Sivaangi Krishnakumar (born 25 May 2000),[1] also known as Sivaangi, is an Indian actress, playback singer and television personality.[2] In 2019, she participated in the singing competition Super Singer 7, which was aired on Star Vijay and, in 2020, she appeared in the comedy-cooking show, Cooku With Comali, which gained her popularity.[3] She is the daughter of Kalaimamani winners. Dr. K Krishnakumar and Binni Krishnakumar.[4] She has acted in films such as Don (2022), Kasethan Kadavulada (2022) and Naai Sekar Returns (2022).[5]
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Born | Sivaangi Krishnakumar (2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 (age 22) Trivandrum, Kerala |
Other names | Sivaangi |
Education | M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women Chennai |
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Years active | 2019–present |
Parent(s) | Dr. K. Krishnakumar (Father) Binni Krishnakumar (Mother) |
She made her debut as a singer in the Tamil film Pasanga in 2009 with the song "Anbaale Azhagaagum".[6]. She is well known for singing songs such as Anbaale (2009), Talku Lessu Worku Moreu (2021), Machi (2021),, Uruttu (2021), Nee En Usuru Pulla (2021), Sathiyama Sollurandi (2021), Bomma Bomma (2021), Neethanada (2022) and Rekkalu thodigi (2022). She is currently singing 2 songs which are set to release in second half of 2022.[7][8]
In 2022, Sivaangi was roped in to endorse the retail market "Dunzo" during the campaign that took place in March of 2022, the company is owned by one of the richest man in India.[9]
She also acted in the commercially successful film Don marking her debut film in the cinema industry.[10][11] She was later cast for the lead female role in the film Naai Sekar Returns opposing actor Vadivelu in the film after her blockbuster success in the film Don.[12][13][14]
Sivaangi has overall received more then five awards throughout her professional career listing from Blacksheep Awards for Best Entertainer of the year-Female 2021, Behindwoods Gold Icon Awards for Most Popular person on reality television-Female 2021, Youth Icon of Digital from Galatta Digital Stars Awards and Radio City Women Entertainer Awards for Television Category 2022. becoming one of the major television personalities in South India to win many awards within a matter of two years.[15][16][17]
Sivaangi was born in Trivandrum, Kerala to a Malayali mother and Tamil father on 25 May 2000. Her father, Krishnakumar, is a singer and a musicologist, and her mother, Binni Krishnakumar is a playback singer. Both her parents are recipients of Kalaimamani Award. She also has a younger brother, Vinaayak Sunder. After Sivaangi was born, her parents moved to Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She did her schooling in Chinmaya Vidyalaya Matric Higher Secondary School, Chennai. She later completed her bachelor's degree in Commerce at M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai.[18] During her college days, she ventured into the music industry.[19]
After a 10-year-long hiatus, in 2019, Sivaangi Krishnakumar made her appearance as a contestant in an Indian Tamil-language reality television singing competition Super Singer 7 which aired on Star Vijay.[20][21][22]
She later was a part of the comedy cooking show, Cooku With Comali that aired on Star Vijay.[23] She had got a lot of recognition and appreciation through this show. She got the following awards after the second season of the show: The Entertaining Star Female by Blacksheep Digital Awards and Most Popular Female in Reality Television by Behindwoods Gold Icons. She had also won a award for Trending pair of the year (along with Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan) at the Vijay Television Awards.[24][25]
In 2020, She also made her debut as a "web series actress" in the comedy web series Dear-u Brother-u which received an overall successfull run in box office and was widely talked among audiences and netizens.[26][27]
In 2021, Sivaangi sang "Asku Maaro" alongside Dharan Kumar in Tamil, in which she also made a cameo appearance. Soon after the massive hit, it was also remade in Telugu. Later in May 2021, she sang "Talku Lessu Worku Moreu" for the movie Murungakkai Chips alongside Sam Vishal. She later sang the song 'Adipoli' alongside Vineeth Sreenivasan which was released in 2021 as an Onam special.[28] She also sang "Machi" alongside Simbu for the movie Mayan.[29][30]
On 12 November 2021, Media Masons released its 3rd original 'No No No No' starring Sivaangi, Bala, Murugan, Krishnaveni, Mukunth, Ahana and Hrithik which was directed by Parthiv Mani. The music was composed by Karthik Devaraj while the lyrics were penned by Ravoofa H.K. The song was sung by Sivaangi while the rap portions were done by KJ Iyenar.[31]
Sivaangi sang "Andhapura Annakili Da" under the music composition of P.S Ashwin and "Nee Yen Usuru Pulla" alongside G. V. Prakash under the music composition of Siddhu Kumar. She later sang two songs "Uruttu" and "Neethanada" for the film Enna Solla Pogirai. She also sang the song "Sathiyama Sollurandi" for the film Velan alongside actor Mugen Rao. She recently sang a melody song named "Saaya" which was released in both Tamil and Malayalam.
