Gayatri Asokan

Gayatri Asokan is a playback singer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. She started her playback career with the song "Deena Dayalo Rama" for the film Arayannagalude Veedu for music director Raveendran. "Enthe Nee Kanna" for Sasneham Sumitra won her the Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer in 2003. Her other songs include "Chanjadi Adi" from Makalkku, "Thumbikkinnaram" from Naran and "Pularumo" from Ritu.

Career
Gayatri was first trained in Carnatic music by Sri Mangat Natesan and Sri Vamanan Namboodiri at Trichur. Later she started training in Hindustani music under Dr. Alka Deo Marulkar in Pune and later under Pandit Vinayaka Torvi in Bangalore.

She is also a Hindustani classical music singer, a Bhajan singer and has given Hindustani concerts and programs based on film songs abroad. She has sung 500 movie songs and has also sung and given music for a new album for the Art of Living foundation which was released in September 2006 by HMV worldwide. She recently sang for an album by Ilayaraja, Thiruvasagam, which was released by Sony Music.

Since 2017, Gayatri withdrew from film music industry and started focussing on gazals.

Other activities
Asokan is a jury member for the hit reality shows like Super Star Global on Amrita TV ,Sakalalavallabhan on Asianet,Top Singer Season 2 and Musical wife on Flowers TV. She is now anchoring popular gazal show Khayal on Media One TV and Gandgarvasangeetham 2010 on Kairali TV. In 2019, she performed in Jashn-e-Rekhta, a three-day annual Urdu festival and in Urdu Heritage Festival, Delhi.

Personal life
Asokan is the daughter of Dr. P. U. Asokan and Dr. K. S. Sunidhy. Gayathri was married to Dr.Sayij on 4 January 2005, but the couple later divorced. She is married to Sitar player Purbayan Chatterjee.

Albums

 * 1) Anahata- Art of Living
 * 2) Neeyum Nilavum- Manorama Music
 * 3) Thiruvasagam -Sony Music
 * 4) Vishudhi- Art of Living
 * 5) Sarveshwari- Art of Living
 * 6) Iniyennum _ East Coast
 * 7) Pranayathhin Ormakal
 * 8) Ghazals by Unnatural
 * 9) Palanivel


 * 1) Smaran – Art of Living
 * 2) Sankirtan – Art of Living
 * 3) Chants for workplaces – Kedar Pandit

Awards

 * Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer (2003) – Enthe Nee Kanna – Sasneham Sumitra
 * 2007 :Art of Living award for Outstanding Women Achievers
 * 2011 :Asianet Television Awards for best playback singer -Harichandanam
 * 2012 :Asianet Television Awards for best playback singer -Agniputhri