Shweta Mohan

Shweta Mohan

Born	(1985-11-19) 19 November 1985 (age 38) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater	Stella Maris College, Chennai
Occupations	Singer music producer
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Aswin Sasi (m. 2011)
Children	1^[1]
Parent	Sujatha Mohan (mother)
Relatives	Paravoor T. K. Narayana Pillai (great-grandfather)
Musical career
Genres	Filmi Pop Ghazal Classical Bhajan
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Labels	Independent Artist
Musical artist
Website	shwetamohan.com

Shweta Mohan (born 19 November 1985)^[2] is an Indian playback singer.^[3] She has received four Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Playback Singer, one Kerala State Film Award and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award. She has recorded more than 800 songs^{[citation needed]} and albums in all the four south Indian languages namely Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, she has also recorded songs for Hindi films and has established herself as a leading playback singer of South Indian cinema.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Shweta Mohan was born on 19 November 1985 to a Malayali family in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She is the daughter of Krishna Mohan and playback singer Sujatha Mohan. She completed her schooling at Good Shepherd Convent, Chennai and graduated from Stella Maris College, Chennai.^[4] She is married to her long-time friend, Ashwin Shashi.^[5] Shweta Mohan and Ashwin Shashi have a daughter.^[1]

Shweta started her training in Carnatic music at the age of 9. As a child artiste, she recorded for the chorus of the songs 'Kuchi kuchi rakkamma' (Bombay) and 'Accham accham illai' (Indira) in the music direction of A. R. Rahman. Shweta has sung for music directors in India like Ilayaraja, A. R. Rahman, Vidyasagar, M M Keeravani, M. Jayachandran, Johnson, Sharreth, Ousepachan, Deepak Dev, Harris Jayaraj, Yuvan Shankar Raja, V. Harikrishna, G. V. Prakash, Mani Sharma, Kannan, N. R. Raghunanthan, Manikanth Kadri, Devi Sri Prasad and Anirudh Ravichander. Shweta is being trained in Carnatic classical vocal currently under Binni Krishnakumar who is also a playback singer.^[6]

List of television credits
Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
2024	Super Singer 10	Guest	Star Vijay	To celebrate her mother, Sujatha Mohan's birthday.
2011–2014	Bade Achche Lagte Hain	Singer	Sony Television	sang title track in Tamil
2015	Music India	Judge	Asianet	Appear at the semifinal and final in the show with Gopi Sunder, Deepak Dev.
2015	Bol Baby Bol	Judge	Surya TV	Along with Gopi Sunder
2018	Super Singer 6	Judge	Vijay TV	One of the judge with P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram & Benny Dayal
2019	Super Singer 7	Judge	Vijay TV	One of the judge with P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram & Benny Dayal
2020	Super Singer Champion of Champions	Judge	Vijay TV
2021	Super Singer 8	Judge	Vijay TV	One of the judge with P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram & Benny Dayal
2022–2023	Super Singer 9	Judge	Vijay TV	One of the judges with P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram & Benny Dayal
2023	Super Singer 3 (Telugu)	Judge	Star Maa	One of the judges with Rahul Sipligunj , Anantha Sriram & Mangli

List of songs recorded by Shweta Mohan
Swetha Mohan during a function.
Category	Songs
Malayalam Film Songs	207
Malayalam Non – Film Songs	66
Tamil Film Songs	187
Tamil Non – film Songs	6
Telugu Film songs	96
Telugu Non – Film Songs	20
Kannada Film songs	36
Hindi Film Songs	8
Hindi Non – Film Songs	7
Total	652

^ ^a ^b Singer Shweta Mohan blessed with a baby n girl named Sreshta Archived 21 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine. English.mathrubhumi.com (1 December 2017). Retrieved on 2019-08-25.
^ "Shweta Mohan Playback singer". The Times of India. 13 August 2020.
^ Vijayakumar, Sindhu (30 January 2010). "Shweta Mohan is happy". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
^ A timeless melody.
^ A Timeless Melody, The New Indian Express (25 June 2012). Retrieved on 25 August 2019.
^ "And Quiet Flows The Karamana: Two of a kind". The Hindu. 5 October 2012.

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