Swarnalatha (29 April 1973 – 12 September 2010) was an Indian playback singer. She recorded over 6,000 songs in 10 Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali and other languages.
Swarnalatha's career began with the film Neethikku Thandanai (1987) which had music by M. S. Viswanathan. There after, she recorded many hundreds of songs for composers such as Ilaiyaraaja, A. R. Rahman, Mani Sharma, Koti, Deva, Vidyasagar, Hamsalekha and others. She received the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Poraale Ponnuthayi" from the film Karuthamma (1994). She has sung more than 300 songs for Ilaiyaraaja and more than 100 songs for Vandemataram Srinivas.
Tamil film songs 1980s
YearFilmSongComposer(s)Writer(s)Co-artist(s) 1987 Neethikku Thandanai "Chinnanchiru Kiliye" M. S. Viswanathan1988 Guru Sishyan "Uthama Puthiri" IlaiyaraajaDhayam Onnu "Nane Un Kathali"Rayilukku Neramachu "Poralae Ponnuthayi" S.A. RajkumarParavaigal Palavitham "Manam Padida"
1990s