Susheela is the Queen of Songs who has graced the music empire with her songs for decades. Flirting, romance, heartbreak, sadness, happiness, sorrow as she can convey all kinds of emotions with her voice, whatever the occasion or the scene.Singer Sushila’s birthday is today (November 13).
Introduced to music from an early age
Swarakokila Sushila’s real name is Pulapaka Sushila. Born in 1935 in Vizianagaram. With the encouragement of her parents, she did a diploma in Carnatic classical music from Vizianagaram Maharaja Music College. Then she completed her music graduation in Chennai. The famous music director Pendyala Nageswara Rao organized a song competition on All India Radio for a new voice. She stood at the top of the competition.After that, in 1952, her singing career began with the movie ‘Kannathalli’ directed by Pendyala.
In the early days when Sushila entered the film industry, there was a competitive atmosphere with popular singers like P. Leela, Zikki, MS Rajeshwari, Jamuna Rani, Balasaraswathi Devi. However, with her melodious voice, Sushila rose to the top as a singer within two or three years. Sushila sang unforgettable songs under the direction of the great music directors of those days like Saluri Rajeswara Rao, KV Mahadevan, MS Viswanathan.
Sushila Chant sung in many languages
Sushila, who has worked with legends in the film music empire, has sung songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi as well as Sinhala. All the emotional scenes of human life are sung by this Nightingale. Susheela’s nature is to enjoy the lyrics of the song first and then sing it.
With Ghantasala and Balasubrahmanyam..
From legendary singer Ghantasala to Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna, Jesudasu and SP Balasubramaniam, Sushila joined her voice with them . All the lyrics of songs from the voice of this nightingale are pearls.Depending on the nature of the character.. Sushila used to sing songs at their respective vocal levels for the actresses of those days. The songs sung by Sushila for actresses like Savitri, Anjalidevi, Jamuna, Sarojadevi, Vijayanirmala and Vanishree brought life to those characters. Later, Susheela had the honor of singing songs for heroines of many generations like Jayasudha, Sridevi, Bhanupriya, Radha, Radhika. Susheela is the musical inspiration of Nitya Chaitanya in the world of Indian film music.
Sushila’s wonderful singing has been appreciated by the audience and praised by celebrities, and the government has honored her with many awards. Susheela, who has been awarded five times as the best singer at the national level, has received the highest awards from the governments of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
