User:Akhila Anand/sandbox

Biography
Akhila Anand is a south Indian Play back singer mainly sings in Malayalam. She was born on 13th October 1981 in Trivandrum,Kerala. She started learning Karnatic music at the age of 5 from her first guru Smt. A.Saraswathy Ammal and continued learning music from Dr.Bhagyalekshmi and Sri. Perumpavoor.G.Raveendranath. Akhila Anand gave her first performance at “Mannadi Bhagavathi Temple” which is her mothers native place at the age of 10. She learned violin in karnatic music from Dr. M.N.Moorthy and Saraswathy Moorthy and also learned basics of Hindustani music from Sri. Pandit.Remesh Narayan Her first recording was in 1999 for a devotional album named ‘Pooja Pushpam’ and continued singing for few more .After her graduation in commerce she used to sing for so many noted stage programs in kerala very often. In 2006 she got a chance to sing a song ‘Azhakaalila Manjacharadile.’ in the movie ‘Ashwaroodan’ was a big hit, the song composed by Sri.Jassy Gift and film directed by Sri.Jayaraj. later she had the good fortune to work under acclaimed music directors such as Mohan Sithara, M.Jayachandran, Deepak Dev, Alex Poul, Jaison.J.Nair and many more. .. Till now she has sung for more than 30 films and 120 albums and she also has been performing all over the world and attracting the audience with her appealing personalities.