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{{short description|Indian playback singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Abhaya Hiranmayi
| image = Abhaya Hiranmayi.jpg
| background = person
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| birth_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], India
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| occupation = [[Playback Singer]], [[Actress]]
| years_active = 2014–present
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'''Abhaya Hiranmayi''' is an Indian playback singer. She has recorded songs and provided backing vocals for film music in [[Malayalam]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] languages.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/Notes-of-a-Bohemian-kind/article14397061.ece |title=Notes of a Bohemian kind |last1=Sathyendran |first1=Nita |date=23 June 2016 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2017 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Early life and education==

Born in a creatively inclined family in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala. Hiranmayi did not take up any formal training in music until later. She learnt the basics of music from her mother Lathika, a postgraduate in music and a disciple of Prof. Neyyattinkara M.K. Mohanachandran and gained further knowledge by passively listening to musical lessons conducted by her father's brother, a [[professor]] at [[Swathi Thirunal College of Music|Swati Thirunal College of Music]]. Her father G. Mohan, was a [[Television producer|programme producer]] for [[Doordarshan|Doordarshan Kendra]].<ref name=":0" />

Hiranmayi grew up in Thiruvananthapuram where she attended Carmel School.

Abhaya was in a [[Cohabitation in India|live-in relationship]] with composer [[Gopi Sundar]], and in July 2018, Sundar revealed that they had been together for 9 years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Singer Abhaya Hiranmayi in a live-in relationship with Gopi Sundar |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movie-news/singer-abhaya-hiranmayi-in-a-live-in-relationship-with-gopi-sundar-kerala--1.3569240 |work=[[Mathrubhumi]] |date=14 February 2019 |accessdate=18 February 2019 |archive-date=18 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218201928/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movie-news/singer-abhaya-hiranmayi-in-a-live-in-relationship-with-gopi-sundar-kerala--1.3569240 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In May 2022, Gopi Sundar declared their break up by confirming his relationship with the singer [[Amrutha Suresh]].

==Career==
Hiranmayi started off her career in 2014 providing [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]] for [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam film]] songs.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} She made her debut through the song "Naku Penta Naku Taka" from the [[Naku Penta Naku Taka|eponymous film]], providing backup vocals in a [[Swahili language|Swahili]] dialect.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/music/Naku-Penta-Naku-Taka-music-review/articleshow/35824112.cms |title=Naku Penta Naku Taka music review - Times of India |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2 November 2017}}</ref> It was followed by "Thanne Thanne" from [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]]-[[Mamta Mohandas]] starrer ''[[Two Countries]]'' whose music composer, [[Gopi Sundar]], used her voice as an [[Bridge (music)|interlude]] to the song. The same year, she crooned the song "Choti Zindagi" for the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film [[Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/music/Music-Review-Malli-Malli-Idhi-Rani-Roju/articleshow/45715500.cms |title=Music Review: Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju - Times of India |work=The Times of India |access-date=2 November 2017}}</ref> In 2016, she lent her vocals for the romantic [[ballad]] "Mazhaye Mazhaye" along with [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]] for the film ''[[James & Alice]]'' followed by [[Sathya (2017 Malayalam film)|Sathya]] directed by late [[Diphan]] and in the following year, "Koyikode Song", an ode to [[Kozhikode]] and its rustic music, composed by her longtime collaborator, Gopi Sundar for the [[Malayalam]] film ''[[Goodalochana]]'' became an instant hit post its release and got her first award at [[Asiavision Awards]] for excellence in singing.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/081117/magic-behind-koikode-song.html |title=Magic behind Koikode song |date=8 November 2017 |work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=26 December 2017 |language=en}}</ref>

==Discography==
{| class = "sortable wikitable"
|+ List of Abhaya Hiranmayi film song credits
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Film
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Composer
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Refh}}
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Naku Penta Naku Taka]]'' || "Naku Penta, Naku Taka" || [[Gopi Sundar]] ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Vishwasam Athallae Ellaam]]'' || "No Foolakking" || Gopi Sundar ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju]]'' || "Choti Zinagi" || Gopi Sundar ||<ref name=":2" />
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Two Countries]]'' || "Thanne Thanne" || Gopi Sundar ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[James & Alice|James and Alice]]'' || "Mazhaye Mazhaye" || Gopi Sundar ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Satya (2017 film)|Satya]]'' || "Njan Ninne Thedivarum" || Gopi Sundar ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Goodalochana]]'' || "Koyikode Song" || Gopi Sundar ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Two Countries]]'' || "Cheliya Cheliya Vidipoke Kalala" || Gopi Sundar ||
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Joshua (2020 film)|Joshua]]'' || "Cheliya Konda Konda Kondattom" || Gopi Sundar ||
|-
| 2024 || ''[[Malaikottai Vaaliban]]'' || "Punnara Kattile Poovanatthil" || Prashant Pillai ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=2 Countries (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by Gopi Sundar on Apple Music |website=[[iTunes]] |date=13 December 2017 |url=https://music.apple.com/in/album/2-countries-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1325084209 |language=en-gb |access-date=16 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2024 || ''[[Kunddala Puranam]]'' || "Pularumbo Thotte" || [[Blesson Thomas]] ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Song from 'Kundala Purana' sung by Abhaya Hiranmayi; Remarkable...(Malayalam) |date=1 June 2024 |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/music/music-news/2024/06/01/pularumbo-thotte-song-from-the-movie-kunddala-puranam.htm}}</ref>
|}

== Filmography ==
{{Pending films key}}
*All films are in [[Malayalam]] language unless otherwise noted.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2024 || ''[[Pani (film)|Pani]]'' || Jaya, Davi's Wife || Debut<ref>{{Cite news |title='Pics From Joju George's Directorial Debut Pani Shoot Viral |url=https://www.news18.com/movies/pics-from-joju-georges-directorial-debut-pani-shoot-viral-8945307.html |access-date=27 June 2024 |website=[[News18]] |language=en |archive-date=27 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627013340/https://www.news18.com/movies/pics-from-joju-georges-directorial-debut-pani-shoot-viral-8945307.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|8099355}}
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Mohit Raj at 02:51, 19 February 2026