Gayatri Asokan


Gayatri Asokan is a playback singer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. She started her playback career with the song "Deena Dayalo Rama" for the film Arayannagalude Veedu under music director Raveendran. "Enthe Nee Kanna" for Sasneham Sumitra won her the Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer in 2003. Her memorable hits include "Chanjadi Adi" from Makalkku, "Thumbikkinnaram" from Naran and "Pularumo" from Ritu.

Career

Asokan was first trained in Carnatic music by Sri Mangat Natesan and Sri Vamanan Namboodiri at Trichur. Later she started training in Hindustani music under Dr. Alka Deo Marulkar in Pune and later under Pandit Vinayaka Torvi in Bangalore.
She is also a Hindustani classical music singer, a Bhajan singer and has given Hindustani concerts and programs based on film songs abroad. She has sung in many albums and has also sung and given music for a new album for the Art of Living foundation which was released in September 2006 by HMV worldwide. She recently sang for an album by Ilayaraja, Thiruvasagam, which was released by Sony Music.

Other activities

She has performed for established sabhas like Thyagaraja Sabha, Bharatham and Soorya Festival at Trivandrum. She also has given performances for Soorya in the Gulf countries, Malaysia, Europe and the UK.
She also performs regularly on Asianet, Kairali T.V, Jeevan T.V, and Amrita TV. Gandharva Sangeetham, a popular music talent show on Kairali T.V. was jointly hosted by her and G. Venugopal. Gayatri is a jury member for the hit reality show Super Star Global on Amrita TV. She is now anchoring popular gazal show Khayal on Media One TV.

Personal life

Gayatri Asokan is the daughter of Dr. P. U. Asokan and Dr. K. S. Sunidhy. Gayathri was married to Dr.Sayij on 4 January 2005, but the couple later divorced. She is an active participant in Art of Living's Satsangs all over the world. She is married to Sitar player Purbayan Chatterjee.

Film songs (partial)

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

SongFilmMusic director
Deena Dayalo RamaArayannangalude veeduRaveendran
Thamara NoolinaalMullavalliyum thenmaavumOuseppachan
Kannil Kashi ThumbaDreamsVidyasagar
Chanjadi AadiMakalkku-manjariRamesh Narayan
Enthe Nee KannaSasneham SumitraOuseppachan
Thumbi KinnaramNaranDeepak Dev
Kadhayile RajakumaranumKalyanaramanBerny-Ignatius
Chandrika RavilPhotographerJohnson
Rama hareSoothradharanRaveendran
MaakhamarDaivanamathilP.V.Mansoor
NassebullaDaivanamathilMammutti
Poovin Ethal CheppilOut of SyllabusBennet Veetraag
Enthe nee thannillaYes your HonourDeepak Dev
Parayu PrabhathamePranayakalamOuseppachan
Thirike NjanArabhikadhaBijibal
Nin Hridaya MounamFlashGopi Sunder
Kannin vaathilMullaVidhyasagar
PularumoRituRahul Raj
Puthu ManjupolDr. PatientBennet Veetraag
KinavilePranchiyettan and the SaintOuseppachan
Ninviral ThumbilBeautifulRatheesh Vegha
Imakalil ViriyumKoratty Pattanam Railway GateGayoz Johnson
ThullimajinAyalum njanum thammilOuseppachan
Sugandha NeeralaFridayRoby Abraham
Mazhakondu MathramSpiritShahabaz Aman
Varaveena Shruthi meettiSwaasamKannan Bhai
Mazhaneer5 Sundarikal Bijibal
Uppongela Godavari-Female VersionGodavariK.M. Radhha Krishnan
VarikomaleJilebiBijibal
Shivakara damarukaKochu Kochu SanthoshangalIlayaraja
Ghanashyama vrindaKochu Kochu SanthoshangalIlayaraja
NeermizhikonilGoaPremkumar vadakkara
Ariyathe ennil neeEe Mazhayil Anoop Sathyaraj

2015

Albums

  1. Anahata- Art of Living
  2. Neeyum Nilavum- Manorama Music
  3. Thiruvasagam -Sony Music
  4. Vishudhi- Art of Living
  5. Sarveshwari- Art of Living
  6. Iniyennum _ East Coast
  7. Pranayathhin Ormakal
  8. Ghazals by Umbayi
  9. Palanivel
  10. Smaran – Art of Living
  11. Sankirtan – Art of Living
  12. Chants for workplaces – Kedar Pandit

    Awards