Ramya NSK is an Indian playback singer, who has predominantly sung for Tamil language and films. Apart from her work as a singer, she is recognised for being the granddaughter of comedian N. S. Krishnan and actress T. A. Mathuram.
Career
Ramya graduated in Visual Communication from Women's Christian College and later joined the radio station, Radio City. She was posted in Chennai where she worked for the firm as a music manager for five years. Along with Carnatic music, she trained in contemporary style music with the Emmanuel Methodist Church choir for a period of eight years. She also acted in the movie Tharai Thappattai.
Having sung over 400 songs for Indian films, Ramya is best known for the song "Satru Munbu" from Gautham Vasudev Menon's Neethaane En Ponvasantham, which had music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. For the song, she received the Best Female Playback Singer award for Tamil cinema during the Filmfare Awards ceremony in 2013. She later also won a similar prize at the Vijay Awards during the same year.
In 2018, Ramya appeared on the Tamil reality television show, Bigg Boss, hosted by Kamal Haasan. She stated that she was keen to experience the opportunity to understand what a "luxurious jail" may be like. She was evicted early in the process After her eviction, Kamal Haasan suggested her "boring" character may have worked against her.
Personal life
In 2017, Ramya married Arjun, but they divorced later that year.
In September 2019, Ramya married serial actor Sathya, and she gave birth to a baby boy in July 2020.
Discography
Tamil
Telugu
{ | class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Film !! Song !! Music Director |- | 2009 ||Super Cowboy || "Thulle Dorasani" || G.V. Prakash |- | 2009 ||Super Cowboy || "Rajasimham" || G.V. Prakash |- | 2009 ||NH4 (Dubbed version) || "Nedika Manaku" || G.V. Prakash |- | 2010 ||Ragada || "Okkadante" || Thaman |- | 2011 ||Veera || "Ekkadekkada" || Thaman |- | 2011 ||LBW: Life Before Wedding' || "Teerale Vadhante" || Anil |- | 2011 ||Life Before Wedding:LBW || "Hey Ento" || Anil |- | 2011 ||Dookudu || "Poovai Poovai" || Thaman |- | 2011 ||Dookudu || "Nee Dookudu" || Thaman |- | 2012 ||Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu || "Yedhi Yedhi" || Ilaiyaraja |- | 2012 ||Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu || "Inthakaalam" || Ilaiyaraja |- | 2012 ||Mr.7 || "Boostu Thaage" || Munna Kasi |- | 2012 ||Body Guard || "Body Guard - Title Track" || Thaman |- | 2013 ||Shadow || "Gola Gola" || Thaman |- | 2013 ||Om 3D || "Cheliya" || Achu Rajamani |- | 2013 ||Gundello Godari || "Aa Eedhi Kurrodu" || Ilaiyaraja |- | 2013 ||Chandee || "A Apple La" || Chinna/ N.R.Shankar |- | 2013 ||Biriyani (Dubbed version) || "Pam Pam Pam" || Yuvan Shankar Raja |- | 2013 ||Aata Arrambam (Dubbed version) || "Manasivvaka Maanukolevu" || Yuvan Shankar Raja |- | 2013 ||Aadu Magaadra Bujji || "Oosi Nee Andalu" || Sri Kommineni |- | 2013 ||555 || "Rowdy Girls" || Simon |- | 2013 ||555 || "Prema Anna Vinthaloni" || Simon |- | 2014 ||Ulavacharu Biriyani || "Thelisi Theliyendhila" || Ilaiyaraja |- | 2014 ||Nene || "Ninninka Chudavu" || Harris Jayaraj |- | 2014 ||Anekudu (Dubbed version) || "Yolo" || Harris Jayaraj |- | 2015 ||Bandipotu || "Petromaxu Lightingu" || Kalyan Koduri |- | 2016 ||Abbayitho Ammayi || "Saradaale" || Ilaiyaraja |- | 2019 ||Mr. Majnu || "Mr. Majnu" (title track) || S. Thaman |}
Kannada
Malayalam
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References
Living people
Singers from Chennai
Indian women playback singers
Tamil singers
Tamil-language singers
Year of birth missing (living people) Filmfare Awards South winners 21st-century Indian singers Women musicians from Tamil Nadu 21st-century Indian women singers Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) contestants