1. Swarnalatha won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her rendition of the song "Porale Ponnuthayi" from the film Karuththamma.
10 Facts About Swarnalatha
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Swarnalatha was born to K C Cherukutty and mother Kalyani.
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Swarnalatha's family moved to Chennai to seek opportunities in the film industry for her singing talent.
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Swarnalatha had the opportunity to work with the director P Venu.
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Swarnalatha recorded a few Hindi songs, the most notable one being "Hai Rama Yeh Kya Hua" from the film Rangeela with singer Hariharan.
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Swarnalatha recorded all the songs initially rendered by Lata Mangeshkar and Shamshad Begum for the Tamil movie Anarkali and was praised by the Bollywood music director Naushad Ali, which she considered the best moment in her career.
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Swarnalatha appeared as a judge in many television singing competitions, notably in the 2001 Vijay TV reality show and in the 2004 Jaya TV Ragamalika.
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Swarnalatha died at Malar Hospitals Ltd Adayar, Chennai at the age of 37, on 12 September 2010.
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Swarnalatha has sung over 200 songs for Ilayaraja and marked as one of the noted combinations in 90's.
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Swarnalatha was the first female singer to receive National Award under Rahman's Music for the song "Porale ponnuthayi" from karuthama released in the year 1994.