Roshini Biography 
Roshini is a south Indian playback singer who works in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu movies. She was born in Trichy and later brought up in Chennai. Her first song "Kaananguruvi" was for the movie Aaha enna porutham, music given by Vidyasagar. Her first hit song was "Pottu thaakku" for the movie Kuthu. Her hit Tamil songs belong to the movies like Pattiyal, Thaamirabharani and Yaaradi Nee Mohini. Roshini along with her sister Anita performed the feat of 'singing non-stop for 37 hours', which was included in Guinness Book of world records. Now she is a popular name of Tamil film industry.
Roshni was born in Trichy to Dr. Joseph Kaliyaperumal and Lucy Joseph. Up to 9th standard, she studied at her hometown and later shifted to Chennai. She holds a B.Tech in Computer Science degree. She started learning Carnatic music while at school. While studying in class 3, she sang in hi-ranged voice through the krithi ‘Manasa Sancharare’ during the annual day. Vidyasagar who was the chief guest of the program came forward and booked her for a song in the movie ‘Aaha Enna Porutham.’ Her voice simply suits the child artists for playback singing. Then she became serious in learning Carnatic music and she started off with devotional songs. She sang numerous devotional songs before stepping in as playback singer.
When she got more offers from films, she shifted from her hometown to Chennai. Music director Srikanth Deva spotted her singing for a talent hunt show and he gave her the song, ‘Potu Thaaku’ from ’Kutthu’ which gave her instant stardom. Through this single hit, she emerged as a good singer of fast numbers. ‘Karuppana Kaiyale’ from ‘Tamirabarani’ just followed it and she got invitations from many television shows and stage shows to join as chief guest. Now she is an established singer of south Indian film industry.
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Updated: February 12, 2014
