Anitha Shaiq


Anitha Shaiq, often credited as Anitha. S is an Indian playback singer, Sufi singer and music composer. She performs Indian classical, sufi, Ghazal, folk and pop music, having sung in Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Oriya, Punjabi, and Tamil languages. In her 18 years in the film industry, she has recorded songs for films in 12 different languages.

Early life

Anitha Shaiq was born to Sirajuniza Begum, a secondary school music teacher, and Sheikh Ebrahim. She graduated from the Government College for Women, majoring in music. She has studied Hindustani, Sufi, Carnatic, and Western music.

Career

Composing

Shaiq composed the song "Melake Ponnal" for the film Crossroad directed by Lenin Rajendran.

Playback singing

Shaiq began her play back singing in 2007 with the hit song of that year composed by Sree. Vidyasagar. She has sung for many Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Kannada movies.

Musical albums

"Satrangee" is composed and sung by Anitha Shaiq, while it was produced by East Coast.The album consists of seven tracks written by legends like, Meera, Mirza Ghalib, Bulleh Shah, Amir Khusrow etc..The album was launched by the famous Indian Sufi singer Kailash Kher on 20 January 2015.

Live performances

Anitha has performed live concerts all over India, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Europe.

Discography

SongMovieMusic directorLanguageyear-----
O mamaRock n RollVidyasagarMalayalam2007-----
Thumbi ThumbiParunthuAlex paulMalayalam2008-----
SarigamapaTwenty TwentyBerney IgnatiousMalayalam2008-----
MinnaminnikkoottamminnaminnikkoottamBijibalMalayalam2008-----
RajakumarilollipopAlex paulMalayalam2008-----
Ekanda chandrike2 harihar nagarAlex paulMalayalam2009-----
Adavukal2 harihar nagaralexpaulMalayalam2009-----
Kozhy chingaraBody GuardouseppachanMalayalam2009-----
Maama maamaSimhakuttyraghavendraMalayalam2009-----
Pathalle pathalleRingtoneshaanMalayalam2010-----
Manassin vaathiKillaadikeeravaaniMalayalam2010-----
Mazha mazhaKillaadikeeravaaniMalayalam2010-----
PanchasaaraBlack&white kudumbamAlex paulMalayalam2010-----
Dhak dhakAlexander the greatM G SreekumarMalayalam2010-----
Ola olaIn ghost house innAlex paulMalayalam2011-----
Miya miyaIn ghost house innAlexpaulMalayalam2011-----
Laddu ladduAarvamRony raphelTamil2011-----
AnnakkiliKaiIshaan DevTamil2011-----
TheyyareVaranMani sharmaMalayalam2011-----
PathinettinHolidaysAlex paulMalayalam2011-----
Noda bedaKalla malla sullaAlex paulKannada2011-----
Nath nathBadrinathKeeravaaniMalayalam2011-----
Thuppa thuppaKalla malla sullaAlex paulKannada2011-----
Odu paampeKochi to kodambakkamThamanMalayalam2011-----
KaadhaloruKaandharvanAlex paulTamil2012-----
House fullHousefullSejo joneMalayalam2013-----
Kanalu njaanIdiotsNandhu karthaMalayalam2013-----
RaavoruRabecca UthuppRatheesh vegaMalayalam2013-----
KannaayiramSolar SwapnamJayanMalayalam2014-----
konjum ballyamallelittle superman 3Dmohan sitaraMalayalam2014-----
Arabean versionAynerahulrajMalayalam2015-----
to pain begaanialbumganesh prasadoriya2016-----
meree jaanekkadiki potavu chinnavadasekhar chandraTelugu2016-----
appangal
Usthad hotel		gopisunderTamil-thakiladi melamviswaasapoorvam manzoorramesh narayanMalayalam2017
Kettu marannorumatch boxbijipalMalayalam2017-----
Melakeycross roadanitha shaiqMalayalam2017-----
kattukkul vettaithulamalex premnathTamil2018-----
khwajaa jeekabeerinte divasangalMalayalam2019------
Rasa na othaen kadhaleTamil2025------

Awards and honours

Anitha received JESSEY Awards, Lions Club Musical Award, and Gulf [Malayalam Music Awards|GMMA Award] and was nominated for the "Best singer" in the Asianet Film Awards.