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'''Kalyani Nair''' is a singer from [[Chennai]], India (born in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala). She is active{{According to whom|date=September 2014}} in the [[Tamil cinema]] industry, Kollywood. As a schoolgirl, Kalyani first appeared on Television in an episode of ''Symphony'' on [[Kairali TV]]. One of her popular songs is ''Dora Dora Anbe Dora'', from the movie ''[[Maasilamani]]'' where she sang the duet with [[Balram]].

She is an undergraduate student of Economics at [[Ethiraj College for Women]], Chennai, [[Tamil Nadu]]. [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]] once described her voice as one with a bright future as she sang with him at a function.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article882126.ece |title=Arts / Music : The Pancham effect |newspaper=The Hindu |date=12 November 2010 |accessdate=15 October 2012}}</ref>

She did her schooling mostly in North India as her father, Colonel U.G. Kumar and was posted in different places in India. Her uncle is Rambo . So she had the chance to learn [[Hindustani music]]. Currently at Chennai, her teacher is Binny Krishnakumar. She married one of her co-singers, [[V. Pradeep Kumar]], who has sung many songs in Tamil movies. Their wedding was in Chennai and attended by many singers. She is the daughter-in-law of Rangaswamy

Kalyani has sung for [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]] in 'Satyam' and 'Kochi Rajavu', and for [[Ouseppachan]] in 'Thaskaraveeran' and the popular 'Moollai Thirugum' in 'Kana Kande'. She has sung "Sogathai Solli Aszha" in [[Karuvarai Pookkal]] (the very first film about transgender people in India),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oosai.com/tamilsongs/karuvarai_pookkal_songs.cfm |title=Karuvarai Pookkal Songs – T.A.Thamas – Karuvarai Pookkal Tamil Movie Songs – Oosai.com – A Sound of Tamil Music – An Online Tamil songs Portal , Carries more than 4600 Tamil Movie Songs Online |publisher=Oosai.com |accessdate=15 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003022320/http://oosai.com/tamilsongs/karuvarai_pookkal_songs.cfm |archive-date=3 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a film with music composed by Thomas Rathnam.

She recently sang the song ''Aaraduguluntada'' in the Telugu movie [[Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu]].

== Film songs ==
; Notable Songs

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Song !! Film !! Music Director
|-
| "Bak Bak Bak hey Madapura "|| [[Parthiban Kanavu (2003 film)|Parthiban Kanavu]] || [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
|-
| "Kolaikara analatchu"|| [[Thambi Vettothi Sundaram]] || [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
|-
| "OK Anesa"|| [[Kotha Bangaru Lokam]] || [[Mickey J Meyer]]
|-
| "adi thozhi"|| [[Thendral]] || [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
|-
| "aasai oar pulveli"|| [[Attakathi]] || [[Santhosh Narayanan]]
|-
| "koli gundu kannu"|| [[Em Magan]] || [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
|-
| "Mazhai nindra pinbu "|| Raman thediya Seethai || [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
|-
| "En Swasathil Kadhalin vaasam"|| [[jerry (film)|jerry]] || [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Ramesh Vinayagam]]
|-
| "Sokathai Solli azha"|| [[Karuvarai Pookkal]] || Thomas Rathnam
|-
| "Kaalai Arumbi"|| [[Kana kanden]] || [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
|-
| "Naanaga Nanindri" || [[Uyir Mozhi]] ||
[[Santhosh Narayanan]]
|-
| "Agasatha"|| [[Cuckoo (2014 film)|Cuckoo]] || [[Santhosh Narayanan]]
|-
| "Kadhal Kanave"|| [[Mundasupatti]] || [[Sean Roldan]]
|-
|" Edo Edo" || [[Ishq]] || [[Anoop Rubens]]
|-
| "Aaraduguluntada" || [[Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu]] || [[Mickey J Meyer]]
|-
| "Dhuaan Hai Dhuaan Zindagi" || [[Saala Khadoos]] || [[Santhosh Narayanan]]
|-
| "Halla Bol" || [[Joker (2016 film)|Joker]] || [[Sean Roldan]]
|-
| "Unkooda thunaiyaga" || [[Maaveeran Kittu]] || [[D. Imman]]
|-
| "Yembuttu Irukuthu" || [[Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen]] || [[D. Imman]]
|-
| "Yavvana" || [[Sathya (2017 Tamil film)|Sathya]] || [[Simon (music director)|Simon K.King]]
|-
| "Chandamama Kathalu" || [[Chandamama Kathalu]] || [[Mickey J Meyer]]
|-
| "Nile Nadi" || WWW || [[Simon K. King]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article882126.ece The Pancham effect]
*[http://tamil-paadal-varigal.blogspot.com/2009/07/dora-dora-lyrics-masilamani-tamil-song.html Dora Dora Anbe Dora Lyrics]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian women playback singers]]
[[Category:Singers from Thiruvananthapuram]]
[[Category:Ethiraj College for Women alumni]]
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[[Category:Tamil playback singers]]
[[Category:Women musicians from Kerala]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women singers]]

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