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{{About||the Malayalam film|Ambili (film)}}<br />
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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Ambili (Singer)<br />
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| birth_name = Padmaja Thampi<br />
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| birth_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala, India<br />
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| instrument = Vocals<br />
| genre = [[Playback singer|Playback singing]], [[Carnatic music]]<br />
| years_active = 1970–1987<br />
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'''Ambili ''' is an Indian film singer in [[Malayalam cinema]] during the 1970s and 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metromatinee.com/artist/Ambili-8017 |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814130614/http://www.metromatinee.com/artist/Ambili-8017 |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She has sung more than 3000 songs in 800 films. She has sung in Tamil, Hindi and Bengali.<ref>{{cite web|title=On Record with Ambili|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdcgUGXmDPk|publisher=Asianetnews|access-date=14 August 2014}}</ref> Her popular songs are "Thedi varum kannukalil", "Oonjala, oonjala", "Swarnamalakal", "Maayalle raga mazhaville" and "Guruvayoorappante thiruvamruthethinu".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/ambili.html|title=All you want to know about #Ambili|website=FilmiBeat}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Padmaja Thampi, known as Ambili, was born as the youngest among five children to R C Thampi and Sukumari at [[Thiruvananthapuram]]. Her father was a military officer who later became a teacher and her mother was a singer. She has three brothers and a sister.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?artist=Ambili&category=singers|title=Profile of Malayalam Singer Ambili|website=en.msidb.org}}</ref> She had her education from Fathma College and Delhi University. She had learnt music from Mr. V. Dakshina Murthy. Her debut song was "Karagre vasathe" from the movie ''Sabarimala Sree Dharmashaastha'' in 1970. She is married to K G Rajashekharan, a Malayalam film director. They have a son, Raghavendran, and a daughter, Ranjini. She started her own music troop, ''Mayambu'', and performed for stage programs and albums. She received ''Kala Rathnam Title'' and ''Best Singer Award'' from Kerala Devaswom Board. She currently resides at [[Chennai]] with family. She is a recipient of Global NSS (Nair Service Society) award in 2017.<br />
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2012/jun/19/ambily-makes-a-comeback-378720.html|title=Ambily makes a comeback|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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