Tanvi Shah, born 1 December 1985 is an Indian singer and songwriter from Tamil Nadu, India. She sings in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. In addition, she sings in Spanish, Portuguese and other romance languages, as well as Arabic. Tanvi Shah is the first Indian woman to win a Grammy. Her first song was “Yakkai Thiri” for the movie Aayutha Ezhuthu.
Tanvi Shah Biography : Career
She has worked alongside A.R. Rahman and has sung a number of songs for him, including songs from Sillunu Oru Kadhal, Slumdog Millionaire and recently Delhi-6. She wrote the Spanish lyrics for “Jai Ho”. Her success with A.R. Rahman got her invitations from leading music directors and she has sung for Yuvan Shankar Raja, Amit Trivedi and other music directors.
She shared the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media with A.R. Rahman and Gulzar in the 52nd Grammy Awards for the song Jai Ho, for writing the Spanish lyrics for the song.[6] With the success of Slumdog Millionaire, Shah has been featured in Snoop Dogg’s song “Snoop Dogg Millionaire”. Apart from the Grammy, she also received the BMI Award in 2009 in London for the same and also shares the World Soundtrack Award (2009) with Rahman and Gulzar.
She performed for the Yuvan – Live in Concert in January 2011 in Chennai and in Malaysia at the KLIMF in 2012. She also performed at Coke Studio concert at IIM Bangalore on 22 November 2013, featuring Amit Trivedi .
She was invited to speak at the TEDxSF conference on Global Health in Nov ’12.
Tanvi sings in Spanish, Portuguese, Afro-Cuban, Arabic besides Hindi, Tamil and Telugu and experiments with a wide range of music with her band. Her adaptability has been proven in her collaborative work with international music producers such as Gio Ortega (USA), Jeremy Hawkins (USA), Che Pope (USA), David Batteau (USA), and DJ Salah of Germany.
Tanvi has walked the green carpet at the Latin Grammy in 2011 and recently shared the stage with Lebohang Morake, South African singer and composer, famous for arranging and performing the music for The Lion King movies and stage productions.
She firmly believes that we all need to give back to society. She is actively involved with the Cancer Institute and with the “End Polio” campaign of Rotary International along with Amitabh Bachchan, A. R. Rahman and Anil Kapoor. She has donated her song, “Zindagi”, produced by JHawk, to the End Polio campaign album that features international artistes such as Itzhak Perlman, David Sanborn, Ziggy Marley, Donovan and members of the Congolese band, Staff Benda Bilili.
Awards
Grammy Awards
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media – ‘Jai Ho’ – Slumdog Millionaire (2010)
BMI Award
BMI Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media|Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media – ‘Jai Ho’ – Slumdog Millionaire (2010)
Discography
Film scores
Year Film Song Music Director Language
2004 : Film -> Aayutha Ezhuthu, Song -> “Yakkai Thiri”, Music Director -> A. R. Rahman, Language -> Tamil
2004 : Film -> Yuva, Song -> “Fanaa”, Music Director -> A. R. Rahman, Language -> Hindi
2005 : Film -> Pudhupettai, Song -> “Pul Pesum Poo Pesum”, Music Director -> Yuvan Shankar Raja, Language -> Tamil
2006 : Film -> Ashok, Song -> “Mumtaju Mahalu”, Music Director -> Mani Sharma, L:anguage -> Telugu
2006 : Film -> Sillunu Oru Kaadhal, Song -> “Jillendru Oru Kaadhal”, Music Director -> A. R. Rahman, Language -> Tamil
