Shoba Chandrasekhar

Shoba Chandrasekhar (born 24 August 1948) is an Indian playback singer, screenwriter, film producer and film director. Her son is actor Vijay.

Others

In 2011, she was appointed as the Artistic Heritage Consultant by the order of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.

Film career

She was a singer in light music troupes. She later graduated to singing in films. Her first film song was "Maharaja Oru Maharani..." from the film Iru Malargal.

She has written several stories that have been made into movies by moviemaker husband S. A. Chandrasekhar mostly starring Vijayakanth and Vijay.

Her first light classical music programme was telecast on Vijay TV in April 2003. The title of the programme was "Samarpanam".

She has produced 10 films and written stories for more than 50. She also directed two films, Nanbargal and Innisai Mazhai. In fact, Chandrasekhar worked as her associate director in these films. He was assisted by Shankar, now a famous director. The management of the Esthel hotels and resorts said that Shoba is a perfect example of an egoless person. She also sang over 12 movies.

Personal life

Shoba is married to film director S. A. Chandrasekhar on April 24, 1973. Their son Vijay is an actor in Tamil cinema. Their daughter Vidya died at the age of 2.

Filmography

• Note: she was mostly credited as Shoba and was sometimes credited as Shoba Chandrasekaran.

As a playback singer

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External links

• at IMDb