Rahman and Swarnalatha association started from the year 1993. She had sung several experimental songs for Ilayaraja such as "Sollividu VelliNilave', "Kanne Indru Kalyana Kathai" and "Ennai Thottu Allikonda".Ī. The song 'Raakkamma Kayyathattu' from the film Thalapathi figured in BBC's Hits List of World Songs. Government of Tamil Nadu honoured her with the award of Best Singer for the song 'Povomaa Oorkolam'. 'Povomaa Oorkolam' and 'Nee Yengae Enn Anbae' from the film Chinnathambi were hits. She has sung over 200 songs for Ilayaraja and marked as one of the noted combinations in 90's. ( January 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.
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She had been suffering from Idiopathic lung disease. Swarnalatha died at Malar Hospitals Ltd Adayar, Chennai at the age of 37, on 12 September 2010.
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In a 2001 Vijay TV reality show and in 2004 Jaya TV Ragamalika show as judge. She was part of Few Music Reality shows in early 2000's. She recorded all the songs originally rendered by Lata Mangeshkar and Shamshad Begum for the Tamil movie Anarkali (the dubbed version of the Hindi movie Mughal-e-Azam) and was praised by the Bollywood music director Naushad Ali, which she considered the best moment in her career. She recorded many songs with music directors Deva, Vidyasagar, Harris Jayaraj, Anu Malik, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Raj–Koti, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Mani Sharma, Hamsalekha and many others. She received the award for the song "Porale Ponnuthayi". Swarnalatha was the first female playback singer to fetch the National Award under A. She was one of the most versatile singers of her times, as she was able to sing melodies like "Maalayil Yaaro Manathodu Pesa" from Sathriyan or "Porale Ponnuthayi" from Karuthamma as well as Rahman's experimental songs like " Mukkabla" from Kadhalan or "Mottu Vittadha" from Pavithra. Rahman employed Swarnalatha for many of his songs.
They include the immensely popular songs like Raamma Chilakamma, Osey Ramulamma, and Nizam Babulu.Ī. In Telugu, she recorded more songs under the music direction of Mani Sharma, Ramana Gogula, Raj–Koti, and Vandemataram Srinivas.
She also recorded a few Hindi songs, the most notable one being "Hai Rama Yeh Kya Hua" from the film Rangeela with singer Hariharan. She was recruited by musicians like Ilaiyaraaja and A. She also had the opportunity to work with director P. Subsequently, she was approached by many other music directors to perform songs under their baton. Yesudas, "Chinnachiru Kiliye" in the film Neethikku Thandanai. Viswanathan in 1987, when she performed a duet with K. Swarnalatha's family moved to Chennai to seek opportunities in the film industry for her singing talent. Her sister Saroja was her first music teacher. Surrounded by a family of musicians and music lovers, Swarnalatha was trained in Carnatic and Hindustani music.
Swarnalatha's family later moved to Bhadravathi in Shivamogga District, Karnataka where she had her education. Swarnalatha was trained to play harmonium and keyboard. Her father was a harmonium player and singer.