Mahalakshmi Iyer is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi language, Assamese and Tamil language songs. She has sung in many other Indian languages as well, including Telugu language, Marathi language, Bengali language, Odia language, Gujarati and Kannada.
Since then she has also sung many serials, , and original albums. She was part of several successful soundtracks such as Mission Kashmir, Yaadein and Saathiya and worked with some of the biggest music composers like A. R. Rahman, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, Vishal–Shekhar, Nadeem–Shravan, Jatin–Lalit and more.
She has sung for many Yash Raj Films' biggest hits like Dhoom 2, Bunty Aur Babli, Salaam Namaste, Fanaa, Ta Ra Rum Pum and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom.
She was known for her performances in songs like "Kabhi Sham Dhale" from Sur – The Melody of Life (2002), "Har Taraf" from Rishtey (2002) and for hit songs like "Chup Chup Ke" from Bunty Aur Babli (2005), "Aaj Ki Raat" from (2006) and "Bol Na Halke Halke" from Jhoom Barabar Jhoom.
She sang on the Academy Award-winning song "Jai Ho" for A. R. Rahman in the film Slumdog Millionaire (2008). Specifically, she sang the Urdu language words between the short "Jai Ho" chants, as well as portions of the verses (most of which were sung by Sukhwinder Singh).
In the past, she rendered background vocal to the very famous Ghazal of Pankaj Udhas named Aur Ahistaa. She has also rendered her voice to many private album remixes notably Aaja Piya Tohe Pyar and Baahon Mein Chali Aao, which was originally rendered by the legendary Lata Mangeshkar.
| Udit Narayan, Shankar Mahadevan, Dominique Cerejo | |||||
| Udit Narayan | |||||
| 1999 | "Velli Malarae" | Jodi | Tamil | A. R. Rahman | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |
| "Kurukku Siruttavale" | Mudhalvan | Tamil | A. R. Rahman | Hariharan | |
| Solo | |||||
| Shekhar Ravjiani | |||||
| Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Abhijeet, Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Sukhwinder Singh, Shankar Mahadevan, Shaan, Jaspinder Narula | |||||
| Shankar Mahadevan | |||||
| Solo | |||||
| Kamal Haasan | |||||
| Solo | |||||
| Sunidhi Chauhan | |||||
| Bobita Sharma, Zubeen Garg, Jonkey Borthakur, Sagarika | |||||
| Jitul Sonowal, Dilip Das | |||||
| Zubeen Garg, Shaan, Sagarika, Arnab Chakrabarty, Jonkey Borthakur and chorus. | |||||
| Zubeen Garg | |||||
| Shaan | |||||
| Richa Sharma, Vaishali Samant | |||||
| KK | |||||
| Solo | |||||
| KK | |||||
| 2003 | Shankar Mahadevan, Udit Narayan, Amitabh Bachchan | ||||
| Udit Narayan, Shaan | |||||
| Vishal Dadlani | |||||
| Udit Narayan | |||||
| KK | |||||
| Kumar Sanu | |||||
| Shaan | |||||
| Udit Narayan | |||||
| Shankar Mahadevan | |||||
| Solo | |||||
| Shaan | |||||
| Udit Narayan | |||||
| Shankar Mahadevan, Vijay Prakash, Sneha Pant | |||||
| Krishna, Shankar Mahadevan, Shweta Pandit | |||||
| Udit Narayan | |||||
| Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sowmya Raoh | |||||
| Sonu Nigam | |||||
| Sudesh Bhosle, Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan | |||||
| Sonu Nigam | |||||
| Sonu Nigam | |||||
| Hariharan | |||||
| Sonu Nigam | |||||
| Sonu Nigam | |||||
| 2006 | Sonu Nigam | ||||
| "Naach Gaanyacha Rang" | Nana Mama | Marathi | Sachin Sanghvi | Solo | |
| Jolly Mukherjee, Suzanne D'Mello, Sukhbir | |||||
| Alisha Chinai, Sonu Nigam | |||||
| Solo | |||||
| Babul Supriyo | |||||
| Shaan, Shankar Mahadevan | |||||
| Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | |||||
