S Mahathi
Vocalist
Mahathi is a Carnatic musician and playback singer for film songs in Tamil and Telugu languages.
Mahathi is from a family of musicians. Her father, Thiruvaiyaru P. Sekar, is a vocalist and a disciple of M. Balamuralikrishna. Her mother, Vasanthi Sekar, a flautist, is the grand disciple of T. R. Mahalingam, N. Ramani and Kesi. Mahathi is also the great-granddaughter of the violinist Sangeetha Kalanidhi Pazhamaneri Swaminatha Iyer.
Mahathi underwent her initial musical training from her parents and from Deepa Gayatri of Trivandrum. When Mahathi's family moved to Trichur,[citation needed] she was put under the guidance of Mangad. K. Natesan. Mahathi underwent advanced Musical Training under the tutelage of Padma Bhushan “Sangeetha Kalanidhi" Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan. Mahathi was awarded the Central Govt Scholarship for Carnatic Music in 1994.[citation needed]
Mahathi started playback singing in 2003 with a duet, "Iyyaiyyo Pudichirukku", with Hariharan, under the music direction of Harris Jayaraj in the movie, Saamy. In 2008, Mahathi won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Naeraa Varattuma" from the movie "Nenje Nenje"