Rita Thyagarajan

Sound

Born: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Birthday: June 10, 1984 (age 41)

Departments: Sound

Rita Thyagarajan (born Sucharitha Thyagarajan) known by the mononym Rita, is an Indian playback singer who sings in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Rita started her career with D. Imman, who contacted her after listening to her demo CD which she had recorded after college. "Yendan Varungaalaveetukaraney" from the movie Aanai was the first song she recorded and from then she has recorded over 300 songs and jingles in all major South Indian languages. She got her big break with the song "Vada Mapillai" in Villu, and then recorded songs like "Allegra" and "Mambo mamiyaa" for Kandasamy in T…