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{{short description|Indian singer, anchor (born 1987)}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Divya S Menon
| image = Picture Taken during Australian show 2023.jpg
| birth_name = Divya S Menon
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age |df=yes| 1987 | 03 | 14 }}
| genre = [[Playback singer|Playback singing]], [[Folk music|Folk]], [[Indian classical]], [[Malayalam]]
| occupation = {{Flatlist|
* Singer
* television anchor
}}
| website = {{URL|www.divyasmenon.com}}
| years_active = 2005–present
| birth_place = [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]], India
}}

'''Divya S. Menon''' is an Indian musician and television anchor from [[Kerala]]. Divya is a playback singer in [[Malayalam cinema]], who has also recorded songs for Tamil and Telugu films.<ref name=Timesofindia>{{cite web |title=Luck plays a major factor in a singer's career |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=25 January 2016 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/music/Luck-plays-a-major-factor-in-a-singers-career-Divya-S-Menon/articleshow/36828330.cms}}</ref> Divya started anchoring musical shows in Asianet Cable Vision (Thrissur) and has done musical shows in Yes [[Indiavision]] (Mementos) and [[Kairali TV|Kairali Channels]] (Ganamela, Sing 'N' Win and Rain drops).

==Personal life==

Divya was born in [[Thrissur district|Thrissur]], [[Kerala]], to Soman Kurup, a mechanical engineer and his wife Meena Soman. She was introduced to the world of music as a child and started singing at an early age of seven.<ref name=thehindhu>{{cite web |title=On the hit track |website=[[The Hindu]] |date=25 January 2016 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/On-the-hit-track/article14213451.ece}}</ref> Divya's father was on a transferable job and hence she attended schools including [[Kendriya Vidyalaya]] and [[Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, Poochatty|Bhavans Vidhya Mandir]] across India. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Commerce from [[Sree Kerala Varma College]], Thrissur and went on to pursue her master's degree in Fashion Designing from [[St. Teresa's College]], Ernakulam. She is married to Reghu Mohan on 20 August 2012 and is currently residing at [[Thrippunithura]], [[Kochi]], Kerala. The couple has a baby girl born on 31 October 2014.

==Career==

Divya was trained in Carnatic Music from the age of 12 years by Smt. Shakunthala Sheshadri, Mr. Sunil and Sri. Mangad Nadessan.Divya also received education in Hindustani Classical music from Ustad Fiyaz Khan and Sri Dinesh Devdas. She is also passionate about jewellery making and has conducted several exhibitions under her jewellery brand named "Jingles".

Divya S Menon started her film career by singing for the 2009 film ''[[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.<ref name="DeccanChronicle">{{cite web|date=19 August 2012|title=Deccan Chronicle – This girl is born to 'Sing N Win'|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/mollywood/girl-born-%E2%80%98sing-n-win%E2%80%99-409|access-date=19 August 2012|archive-date=28 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628175948/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/mollywood/girl-born-%E2%80%98sing-n-win%E2%80%99-409|url-status=dead}}</ref> She is associated with [[Blogswara]] and have sung in multiple albums in the series.<ref name="BlogSwaraArtists">{{cite web|date=19 August 2012|title=Artists List|url=http://blogswara.org/artists.html#divya}}</ref><ref name="BlogSwaraSongs">{{cite web|date=19 August 2012|title=List of Songs for BlogSwara|url=http://blogswara.in/bls/category/divya-s-menon/|access-date=19 August 2012|archive-date=18 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118065608/http://blogswara.in/bls/category/divya-s-menon/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="MalayalamSongLyrics">{{cite web|date=19 August 2012|title=List of songs for Artist in MalayalamSongLyrics|url=http://www.malayalamsongslyrics.com/lyrics_new/showsinger.php?id=7657}}</ref> In 2014 the hit wedding song "Thudakkham Maangalyam" from [[Anjali Menon]]'s [[Bangalore Days]] gave her much popularity which she sang along with [[Vijay Yesudas]] and [[Sachin Warrier]] composed by [[Gopi Sunder]].<ref name="Indianexpress">{{cite web|date=25 January 2016|title=On a Musical High|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2014/jun/17/on-a-musical-high-625771.html}}</ref> In 2015 Divya was noticed more promptly when she sang the song "Puthumazhayai" from [[Martin Prakkat]]'s [[Charlie (2015 Malayalam film)|Charlie]] 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 language|Tamil]].