| Shankar Mahadevan, KK, Sukhwinder Singh | |||||
| Shaan, Sukhwinder Singh | |||||
| Solo | |||||
| Solo | |||||
| Babul Supriyo | |||||
| Sonu Nigam | |||||
| Shaan | |||||
| Sukhwinder Singh | |||||
| Sukhwinder Singh, Vijay Prakash, Tanvi Shah | |||||
| Shankar Mahadevan | |||||
| Sonu Nigam | |||||
| Raghav Sachar | |||||
| Shaan, Ege | |||||
| Naveen | |||||
| Kamal Haasan | |||||
| Udit Narayan | |||||
| Amit Paul | |||||
| Sonu Nigam | |||||
| Shilpa Rao | |||||
| Gopal Rao | |||||
| Sonu Nigam, Suresh Wadkar, Sudesh Bhosle, Sumitra Iyer, Altaf Raja | |||||
| Suraj Jagan | |||||
| Shaan | |||||
| Karthik | |||||
| Raman Mahadevan | |||||
| Ali Pervez Mehdi, Shweta Pandit, Rahul Seth | |||||
| Hard Kaur, Jassi Sidhu | |||||
| Shankar Mahadevan, Hard Kaur, Earl | |||||
| Raman Mahadevan, Tarun Sagar, Gaurav Gupta, Rehan Khan | |||||
| Solo | |||||
| "Poita Bhaat" | Poley Poley Urey Mon | Hindi, Assamese | Timothy Das Hanse, Biman Baruah | Zubeen Garg, Chayanika Bhuyan | |
| Zubeen Garg | |||||
| Shaan | |||||
| Shaan | |||||
| Javed Ali | |||||
| Abhijeet Sawant, Gulraj Singh, Sameer Khan, Shankar Mahadevan | |||||
| Solo | |||||
| Shekhar Ravjiani, Shivam Mahadevan | |||||
| Shaan | |||||
| Zubeen Garg | |||||
| Shaan | |||||
| Abhijeet Bhattacharya | |||||
| Zubeen Garg | |||||
| Abhishek Nailwal | |||||
| Chinar Kharkar | |||||
| Solo | |||||
| Shaan | |||||
| Ali Zafar, Shankar Mahadevan, Gulzar | |||||
| 2015 | Solo | ||||
| Rishikesh Kamerkar | |||||
| Solo | |||||
| Javed Ali, Sonu Kakkar | |||||
| Jithin Raj | |||||
| Solo | |||||
| Shakthisree Gopalan | |||||
| Imran Mahmudul | |||||
| Shaan | |||||
| Javed Ali | |||||
| Siddharth Mahadevan | |||||
| Mika Singh | |||||
| Santhosh Venky | |||||
| "Minugo Putta Taregale" | Saahasa Makkalu | Sharath Bilinele | |||
| Shriram Iyer | |||||
| Hamsika Iyer, Siddharth Mahadevan | |||||
| Solo | |||||
| Solo | |||||
| Zubeen Garg, Amritprava Mahanta |
| 1996 ! Zubeenor Gaan | "Ujagori Nikhaar" | Zubeen Garg | Zubeen Garg | Zubeen Garg | |||
| 1996 ! Rong | "Rong Tumi Huwane" | ||||||
| 1998 ! rowspan="3" | Meghor Boron | "Aagoli Kolapat" | Solo | ||||
| "Jodihe Jun Tora" (Version 1) | Zubeen Garg | Version 2 is also available but decided to made it 'Hidden Track" and is not mentioned on the tracklist. Version 2 was sung by Zubeen Garg and Sagarika Mukherjee. | |||||
| "Purnima Jun Tumi" | Zubeen Garg, Udit Narayan, Sagarika | ||||||
| 1998 ! Xabda | "Kokal Khamusiya" | Zubeen Garg | |||||
| 1998 ! Snigdha Junak | "Fagun Ahile Boi" | Diganta Bharati | Solo | ||||
| 1999 ! Bukur Majot Jole | "Morome Bisare Aaji" | Ashok Kr. Bishaya | Monoj Kashyap | Monoj Kashyap | |||
| "Bukure Bhakha Mor Nopowane" | |||||||
| 2001 ! rowspan="4" | Nayak | "Motoliya Botahe" | Zubeen Garg | Hemanta Dutta, Zubeen Garg and Diganta Kalita | Zubeen Garg | ||
| "Lahe Lahe" | Zubeen Garg, Shashwati Phukan | ||||||
| "Kinu Xuria" | Zubeen Garg, Pamela Jain | ||||||
| "Mon Gahanot | Zubeen Garg, Shaan, Pamela Jain, Sagarika | ||||||
| 2002 ! Kanyadaan | "Ui Guthibo Jaanene" | Manas Robin | Zubeen Garg, Shaswati Phukan | ||||
| 2004 ! Rong | "Rong Tumi Huane" | Zubeen Garg | Zubeen Garg | ||||
| 2012 ! Ekhon Nedekha Nodir Xhipare | "Xamayor Lagote" | Zubeen Garg | Bidyut Kotoky | Solo | |||
| 2015 ! Khel - The Game | "Xapun Namise Suwa" | Dhruba Jyoti Phukon | Zubeen Garg | Solo | |||
| 2016 ! Gaane Ki Aane | "Xaliki Puwar" | Zubeen Garg | Solo | ||||
| 2017 ! Nijaanor Gaan | "Dure Dure Tumi" | Jatin Sharma | Rajdweep | Siddharth Hazarika | |||
| 2023 ! Raghav | "Silmil Tupanite" | Zubeen Garg | Zubeen Garg |
