Background
Uthara Unnikrishnan is the daughter of Carnatic classical singer P. Unni Krishnan and Bharatanatyam dancer Priya Unnikrishnan.
Uthara Unnikrishnan is the daughter of Carnatic classical singer P. Unni Krishnan and Bharatanatyam dancer Priya Unnikrishnan.
She has recorded the song when she was 7 years old. Uthara began learning Carnatic music at the age of six from Sudha Raja. She is a sixth-grade student of Lady Andal, Chetpet.
Apart from Tamil music, she enjoys Western classical music and wants to master both genres.
"Azhagu" (Beauty) was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, based on raga Darbari Kanada. The song describes a child"s perception of the beauty around her.
The song was penned by Na. Muthukumar, who also received the National Film Award for Best Lyrics.
When Uthara Unnikrishnan accompanied her mother Priya Unnikrishnan to Carnatic singer Saindhavi"s house during Bommala Koluvu festival, she sang a few lines.
A couple of months later, Saindhavi"s husband G. V. Prakash Kumar called upon Uthara to croon a solo melody for Saivam. Uthara recorded the song for child actor Sara Arjun when she was eight years old in 2013. Apart from "Azhagu", she has sung two more Tamil songs.
While praises poured in from many people, singer Pradip Somasundaran criticized the jury"s selection, terming the song as modified heavily by auto tuned-pitch correction software.
Currently she worked for Vijay (actor)"s upcoming movie Theri (film) with music director G. V. Prakash Kumar and sung a song "Eena Meena Teeka" with Gayatri Vidya Parishad. The movie is yet to be released.
In 2015, she won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer at the 62nd National Film Awards for her rendition of the song "Azhagu" (Beautiful) from the 2014 Tamil film Saivam, a family drama directed by A. L. Vijay. She received the award at the age of 10, becoming its youngest recipient. Her father, a recipient of multiple National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer, received his first award in 1995 for his debut performance of the Tamil songs "Ennavale adi ennavale" and "Uyirum neeye".