== Discography ==

{| class = "sortable wikitable"
! Year !! Title!! Film !! Language!! Composer!! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2010 || "Adipoli Bhootham" || ''[[Ee Pattanathil Bhootham]]'' || [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] || rowspan="3" | [[Shaan Rahman]] ||
|-
| "Ayiram Kaatham" || ''[[Malarvaadi Arts Club]]''
|Malayalam
|
|-
|2012 || "Anuraagam Anuraagam" || ''[[Thattathin Marayathu]]''
|Malayalam
|
|-
|2013 || "Ennodu Koode" || ''[[Immanuel (film)|Immanuel]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Afzal Yusuf]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" |2014 || "Rasool Allah" || ''[[Salalah Mobiles]]''
|Malayalam
| rowspan="3" |[[Gopi Sunder]] ||
|-
| "Mannil Pathiyum" || ''[[God's Own Country (2014 film)|God's Own Country]]''
|Malayalam
|
|-
| "Thudakkam Maangalyam" || ''[[Bangalore Days]]''
|Malayalam
| Won - NAFA Award , KVTV Award , Vanitha Film Awards
|-
| "Pattum Chutti Veli Pennu" || ''[[RajadhiRaja]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Karthik Raja]] ||
|-
| rowspan="7" |2015 || "Mutholam Azagilu" || ''[[Namasthe Bali]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Gopi Sunder]] ||
|-
| "Choolamittu" || rowspan="2" |''[[Ivan Maryadaraman]]''
|Malayalam
|Gopi Sunder
|
|-
| "Ummarathee"
|Malayalam
|Gopi Sunder
|
|-
| "Manjiloode" || ''[[100 Days of Love]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Govind Menon]] ||
|-
| "Murugappaa" || ''[[Jamna Pyari]]''
|Malayalam
| rowspan="3" |[[Gopi Sunder]] ||
|-
| "Muthe Mohabathin" || ''Nikkah''
|Malayalam
|
|-
| "Puthumazhayai" || ''[[Charlie (2015 Malayalam film)|Charlie]]''
|Malayalam
| Won NAFA Award , Won KVTV Award
|-
| rowspan="9" |2016 || "Ee Pulariyil" || ''[[Maalgudi Days]]''
|Malayalam
| Dr Praveen ||
|-
|"Okko Nakshatram" || rowspan="2" | ''[[Seethamma Andalu Ramayya Sitralu]]'' || rowspan="2" | [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || rowspan="6" | [[Gopi Sunder]] ||
|-
|"Paravasame" ||
|-
| "Thodakkam Maangalyam" || ''[[Bangalore Naatkal]]'' || rowspan="2" | [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
|-
| "Adada Adada" || ''Ennul Aayiram''||
|-
|"Vaarthinkalee" || ''[[Kali (2016 film)|Kali]]'' || Malayalam
| Won - Janmabhumi Awards , Nominated - 64th Filmfare Awards South, SIIMA
|-
| "Chithira Muthe" || ''[[Shajahanum Pareekuttiyum]]''
|Malayalam
|
|-
| "Mayathe Ennum" || ''[[Dooram]]''
|Malayalam
| Mohammed Rizwan ||
|-
| "Neela Shankhu Pushpame" || ''Team 5''
|Malayalam
| rowspan="4" |[[Gopi Sunder]] ||
|-
| rowspan="8" |2017 || "Mohabathin" || '' [[Take Off (2017 film)|Take Off]]''
|Malayalam
|
|-
| "Chekkanum Pennum" || rowspan="2" |''[[Chunkzz]]''
|Malayalam
|
|-
| "Ithu Nava Sumasara"
|Malayalam
|
|-
| "Nenje Nenje" || ''Kadam Kadha''
|Malayalam
| Deepankuran Kaithapram ||
|-
| "Nee Njangada" || rowspan="2" | ''[[Udaharanam Sujatha]]''
|Malayalam
| rowspan="11" |[[Gopi Sunder]] ||
|-
| "Pennale"
|Malayalam
|
|-
| "Anthike Varikente" || rowspan="2" | ''[[Vimaanam]]''
|Malayalam
|
|-
| "Meghakanavinu"
|Malayalam
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2018 || "Njano Ravo" || rowspan="2" | ''[[Kammara Sambhavam]]''
|Malayalam
|Nominated - Movie Streets Film Awards , RED FM Malayalam Music Awards
|-
| "Aazhikkulil"
|Malayalam
|
|-
| "Aaarovarunora" || ''[[Mazhayathu]]''
|Malayalam
|
|-
| "First Time" || ''[[Pantham]]''|| Telugu ||
|-
| "Neeyam Sooryan" || ''[[Kamuki]]''|| Malayalam ||
|-
| rowspan="7" |2019 || "Konji Konji" ||''[[Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu]]''
|Malayalam
|
|-
|"Inkem Inkem" || ''[[Geetha Govindam]]'' || Telugu || Introductory/Backing Vocals with Ajay Satyan
|-
| "Repa Kuda Veyanival" || ''[[Evvarikee Cheppoddu]]''|| Telugu || Sankar Sharma||
|-
| "Kandille Kandille" || ''[[Madhura Raja]]'' || Malayalam
| rowspan="3" |[[Gopi Sunder]] ||
|-
| "Shaadi Mein Aana" || rowspan="2" | ''[[Happy Sardar]]''
|Malayalam
|
|-
| "Pandithu Pande"
|Malayalam
|
|-
| "Pon Tharame" || ''[[Helen (2019 film)|Helen]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Shaan Rahman]] ||Won - QMH Analysis Awards
|-
| rowspan="9" |2020 || "Manikya Kiliye" || [[Shylock (2020 film)|''Shylock'']]
|Malayalam
| rowspan="7" |[[Gopi Sunder]] ||
|-
| "Manikya Kiliye" || ''Kuberan''|| Tamil ||
|-
| "Raletti" || rowspan="3" | ''[[World Famous Lover]]'' || Telugu ||
|-
| "My Love" ||Malayalam||
|-
| "Kaneerilaliyunna"
|Malayalam
|
|-
| "Jannanathi Poovale" || rowspan="2" | ''[[Joshua (2020 film)|Joshua]]''
|Malayalam
|
|-
| "Noorukanavukal"
|Malayalam
|
|-
| "Jaalame" || [[Trance (2020 film)|''Trance'']]
|Malayalam
| Jackson Vijayan ||
|-
|Thee Vitharunna
|''Silence [[Nishabdham]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Gopi Sunder]]
|
|-
|2021
|"Nirayunnu"
|''Gila''
|Malayalam
|Manukrishna
|
|-
|2023
|"Akashathalla"
|''[[Kunjamminis Hospital]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Ranjin Raj]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=vipinvk |title='ആകാശത്തല്ല' പല തലമുറയിലെ ഗായകർ, പുതമയാർന്ന കാസ്റ്റിംഗ് ; ഇത് കാല്പനികത നിറഞ്ഞ ഒരു രഞ്ജിൻ രാജ് ഗാനം |url=https://www.asianetnews.com/music/aakashathalla-video-song-kunjamminis-hospital-vvk-rw6qyr |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |language=ml}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5" |2024
|Yedhaki Oka Gaayam
|Kushi (2023 film)
|Telugu
|[[Hesham Abdul Wahab]]
|
|-
|Vijanam oru Theeram
|Kushi (2023 film)
|Malayalam
|[[Hesham Abdul Wahab]]
|
|-
|Sreematha
|Kallanum Bhagavathiyum
|Malayalam
|[[Ranjin Raj]]
|
|-
|Odiyamma
|Hi Nanna
|Malayalam
|[[Hesham Abdul Wahab]]
|
|-
|Shoopara da
|Grrr
|Malayalam
|Tony Tarz
|
|}