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| 1998 ! Poonthottam | "Meethaatha Oru Veenai" | Ilaiyaraaja | Hariharan | |
| 1999 ! rowspan="2" | Jodi | "Velli Malarae" | A. R. Rahman | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |
| "Vanna Poongavai" | ||||
| 2000 ! Alaipayuthey | "Yaaro Yaarodi" | A. R. Rahman | ||
| "Enakoru Snegidhi" | ||||
| 2001 ! Dheena | "Nee Illai Endraal" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Bhavatharini | |
| "Mutham Mutham" | KK | |||
| "Kappaleh Kappaleh" | Hariharan | |||
| 2002 ! Aasai Aasaiyai | "Kannam Sivakka" | Mani Sharma | Ranjith | |
| "Anbin Uruvam" | Balram | |||
| "Onnu Pola" | Balram | |||
| "Shanti Shanti Than" | Jolly Mukherjee | |||
| "En Mugam" | Vijay Prakash | |||
| "Dindukallu Poota" | Shankar Mahadevan | |||
| "Oru Pouranami" | Hariharan | |||
| 2003 ! Alaudin | "Goyyaka" | Mani Sharma | Karthik | |
| 2004 ! Jai | "Kanna Simittina" | Mani Sharma | Karthik | |
| 2005 ! Daas | "Vaa Vaa" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Shankar Mahadevan | |
| 2006 ! Madrasi | "Vidamatten Vidamatten" | D. Imman | ||
| 2007 ! Agaram | "Unnai Naan Paarthen" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | ||
| "Kannadasa"(Reprsie) | Sudha Ragunathan | |||
| 2010 ! Bale Pandiya | "Aaradha Kobamillai" | Devan Ekambaram | Raman Mahadevan | |
| 2012 ! Maattrraan | "Kaal Mulaitha Poove" | Harris Jayaraj | Javed Ali | |
| 2013 ! Dhoom 3 | "Mayanga (Malang)" | Pritam | Abhishek Nailwal | |
| 2015 ! Rajini Murugan | "Un Mele Oru Kannu" | D. Imman | Jithin Raj | |
| 2016 ! Thirunaal | "Ore Oru Vaanam" | Srikanth Deva | Shakthisree Gopalan | |
| 2019 ! rowspan="2" | "Koamaanae" | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy | Shriram Iyer | |
| "Nanjukku" | Hamsika Iyer, Siddharth Mahadevan |
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| 1999 !Mudhalvan | "Nelluri Nerajana" | A. R. Rahman | |||
| 2000 ! Ammo! Okato Tareekhu | "Nee Aakupacha" | Vandemataram Srinivas | |||
| "Dumuvulu" | |||||
| 2001 ! rowspan="2" | Chocklet | "Suyodhana Duryodhana" | Deva | ||
| "Oh Priya Oh Pirya" | |||||
| "Ammammo Chaligavundi" | |||||
| 2002 ! Bharatasimha Reddy | "Malli Malli" | ||||
| "Jillumantondhi" | |||||
| "Kantiki Edhuruga" | |||||
| "Needu Premenule" | |||||
| "Evevo Baashalu" | |||||
| "Neelanti Jodu" | |||||
| 2003 ! Chantigadu | "Okkasari Pilichavante" | Vandemataram Srinivas | |||
| 2004 ! Adavi Ramudu | "Aakasham Sakshiga" | Mani Sharma | |||
| "Naathothi Neeku" | |||||
| 2005 ! Allari Pidugu | "Ongolu Githaro" | ||||
| "Come Come" | |||||
| 2006 ! Dhoom 2 | "Raajukunna Segalalona" | Pritam | |||
| 2007 ! rowspan="2" | Munna | "Manasa Nuvvunde"(Film) | Harris Jayaraj | ||
| "Manasa Nuvvunde"(Humming) | |||||
| "Hey Shonaa Hey Shonaa" | |||||
| 2008 ! rowspan="2" | Chintakayala Ravi | "Shava Shava Bhalle" | Vishal–Shekhar | ||
| "Endhuko Tholi" | |||||
| "Oh Sanam Ho Sanam"(Remix) | |||||
| 2009 ! Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam | "Abbacha" | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy | |||
| 2012 ! Maattrraan | "Kommalanni Poovai" | Harris Jayaraj | Javed Ali | ||
| 2019 ! rowspan="2" | "Naa Raja" | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy | |||
| "Rae Raelae Re" |
| 2000 !Sparsh | "Kya Hone Laga Mujhe" | Zubeen Garg | Zubeen Garg | Zubeen Garg, Sagarika | |
| 2001 !Pranayam | "Thengum Nin Ullam" | Thej Mervin | M.A. Babji | ||
| 2002 !Dance Masti Again | "Aaja Piya" | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy | Instant Karma |
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