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| image = LatikaDSC 0235.jpg<br />
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| birth_name = Lathika<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|12 November 1959}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Unforgettable Lathika |work=The Hindu |date=25 March 2010 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Unforgettable-Lathika/article16614569.ece}}</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Kollam]], India <br />
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| instrument = Vocals<br />
| genre = [[Playback singer|Playback singing]], [[Carnatic music]]<br />
| occupation = Singer, lecturer<br />
| years_active = 1976–present<br />
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'''Lathika''' is an Indian playback singer. She has mainly worked on Malayalam and Tamil film songs, for over 300 films. Some of her hit songs of that time are ‘Kathodu Kathoram...' and ‘Devadoothar Padi...'(''[[Kathodu Kathoram]]''), ‘Poo Venam Pooppada Venam...' (''[[Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam]]''), and ‘Tharum Thalirum...' (''[[Chilambu]]'').<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Unforgettable-Lathika/article16614569.ece | title=Unforgettable Lathika | newspaper=The Hindu | date=25 March 2010 | first=Nita | last=Sathyendran | accessdate=2 September 2018 }}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
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Lathika is born to Sadasivan Bhagavatham & Nalini in 1959.She is married to G.Rajendran since 1993.{{cn|date=December 2025}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
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Lathika debuted at the age of 16 with the scene ''"Pushpathalpathin.."'' composed by [[Kannur Rajan]] for [[I. V. Sasi]]'s ‘Abhinandam' (1976). She sang the duet with [[K. J. Yesudas]], who, she says, has always been her mentor.<br />
Over the years Lathika also has had the "good fortune" to sing in the debut films of some of the most famous composers in Malayalam including Ravindran Master (‘Choola'), Ouseppachan (‘Kathodu Kathoram') and S.P. Venkatesh (‘Rajavinte Makan').<br />
Although Lathika, had earlier sung playback for a number of songs and was a star on the ganamela circuit in and around Kollam and Tamil Nadu, it wasn't until she was introduced to Bharathan that she began to be noticed in the music industry.{{cn|date=December 2025}}<br />
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It was music director [[Raveendran]], who introduced her to film director [[Bharathan]]. She sang the song ‘Varnangal Gandhangal...' in his ‘Chamaram' (1980), for which [[Raveendran|Raveendran Master]] composed this one song [the others were composed by [[M. G. Radhakrishnan]]. Then her turn came for the music production of ‘Ithiri Poove Chuvanna Poove' (1984) when they needed a female artist to hum a [[pallavi]]. In those days [[S. Janaki]] was the reigning melody queen and such a senior artist couldn't be brought in only to hum a few lines. That's when [[Raveendran]] suggested her name. She was called for an audition and [[Bharathan]] liked her voice so much that he gave her the song ‘Pon Pularoli...' to sing. From that time onwards, Bharathan ensured that Lathika got to sing in almost all his films, such as ‘Dum Dum Dum Dhundhubinatham...' (''[[Vaishali (film)|Vaishali]]'') and ‘Hridayaraga...' (''[[Amaram]]''), to name a few. Her last song for him was ‘Othiri Othiri Mohangal...' in ''[[Vengalam]]''. Nilaavinte poomgavil... from the movie 'Sreekrishna Parunthu' is one of her most popular song. Her other notable songs include ''''Poovulla Meda Kaanan'''....' from the film 'Pandu pandoru rajakumari' along with G. Venugopal, Aathma Sugandham from the movie 'Bhadrachitta' etc.{{cn|date=December 2025}}<br />
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Throughout her career, Lathika has had several songs credited to other singers, especially K.S. Chitra, by popular media and persons. This has been attributed to slight similarities between her songs and Chithra's. The singer has always been uncomplaining about the matter.<br />
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As of August 2016, her latest rendition for a movie is for a 2016 Malayalam movie [[Guppy (film)|Guppy]] in which she sang the song "Athiraliyum karakaviyum" along with [[Vijay Yesudas]].<ref>{{Citation|last=919radiomango|title=Guppy movie song ATHIRALIYUM|date=2016-08-09|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCCIJy2GYP4|accessdate=2016-08-27}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, she received the [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]] in Light Music category.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy awards declared |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-sangeetha-nataka-academy-awards-declared/article66675481.ece |access-date=31 March 2023 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=29 March 2023 |language=}}</ref><br />
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==Present Life==<br />
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Lathika worked as lecturer in music at the [[Swathi Thirunal College of Music|Swathi Thirunal College of Music, Thiruvananthapuram]] till her retirement in 2015.{{cn|date=December 2025}}<br />
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