Tanvi Shah, (born 1 December 1985) is an Indian singer and songwriter from Tamil Nadu, India. She sings in Tamil language, Hindi and Telugu language. In addition, she sings in Spanish language, Portuguese and other romance languages, as well as Arabic language. Tanvi Shah is the first Indian woman to win a Grammy Awards. Her first song was "Yakkai Thiri" for the movie Aayutha Ezhuthu.
She shared the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media with A.R. Rahman and Gulzar in the 52nd Grammy Awards for the song Jai Ho, for writing the Spanish lyrics for the song. With the success of Slumdog Millionaire, Shah has been featured in Snoop Dogg's song "Snoop Dogg Millionaire". Apart from the Grammy, she also received the BMI Award in 2009 in London for the same and also shares the World Soundtrack Award (2009) with Rahman and Gulzar.
She performed for the Yuvan - Live in Concert in January 2011 in Chennai and in Malaysia at the KLIMF in 2012. She also performed at Coke Studio concert at IIM Bangalore on 22 November 2013, featuring Amit Trivedi .
She was invited to speak at the TEDxSF conference on Global Health in Nov '12.
Tanvi sings in Spanish, Portuguese, Afro-Cuban, Arabic besides Hindi, Tamil and Telugu and experiments with a wide range of music with her band. Her adaptability has been proven in her collaborative work with international music producers such as Gio Ortega (USA), Jeremy Hawkins (USA), Che Pope (USA), David Batteau (USA), and DJ Salah of Germany.
Tanvi has walked the green carpet at the Latin Grammy in 2011 and recently shared the stage with Lebohang Morake, South African singer and composer, famous for arranging and performing the music for The Lion King movies and stage productions.
She firmly believes that we all need to give back to society. She is actively involved with the Cancer Institute and with the “End Polio” campaign of Rotary International along with Amitabh Bachchan, A. R. Rahman and Anil Kapoor. She has donated her song, “Zindagi”, produced by JHawk, to the End Polio campaign album that features international artistes such as Itzhak Perlman, David Sanborn, Ziggy Marley, Donovan and members of the Congolese band, Staff Benda Bilili.
2004 | Aayutha Ezhuthu | "Yakkai Thiri" | A. R. Rahman | Tamil language |
2004 | Yuva | "Fanaa" | A. R. Rahman | Hindi |
2005 | Pudhupettai | "Pul Pesum Poo Pesum" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Tamil language |
2006 | Ashok | "Mumtaju Mahalu" | Mani Sharma | Telugu language |
2006 | Sillunu Oru Kaadhal | "Jillendru Oru Kaadhal" | A. R. Rahman | Tamil |
2007 | "Style" | A. R. Rahman | Tamil | |
2008 | Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na | "Pappu Can't Dance" | A. R. Rahman | Hindi |
2008 | Saroja | "My Life" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | English |
2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | "Gangsta Blues" | A. R. Rahman | English & Hindi |
2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | "Jai Ho" | A. R. Rahman | Spanish & Hindi |
2009 | Delhi-6 | "Dilli-6" | A. R. Rahman | Hindi |
2009 | Delhi-6 | "Rehna Tu" | A. R. Rahman | Hindi |
2009 | Snoop Dogg Millionaire | "Snoop Dogg Millionaire" | Chase & Status | English & Hindi |
2009 | Muthirai | "July Madathil" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Tamil |
2009 | Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai | "Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Tamil |
2010 | Paiyaa | "Thuli Thuli" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Tamil |
2010 | Paiyaa | "En Kadhal Solla" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Tamil |
2010 | Raavanan | "Keda Kari" | A. R. Rahman | Tamil |
2010 | Puli | "Power Star" | A. R. Rahman | Telugu |
2010 | Naan Mahaan Alla | "Iragai Pole" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Tamil |
2010 | Enthiran | "Boom Boom Roboda" | A. R. Rahman | Tamil |
2010 | Goa | "Goa" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Tamil |
2010 | Goa | "Goa (Club Mix)" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Tamil |
2011 | Panjaa | "Veyyira Chey Veyyira" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Telugu |
2012 | Billa II | "Yedho Yedho Oru Maikam" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Tamil |
2012 | Kadal | "Magudi Magudi" | A. R. Rahman | Tamil |
2013 | Biriyani | "Biriyani" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Tamil |
2013 | Arrambam | "Hare Rama Hare Krishna" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Tamil |
2014 | Lekar Hum Deewana Dil | "Mawwali Qawwali" | A. R. Rahman | Hindi |
2014 | Lingaa | "Mona Gasolina" | A. R. Rahman | Tamil |
2015 | Vai Raja Vai | "Pookkamazh" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Tamil |
2015 | Yatchan | "Konjalaai" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Tamil |
2017 | Kaatru Veliyidai | "Tango Kalalo" | A. R. Rahman | Telugu |
2013 | "Llamalo Amor (Call It Love)" | JHawk | Spanish |
2013 | "Sheher" | Amit Trivedi | Hindi |
2017 | "Mai Nahar Cover" | Tanvi Shah | Hebrew |
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