Sanah Moidutty
Sanah Moidutty is an Indian singer songwriter. She has been trained in Carnatic and Hindustani classical music as well as western vocals, and performs Indian classical and Indi-pop music.
Early life
Sanah was born in Mumbai in a Malayali family from Kerala. Her talent was identified by her mother who encouraged her to learn music. She has been trained in Carnatic classical music for 6 years under Sundari Gopalakrishnan, Hindustani classical music for 7 years under Madhuvanti Pethe, and Western vocals from Samantha Edwards. Sanah was also briefly trained under Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan sahab. She stood to be the 1st runner up in the Hindustan Times "Voice of Mumbai" in 2007.Career
In 2012, Sanah decided to start her YouTube channel. She uploaded the first video of her rendition of the song Manmarziyan in 2013. This was followed by O Rangrezz from Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. Shankar–Ehsaan-Loy, the author of the original, liked Sanah's version, as did AR Rahman. Subsequently, Sanah sang three songs for AR Rahman in the following year.Sanah has rendered her voice in Hindi films like Always Kabhi Kabhi, Gori Tere Pyaar Mein, The Attacks of 26/11, 24, Mohenjo Daro. In 2017, Hindustan Times reported that her popularity in the film industry and on YouTube has been on the rise.
She has also sung in advertisements, working for the deodorant brands Cinthol and Eva. An episode of the musical TV show Sound Trek features Sanah with Achint Thakkar on Fox Life where they recreate the 70's Bollywood song "Kitna Pyara Vada". In 2016 Sanah was also commissioned to create a cover of "Counting Stars" for the Bombay Festival. She has done solo live shows, as well as shows with Vishal–Shekhar, Band SANAM, Keerthi Sagathia and Ash King. She can sing in English, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati and Kannada. As a part of Jammin, a digital music collaboration, Sanah has done a collaboration called "Ishq Abhi Bhi" with Bollywood composer Clinton Cerejo, and a collaboration called "Yaara" composed by A R Rahman.
In 2017, Sanah Moidutty performed in Almaty, Kazakhstan, at a two-day "Star of Asia" international festival that had the best, voices, sounds and rhythms from the Asian region. She has been learning Hindustani classical with Sunil Borgaonkar Ji. In November 2017, she was awarded "Best Singing Sensation" for the year 2017 at the Asia Vision Movie Awards 2017 for the song Afeemi from Meri Pyaari Bindu.