Rani was best known for the song that was actually sung by a woman who is from what South Indian state?
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Rani (Tamil actress) Rani also known as Raksha is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. She has acted as the heroine in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies. Some of her movies as heroine "Villu Pattukaran", "Uncle bun", "Johney walker", "Priyapatta kuppu", "Chirunavvula Varamistava", Oka Chinna mata, Manavudu Danavudu, aho Brhamma oho swishya, o paniaipothundhi babu, and apart from some supporting roles in films like "Avvai Shanmughi" and "Gemini". She is best known for the song "O Podu" from "Gemini", sung by Anuradha Sriram and picturised on her; she is often referred to as "O Podu" Rani. Also she is very popular by Chinnadana osi chinnadana song from Premalekha Telugu film. She won Andhra Pradesh government Nandi award for best supporting actress for the film "Nachavule".
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Anuradha Sriram Anuradha Sriram (born 9 July 1970) is an Indian carnatic and playback singer who hails from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She has sung more than 5000 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films.
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Accamma Cherian Accamma Cherian was an Indian independence activist from the erstwhile Travancore (Kerala), India. She was popularly known as the Jhansi Rani of Travancore.
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Lakshmi Shankar Lakshmi Shankar (born Lakshmi Sastri, 16 June 1926 – 30 December 2013) was a noted Hindustani classical vocalist of the Patiala Gharana. She was known for her performances of "khyal", "thumri", and "bhajans". She was the sister-in-law of sitar player Ravi Shankar and the mother-in-law of violinist L. Subramaniam (her daughter Viji (Vijayashree Shankar) Subramaniam being his first wife).
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Kaithapram Damodaran Kaithapram Damodaran (Malayalam: കൈതപ്രം ദാമോദരന്‍ ) (born 4 August 1950), popularly known as Kaithapram, is a lyricist, music director, actor, singer, screenwriter, and performer of Carnatic music. He is the son of the late singer Keshavan Namboothiri (popularly known as Kannadi Bhagavathar, a disciple of Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar) and Aditi Antharjanam. He generally performs in the Malayalam language.
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Minmini Minmini (born P. J. Rosily, 12 August 1970) is a South Indian film playback singer. She is remembered especially for the song "Chinna Chinna Aasai" from "Roja", the debut work of film composer A. R. Rahman. Though she is from Kerala, most of her memorable songs are in Tamil, most of them composed by Ilaiyaraaja and A. R. Rahman. Her hit Malayalam songs include "Souparnikamritha" from "Kizhakkunarum Pakshi", "Oonjal Urangi", and "Neelaraavi" from "Kudumbasametham". She has lent her voice to hit songs from films including "Enga Thambi" (1993), "Karuththamma" (1994), and "Thevar Magan" (1992). She made a comeback in 2015 with the song "Kanmaniye" from "Mili".
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Vijayalakshmi (poet) Vijayalakshmi (born August 2, 1960) is a Malayalam–language poet from the south Indian state of Kerala. She has composed about 199 poems between 1980 and 2010.
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Kovai Sarala Kovai Sarala is an Indian film actress and comedian, who prominently plays supporting roles in Tamil and Telugu films. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Sarala has appeared in over 750 films. She has won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian three times, for her performances in "Sathi Leelavathi" (1995), "Poovellam Un Vasam" (2001) and "Uliyin Osai" (2008). She has also won the Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian for her performance in "Ori Nee Prema Bangaram Kanu" (2003) and the Vijay Award for Best Comedian for her performance in "" (2011).
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Vanisri Vanisri, (born Rathna Kumari) is an Indian film actress known for her works predominately in Telugu and Tamil, few Kannada films. In a film career spanning forty years she has received three Filmfare Awards South, including the Nandi Awards, and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award. She gained attention with a supporting role in a film penned by K. Balachander titled "Sukha Dukhalu", and "Marapurani Kadha" (1967). Vanisri was then starred in super hits such as "Krishnaveni" ,"Prem Nagar", "Dussehra Bullodu", "Aradhana", "Jeevitha Chakram", "Rangula Ratnam", "Sri Krishna Tulabharam", "Bhakta Kannappa", "Bobbili Raja", etc. If there was a star heroine in the Telugu film industry, who ruled on par with the heroes, it must be only Vanisri.
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Vimalakka Arunodaya Vimala (born 1964), popularly known as Vimalakka (Telugu: విమలక్క ), is a Telugu balladeer and social activist. Her folk troupe is known as Arunodaya Samskritika Samakhya (ACF). She also heads a Joint Action Committee for the creation of Telangana state.
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Selma George Selma George is an Indian film singer in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s. She sang in 40 films, and her most popular song was "Saradindu Malardeepa" from the 1979 film, "Ulkadal". She is the daughter of famous singer Pappukutty Bhagavathar.
