Swarnalatha

Swarnalatha was an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning almost 22 years, she recorded songs in many Indian languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi, and Badaga. She won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her rendition of the song "Porale Ponnuthayi" from the film Karuththamma. The song was composed by A. R. Rahman, under whose musical direction she recorded many memorable songs. She was also the first female playback singer to receive a National Award in A. R. Rahman Music. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarnal...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)