== Awards ==

{| class = "sortable wikitable"
! Year !! Award !! Film !! Category!! Nominated Song!! Result
|-
|2015||KVTV Awards|| rowspan="4" |''[[Bangalore Days]]''|| rowspan="2" |Best Playback Singer Female|| rowspan="4" |"Thudakkham Mangalyam"|| {{Won}}
|-
|2015
|NAFA Awards|| {{Won}}
|-
|2015
|[[Vanitha Film Awards]]|| rowspan="2" |Popular Song of the Year|| {{Won}}
|-
|2015
|Mirchi Music Awards South|| {{Won}}
|-
|2016||KVTV Awards|| rowspan="2" |''[[Charlie (2015 Malayalam film)|Charlie]]''|| rowspan="3" |Best Playback Singer Female|| rowspan="2" |"Puthumazhayayi"|| {{Won}}
|-
|2016
|NAFA Awards|| {{Won}}
|-
|2016
|Janmabhumi Awards|| rowspan="4" |''[[Kali (2016 film)|Kali]]''|| rowspan="4" |"Vaarthinkalee"|| {{Won}}
|-
|2016
|[[64th Filmfare Awards South]]||[[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Malayalam]]|| {{Nom}}
|-
|2016
|[[SIIMA]]||[[SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Malayalam]]|| {{Nom}}
|-
|2016
|Mirchi Music Awards South
|Best Playback Singer Female|| {{Nom}}
|-
|2017||Movie Streets Film Awards|| rowspan="2" |''[[Kammara Sambhavam]]''||Best Playback Singer Female|| rowspan="2" |"Njano Ravo"|| {{Nom}}
|-
|2017
|RED FM Malayalam Music Awards||Best Duet|| {{Nom}}
|-
|2019||QMH Analysis Awards||''[[Helen (2019 film)|Helen]]''||Best Playback Singer Female||"Helen"|| {{Won}}
|}

== Albums ==

{| class = "sortable wikitable"
! Year !! Album!! Song !! Music!! Co-singer
|-
| rowspan="2" |2008 || Coffee@ MG Road || Poonkuyile Poonkuyile ||[[Shaan Rahman]] ||[[Vineeth Sreenivasan]]
|-
| Coffee@ MG Road || College ||[[Shaan Rahman]] || [[Vineeth Sreenivasan]], [[Shaan Rahman]]
|-
|2012 || Dews of Love || Minnal Swapname || Anup Bhat || Govind
|-
|2013 || Pepper Band || Nathooonne || Vishnu Mohan || Vishnu Mohan
|-
|2015 || Vizhiyil || Nee Yen Munnil Vannu || Akshayjith || [[Sachin Warrier]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan schools alumni]]
[[Category:Singers from Thrissur]]
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[[Category:Tamil-language playback singers]]
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[[Category:1987 births]]

Divya S. Menon - Revision history

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