Karthik Kumar.
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- International Tamil Film Awards (ITFA)
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Suchitra : I can sound sweet, sexy, bold or sensual
Interview with RJ Suchitra
Off the air with RJ Suchi
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April 14, 1979 |
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Kerala, India |
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