Tanvi Shah

Tanvi Shah
Tanvi Shah
Born	1 December 1985; Chennai, India
Genres	International Recording Artist
Occupation	Singer/ Songwriter
Website	www.tanvishah.com

Tanvi Shah, (born 1 December 1985) is an Indian singer and songwriter from Tamil Nadu, India. She sings in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. In addition, she sings in Spanish, Portuguese and other romance languages, as well as Arabic. Tanvi Shah is the first Indian woman to win a Grammy.^[1] Her first song was "Yakkai Thiri" for the movie Aayutha Ezhuthu.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Career

She has worked alongside A.R. Rahman and has sung a number of songs for him, including songs from Sillunu Oru Kadhal, Slumdog Millionaire and recently Delhi-6. She wrote the Spanish lyrics for "Jai Ho".^[5] Her success with A.R. Rahman got her invitations from leading music directors and she has sung for Yuvan Shankar Raja, Amit Trivedi and other music directors.

She shared the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media with A.R. Rahman and Gulzar in the 52nd Grammy Awards for the song Jai Ho, for writing the Spanish lyrics for the song.^[6] With the success of Slumdog Millionaire, Shah has been featured in Snoop Dogg's song "Snoop Dogg Millionaire". Apart from the Grammy, she also received the BMI Award in 2009 in London for the same and also shares the World Soundtrack Award (2009) with Rahman and Gulzar.

She performed for the Yuvan - Live in Concert in January 2011 in Chennai and in Malaysia at the KLIMF in 2012. She also performed at Coke Studio concert at IIM Bangalore on 22 November 2013, featuring Amit Trivedi .

She was invited to speak at the TEDxSF conference on Global Health in Nov '12.^[7]

Tanvi sings in Spanish, Portuguese, Afro-Cuban, Arabic besides Hindi, Tamil and Telugu and experiments with a wide range of music with her band. Her adaptability has been proven in her collaborative work with international music producers such as Gio Ortega (USA), Jeremy Hawkins (USA), Che Pope (USA), David Batteau (USA), and DJ Salah of Germany.

Tanvi has walked the green carpet at the Latin Grammy in 2011 and recently shared the stage with Lebohang Morake, South African singer and composer, famous for arranging and performing the music for The Lion King movies and stage productions.

She firmly believes that we all need to give back to society. She is actively involved with the Cancer Institute and with the “End Polio” campaign of Rotary International along with Amitabh Bachchan, A. R. Rahman and Anil Kapoor. She has donated her song, “Zindagi”, produced by JHawk, to the End Polio campaign album that features international artistes such as Itzhak Perlman, David Sanborn, Ziggy Marley, Donovan and members of the Congolese band, Staff Benda Bilili.

Awards

Grammy Awards

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media – 'Jai Ho' – Slumdog Millionaire (2010)

BMI Award

BMI Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media|Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media – 'Jai Ho' – Slumdog Millionaire (2010)

Discography

Film scores

Year	Film	Song	Music Director	Language
2004	Aayutha Ezhuthu	"Yakkai Thiri"	A. R. Rahman	Tamil
2004	Yuva	"Fanaa"	A. R. Rahman	Hindi
2005	Pudhupettai	"Pul Pesum Poo Pesum"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Tamil
2006	Ashok	"Mumtaju Mahalu"	Mani Sharma	Telugu
2006	Sillunu Oru Kaadhal	"Jillendru Oru Kaadhal"	A. R. Rahman	Tamil
2007	Sivaji: The Boss	"Style"	A. R. Rahman	Tamil
2008	Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na	"Pappu Can't Dance"	A. R. Rahman	Hindi
2008	Saroja	"My Life"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	English
2008	Slumdog Millionaire	"Gangsta Blues"	A. R. Rahman	English & Hindi
2008	Slumdog Millionaire	"Jai Ho"	A. R. Rahman	Spanish & Hindi
2009	Delhi-6	"Dilli-6"	A. R. Rahman	Hindi
2009	Delhi-6	"Rehna Tu"	A. R. Rahman	Hindi
2009	Snoop Dogg Millionaire	"Snoop Dogg Millionaire"	Chase & Status	English & Hindi
2009	Muthirai	"July Madathil"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Tamil
2009	Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai	"Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Tamil
2010	Paiyaa	"Thuli Thuli"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Tamil
2010	Paiyaa	"En Kadhal Solla"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Tamil
2010	Raavanan	"Keda Kari"	A. R. Rahman	Tamil
2010	Puli	"Power Star"	A. R. Rahman	Telugu
2010	Naan Mahaan Alla	"Iragai Pole"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Tamil
2010	Enthiran	"Boom Boom Roboda"	A. R. Rahman	Tamil
2010	Goa	"Goa"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Tamil
2010	Goa	"Goa (Club Mix)"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Tamil
2011	Panjaa	"Veyyira Chey Veyyira"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Telugu
2012	Billa II	"Yedho Yedho Oru Maikam"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Tamil
2012	Kadal	"Magudi Magudi"	A. R. Rahman	Tamil
2013	Biriyani	"Biriyani"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Tamil
2013	Arrambam	"Hare Rama Hare Krishna"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Tamil
2014	Lekar Hum Deewana Dil	"Mawwali Qawwali"	A. R. Rahman	Hindi
2014	Lingaa	"Mona Gasolina"	A. R. Rahman	Tamil
2015	Vai Raja Vai	"Pookkamazh"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Tamil
2015	Yatchan	"Konjalaai"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Tamil
2017	Cheliyaa	"Tango Kalalo"	A. R. Rahman	Telugu

Non-film scores

Year	Song	Music Director	Language
2013	"Llamalo Amor (Call It Love)"	JHawk	Spanish
2013	"Sheher"	Amit Trivedi	Hindi
2017	"Mai Nahar Cover"	Tanvi Shah	Hebrew

References

^ "Double Play: GRAMMY- And Oscar-Winning Songs". The GRAMMYs. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^ "Golden moments". The Hindu. 19 January 2009. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009.
^ "'Rap is rhythm 'n' poetry'". The Hindu. 29 April 2006. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007.
^ "Language no bar". Screen. 18 December 2009.
^ Tejonmayam, U (3 February 2009). "The Jai Ho girl". Express Buzz. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
^ sunder, gautam (26 April 2014). "A. R. Rahman is like an encyclopedia of music: Tanvi Shah". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^ "Unwinding with Tanvi Shah". Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.