2007 : Film -> Sivaji: The Boss, Song -> “Style”, Music Director -> A. R. Rahman, language -> Tamil
2008 : Film -> Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Song -> “Pappu Can’t Dance”, Music Director -> A. R. Rahman, Language -> Hindi
2008 : Film -> Saroja, Song -> “My Life”, Music Director -> Yuvan Shankar Raja, Language -> English
2008 : Fil -> Slumdog Millionaire, Song -> “Gangsta Blues”, Music Director -> A. R. Rahman, Language v-> English & Hindi
2008 ?: Film -> Slumdog Millionaire, Song -> “Jai Ho”, Music Director -> A. R. Rahman, Language -> Spanish & Hindi
2009 : Film -> Delhi-6, Song -> “Dilli-6”, Music Director -> A. R. Rahman, Language -> Hindi
2009 : Film -> Delhi-6, Song -> “Rehna Tu” , Music Director -> A. R. Rahman, Language -> Hindi
2009 : Film -> Snoop Dogg Millionaire, Song -> “Snoop Dogg Millionaire”, Music Director ->Chase & Status Language -> English & Hindi
2009 : Film -> Muthirai, Song -> “July Madathil”, Music Director -> Yuvan Shankar Raja, Language -> Tamil
2009 : Film -> Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai, Song -> “Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai”, Music Director -> Yuvan Shankar Raja, Language -> Tamil
2010 : Film -> Paiyaa, Song -> “Thuli Thuli”, Music Director -> Yuvan Shankar Raja, Language -> Tamil
2010 : Film -> Paiyaa, Song -> “En Kadhal Solla”, Music Director -> Yuvan Shankar Raja, Language -> Tamil
2010 : Film -> Raavanan, Song -> “Keda Kari”, Music Director -> A. R. Rahman, Language -> Tamil
2010 : Film -> Puli, Song -> “Power Star”, Music Director -> A. R. Rahman, Language -> Telugu
2010 : Film -> Naan Mahaan Alla, Song -> “Iragai Pole”, Music Director -> Yuvan Shankar Raja, Language -> Tamil
2010 : Film -> Enthiran, Song -> “Boom Boom Roboda”, Music Director -> A. R. Rahman, Language -> Tamil
2010 : Film -> Goa, Song -> “Goa”, Music Director -> Yuvan Shankar Raja, Language -> Tamil
2010 : Film -> Goa, Song -> “Goa (Club Mix)”, Music Director -> Yuvan Shankar Raja, Language -> Tamil
2011 : Film -> Panjaa, Song -> “Veyyira Chey Veyyira”, Music Director -> Yuvan Shankar Raja, Language -> Telugu
2012 : Film -> Billa II, Song -> “Yedho Yedho Oru Maikam”, Music Director ->Yuvan Shankar Raja, Language -> Tamil
2012 : Film -> Kadal, Song -> “Magudi Magudi”, Music Director -> A. R. Rahman, Language -> Tamil
2013 : Film -> Biriyani, Song -> “Biriyani”, Music Director -> Yuvan Shankar Raja, Language -> Tamil
2013 : Film -> Arrambam, Song -> “Hare Rama Hare Krishna”, Music Director -> Yuvan Shankar Raja, Language -> Tamil
2014 : Film -> Lekar Hum Deewana Dil, Song -> “Mawwali Qawwali”, Music Director -> A. R. Rahman, Language -> Hindi
2014 : Film -> Lingaa, Song -> “Mona Gasolina”, Music Director -> A. R. Rahman, Language -> Tamil
2015 : Film -> Vai Raja Vai, Song -> “Pookkamazh”, Music Director -> Yuvan Shankar Raja, Language -> Tamil
2015 : Film -> Yatchan, Song -> “Konjalaai”, Music Director -> Yuvan Shankar Raja, Language -> Tamil
2017 : Film -> Cheliyaa, Song -> “Tango Kalalo”, Music Director -> A. R. Rahman, Language -> Telugu
Non-film scores
Year Song Music Director Language
2013 : Song ->”Llamalo Amor (Call It Love)”, Music Director -> JHawk, Language -> Spanish
2013 : Song -> “Sheher”, Music Director -> Amit Trivedi, Language -> Hindi
2017 : Song -> “Mai Nahar Cover”, Music Director -> Tanvi Shah, Language -> Hebrew