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Divya S. Menon Divya S. Menon (born 14 March 1987) is an Indian singer and television anchor from Kerala. Divya is a playback singer in Malayalam who has also recorded songs for Tamil and Telugu films. Divya started anchoring musical shows in Asianet Cable Vision (Thrissur) and has done musical shows in YesIndiavision(Mementos) and Kairali Channels(Ganamela, Sing 'N' Win and Rain drops). She started her film career with Ee Pattanathil Bhootham. She was noticed by Shaan Rahman while anchoring music shows and picked her for Vineeth Sreenivasan - Shaan Rahman debut album, Coffee @ MG Road. She is associated with Blogswara and have sung in multiple albums in the series. Divya has sung in Vineeth Sreenivasan's super hit romantic movie, Thattathin Marayathu composed by Shaan Rahman. She has been associated with Vineeth - Shaan ventures, including Malarvadi Arts Club. In 2014 the hit wedding song "Thudakkham Maangalyam" from Anjali Menon's Bangalore Days gave her much popularity which she sang along with along with Vijay Yesudas and Sachin Warrier composed by Gopi Sunder. In 2015 Divya was noticed more promptly when she sang the song "Puthumazhayai" from Martin Prakkat's Charlie (2015 Malayalam film) composed by Gopi Sundar while the same song was sung by Shreya Ghoshal too. She also sang several ad jingles for various music composers both in Malayalam and Tamil.
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Lorna Cordeiro Lorna Cordeiro, a Konkani language singer from the State of Goa, India, is Popularly Known as the Goan Nightingale.
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Rani (actress) Rani (Punjabi, Urdu: ‎ ; December 8, 1946 – May 27, 1993) was a Pakistani film and television actress. She gained success in the late 1960s when she made a hit pair with famous actor and producer Waheed Murad. She remained one of the most successful actresses of subcontinent and was also popular for her dance performances in films. Rani died of cancer on May 27, 1993.
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Unni Menon Unni Menon is an Indian film playback singer. He has sung over 3000 songs in South Indian languages like Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. In the early part of his career, he spent many years as a low-profile playback singer. The turning point in his career came when he sang the song "Pudhu Vellai Mazhai" from Mani Ratnam's award winning 1992 Tamil film "Roja", composed by A. R. Rahman. He has frequently associated with A. R. Rahman, lending his voice to nearly 25 popular songs from films like "Karuththamma" (1994) and "Minsaara Kanavu" (1997).
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Kratika Sengar Kratika Sengar is an Indian television actress. She played Rani Lakshmibai in "Jhansi Ki Rani", Aarti in popular show "Punar Vivah" on Zee TV and Tanu in "Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki on Colors.
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K. B. Sundarambal Kodumudi Balambal Sundarambal (1908–1980) was a stage artist, actor and singer from Erode district, Tamil Nadu. She performed in Tamil cinema and was referred to as the "Queen of the Indian stage." A political activist during the Indian independence movement, K.B. Sundarambal was the first film personality to enter a state legislature in India.
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Attukal Temple The Attukal Bhagavathy Temple is a Hindu religious shrine at Attukal, Trivandrum in Kerala, India. Goddess Bhadrakali (Kannaki), mounted over 'vethala', is the main deity in this temple. Bhadrakali, a form of Mahakali, who killed the demon king Daruka, believed to be born from the third eye of lord Shiva. 'Bhadra' means good and 'Kali' means goddess of time. So Bhadrakali is considered as the goddess of prosperity and salvation. Goddess 'Attukal devi', itself is the supreme mother 'Bhaadrkali devi',)(in soumya aspect) the goddess of power and courage. She is often referred as Kannaki, the heroin of Ilanko Adikal's 'Silapathikaaram'. The temple is renowned for the annual "Attukal Pongala" festival, in which over three million women participate. A festival that has figured in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the single largest gathering of women for a religious activity, the Attukal Pongala continues to draw millions of women with each passing year. According to the Attukal Temple Trust, around 4.5 million devotees are expected to attend the pongala in 2016. Attukal Temple is situated near the heart of the city, 2 kilometres away from Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, East Fort in Thiruvananthapuram. Devotees believe that all of their wishes will be fulfilled by the goddess, provide prosperity and can attain salvation. Attukal devi is often worshipped in 3 forms such as Maha Saraswati (goddess of knowledge), Maha Lakshmi (goddess of wealth) and Mahakali/ Durga/ Parvathy (goddess of power).
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Tanvi Shah Tanvi Shah is the first Indian woman to win a Grammy. She has sung in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu and added to it, she sings in Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese and other Latin languages. Her first song was "Fanaa" for the movie "Yuva".
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Malathy Lakshman Malathy (or Malathi) Lakshman (born 27 August 1973) is a female Indian Telugu/Tamil language playback singer.
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Nanditha Nanditha (born February 28, 1978) is an Indian singer. Best known as a playback singer in the Kannada film industry, she sings in other languages such as Tamil and Telugu. Nanditha began her playback career from the film "Habba" (1998). Since then, she has won numerous awards including the Karnataka State Film Awards and Filmfare Awards South for her singing.
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Vinitha Vinitha is an Indian playback singer. She has sung in about 100 Indian films. She is noted mainly for her language skills, she sings in the major South Indian languages. She is trained in Karnatic and Hindustani music as well.