Suchitra Ramadurai

Biography:

Suchitra Ramadurai, known by the mononym Suchitra, is an Indian radio jockey, popular playback singer, songwriter, composer, voice artist, dubbing artist, and film actress. She has sung in multiple languages including Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Telugu.

Suchitra was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, as the daughter of Ramadurai and Padmaja. She has a sister named Sunitha. Suchitra is a BSc graduate from Mar Ivanios College (Trivandrum). Later on, she moved to Coimbatore for her MBA from PSG Institute of Management.

Suchitra joined Sify for a year, after graduating. She responded to an ad for the post of an RJ in Radio Mirchi. She became known as Rj Suchi, with her popular morning show Hello Chennai. Her distinct and bold voice made her very popular with the younger crowd. She still does a radio show called Flight983 on Radio Mirchi, on Sunday evenings (7–9 pm). The show deals with interesting international happenings.

She started singing after a few years as RJ. She also worked as a dubbing artist for popular heroines like Shriya Saran and Lakshmi Rai.

Her career as a playback singer now spans Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films, and she has several hits in all these languages to her credit. She sang her first song for the movie, Lesa Lesa under the composition of Harris Jayaraj and her co-singer was the legendary, K. S. Chitra. Suchitra is a sought-after performer at corporate and other such stage shows. She has also been appreciated for her honest and positive-humor-filled judging at reality shows like Vijay TV’s Airtel Super Singer, Sun TV’s Sun Singer, Asianet’s Music India, and Bol Baby Bol on Gemini TV and Surya TV. ‘Music I Like’, an album of Suchitra’s renditions of Mahakavi Bharatiyaar’s poetry, set to contemporary tunes and music, released by Universal Music, was a turning point in her career.