Usha (born 29 May 1980) is an Indian singer who works predominantly in Telugu. She has sung in Kannada and Tamil also. In a career spanning about 10 years, she has established herself as one of the leading playback singers in the Telugu film industry and …

Usha Iyer Uthup is an Indian pop, filmi, jazz, and playback singer during the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. [2] She also sang the title song for the show Sarabhai vs Sarabhai in its first season. In 2024, she was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian Award presented by the Government of India. [3]

Usha Uthup is an Indian pop, jazz, and playback singer. She is famous for being the pioneer of the pop culture in Indian Music. She is addressed as “Didi of Kolkata.”

She started her singing career in 1969 at a Chennai nightclub called Nine Gems. She became a popular voice with her song Shaan Se from the 1980s film Shaan.

She is a 3 time Nandi Award winning singer as Best Female Playback Singer and has rendered over 1500 film songs.

Mar 27, 2022 · A playback singer’s voice merged effortlessly with the onscreen personality, something that wasn’t easy in my case because I started my career as a live performer — a nightclub singer no less.

Jul 30, 2022 · Indian pop icon Usha Uthup is 74 and she has been singing for 53 years. She can sing jazz, folk, pop, rock and in Bangla, Assamese, Gujarati, Tamil, Malayalam, and in a total …

Sep 14, 2022 · It was the popular Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor who introduced Usha to noted music director R D Burman after hearing her sing at Oberoi Hotel in Delhi. And she became a playback singer through the Hindi movie ‘Kabhi Dhoop Kabhi Chhaon’, which had hit the theatres in 1971. Helen and Dara Singh enacted on screen Usha’s first song in Bollywood.

May 4, 2023 · It wasn’t a surprise when Usha rose to popularity as a playback singer and ruled for almost a decade with her melody-based renditions.

Dec 30, 2024 · Music and a flair for the dramatic have been hallmarks of the 77-year-old singer’s universe—throughout a storied career as club crooner, Bollywood playback singer, queen of …