Shweta Mohan

Shweta Mohan
Shweta Mohan
Born	19 November 1985 (age 38); Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater	Stella Maris College, Chennai
Occupations	Singer; music producer;
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Aswin Sasi (m. 2011)
Children	1
Mother	Sujatha Mohan
Relatives	Paravoor T. K. Narayana Pillai (great-grandfather)
	Musical career
Genres	Filmi; Pop; Ghazal; Classical; Bhajan;
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Independent Artist
Website	shwetamohan.com

Shweta Mohan (born 19 November 1985)^[2] is an Indian playback singer.^[3] She has recorded songs for films and albums in all the four south Indian cinema namely Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, besides few Hindi films and has established herself as a leading playback singer of South Indian cinema.

Born to playback singer Sujatha Mohan and Krishna Mohan, Shweta has received five Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Playback Singer, one Kerala State Film Award and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award.

Personal life

Shweta Mohan was born on 19 November 1985 to a Malayali family in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She is the daughter of Krishna Mohan and playback singer Sujatha Mohan. She completed her schooling at Good Shepherd Convent, Chennai and graduated from Stella Maris College, Chennai.^[4] She is married to her long-time friend, Ashwin Shashi.^[5] Shweta Mohan and Ashwin Shashi have a daughter.^[1]

Career

Shweta started her training in Carnatic music at the age of 9. As a child artiste, she recorded for the chorus of the songs 'Kuchi kuchi rakkamma' (Bombay) and 'Accham accham illai' (Indira) in the music direction of A. R. Rahman. Shweta has sung for music directors in India like Ilayaraja, A. R. Rahman, Vidyasagar, M M Keeravani, M. Jayachandran, Johnson, Sharreth, Ousepachan, Deepak Dev, Harris Jayaraj, Yuvan Shankar Raja, V. Harikrishna, G. V. Prakash, Mani Sharma, Kannan, N. R. Raghunanthan, Manikanth Kadri, Devi Sri Prasad, Anirudh Ravichander and Sourendro-Soumyojit. Shweta is being trained in Carnatic classical vocal currently under Binni Krishnakumar who is also a playback singer.^[6]

Television

List of television credits
Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
2011–2014	Bade Achche Lagte Hain	Singer	Sony Television	sang title track in Tamil
2015	Music India	Judge	Asianet	Appear at the semifinal and final in the show with Gopi Sunder, Deepak Dev.
2015	Bol Baby Bol	Judge	Surya TV	Along with Gopi Sunder
2018	Super Singer 6	Judge	Vijay TV	One of the judge with P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram & Benny Dayal
2019	Super Singer 7	Judge	Vijay TV	One of the judge with P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram & Benny Dayal
2020	Super Singer Champion of Champions	Judge	Vijay TV
2021	Super Singer 8	Judge	Vijay TV	One of the judge with P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram & Benny Dayal
2022–2023	Super Singer 9	Judge	Vijay TV	One of the judges with P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram & Benny Dayal
2023	Super Singer 3 (Telugu)	Judge	Star Maa	One of the judges with Rahul Sipligunj, Anantha Sriram & Mangli
2024	Super Singer 10	Guest	Star Vijay	To celebrate her mother, Sujatha Mohan's birthday.
2024	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Seniors 4	Guest Judge	Zee Tamil	Guest judge with K. S. Ravikumar for mega auditions

Awards and nominations

References

^ ^a ^b Singer Shweta Mohan blessed with a baby n girl named Sreshta Archived 21 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine. English.mathrubhumi.com (1 December 2017). Retrieved on 2019-08-25.
^ "Shweta Mohan Playback singer". The Times of India. 13 August 2020.
^ Vijayakumar, Sindhu (30 January 2010). "Shweta Mohan is happy". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
^ A timeless melody.
^ A Timeless Melody, The New Indian Express (25 June 2012). Retrieved on 25 August 2019.
^ "And Quiet Flows The Karamana: Two of a kind". The Hindu. 5 October 2012.

External links

[mathrubhumi-1] Singer Shweta Mohan blessed with a baby n girl named Sreshta Archived 21 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine. English.mathrubhumi.com (1 December 2017). Retrieved on 2019-08-25.

[2] "Shweta Mohan Playback singer". The Times of India. 13 August 2020.

[3] Vijayakumar, Sindhu (30 January 2010). "Shweta Mohan is happy". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

[newindianexpress-4] A timeless melody.

[5] A Timeless Melody, The New Indian Express (25 June 2012). Retrieved on 25 August 2019.

[6] "And Quiet Flows The Karamana: Two of a kind". The Hindu. 5 October 2012.

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Female Playback Singer
2004–2018	K. S. Chithra (2004) Smita (2005) Mamta Mohandas (2006) Sadhana Sargam (2007) Shweta Pandit (2008) Priya Himesh (2009) Geetha Madhuri (2010) Shreya Ghoshal (2011) Suchitra (2012) K. S. Chithra (2013) Sunitha (2014) Geetha Madhuri (2015) K. S. Chithra (2016) Madhu Priya (2017) Shreya Ghoshal (2018)
2020–present	Indravathi Chauhan (2020–2021) Chinmayi Sripaada (2022) Shweta Mohan (2023)