After her appearance in Cooku With Comali, Sivakarthikeyan cast her in his Tamil film, Don and it also marks her acting debut. However the film overall performed extremely well on box office and gained fan base.[32][33][34][35] She is doing a prominent role alongside Shiva and Priya Anand in the film Kasethan Kadavulada.[36] She is also cast in the movie Naai Sekar Returns alongside actor Vadivelu.[37][38]
In 2022, she also sang a song for actor Mahendran's upcoming film. The song was called 'Amigo Garage' which she also co sung it with singer and actor G. V. Prakash Kumar. The song later become a massive blow on the internet and was trending in India for more then 2 weeks in a row becoming one of the most viral songs in Indian history.[39][40] Later that year she also broke records for one of the main songs in the film Sinam which cast actor Arun Vijay.[41]
She runs a YouTube channel named Sivaangi Krishnakumar.[42]
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Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Ref |
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2022 | Don | Lilly | Debut film | [43][44] |
Kasethan Kadavulada![]() | Shakthi | Post-production | [45] | |
Naai Sekar Returns![]() | Gauri | Filming | [46][47] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Channel | Ref. |
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2019 | Super Singer Senior Season 7 | Contestant | Top 6 | Star Vijay | [48] |
2020 | Super Singer Champion of Champions | [49] | |||
2021 | Comedy Raja Kalakkal Rani | Host | Mid Season | [50] | |
2019-2020 | Cooku With Comali | Comali | Season 1 | [23] | |
2020-2021 | Season 2 | ||||
2022 | Season 3 | ||||
Year | Title | Role | Language | Note | Ref. |
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2020 | Dear-u Brother-u | Sivaangi | Tamil | YouTube Series | |
2020 | When you have a younger sister! | Sivaangi | Tamil | YouTube Series |
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Year | Song | Film | Composer(s) | Language | Co-artists | Notes & Ref. |
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2009 | "Anbaale" | Pasanga | James Vasanthan | Tamil | M. Balamuralikrishna | Credited as Baby Sivaangi [51][52] |
2021 | "Talku Lessu Worku Moreu" | Murungakkai Chips | Dharan Kumar | Tamil | Sam Vishal | [53] |
"Machi" | Mayan | M.S. John Rupert | Tamil | Silambarasan | [54] | |
"Andhapura Annakili Da" | Chota | P.S Ashwin | Tamil | Solo | [55] | |
"Uruttu" | Enna Solla Pogirai | Vivek-Mervin | Tamil | Santesh,Vivek-Mervin | [56] | |
"Nee En Usuru Pulla" | Anandham Vilayadum Veedu | Siddhu Kumar | Tamil | G.V. Prakash | [57] | |
"Sathiyama Sollurandi" | Velan | Gopi Sundar | Tamil | Mugen Rao | [58] | |
"Bomma Bomma" | Koogle Kuttappa | Ghibran | Tamil | Arivu | [59] | |
2022 | "Neethanada" | Enna Solla Pogirai | Vivek-Mervin | Tamil | Solo | [60] |
"Rekkalu Thodigi" | Allantha Doorana (Dubbed in Tamil as Ennai Maatrum Kadhal) | Telugu | Radhan | Naresh Iyer | [61] | |
"Rekkaya Virichu" | Tamil | |||||
"Nenjellam" | Sinam | Shabir | Tamil | G. V. Prakash Kumar | [62] | |
"Mallipoo" | Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu | A.R. Rahman | Tamil | Madhushree | Backing Vocals and Intro portions | |
"Kanjaadai Kal Veesi" | Sanjeevan | Tanuj Menon | Tamil | Naresh Iyer | ||
"I live u dear" | Amigo Garage | Balamurali balu | Tamil | G. V. Prakash Kumar | [63] | |
Untitled Track | Nanban Oruvan Vanvandha Piragu | A. H. Kaashif | Tamil | Ajay Krishna, Srinisha Jayaseelan, Sam Vishal |
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Year | Song | Label | Composer(s) | Language | Co-artists | Ref. |
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2020 | Solla Maatten Po | Lahari Music | Amritesh Vijayan | Tamil | Sam Vishal | [64] |
2021 | Asku Maaro | Sony Music | Dharan Kumar | Tamil | Dharan Kumar | [65] |
Telugu | ||||||
Adipoli | Think Music | Siddhu Kumar | Tamil | Vineeth Sreenivasan | [66] | |
No No No No | MM Originals | Karthick Devaraj | Tamil | KJ Iyenar, Hrithik, Ahana, Vidyarupini | [67] | |
2022 | Saaya | Saregama | Mithun Eshwar | Tamil | Mithun Eshwar | [68] |
Malayalam | ||||||
Vennilavum Ponni Nadhiyum | Think Music | Adykriz | Tamil | Adykriz | [69] | |
Mounamaay | Muzik 247 | Sadar Nedumangad | Malayalam | Vineeth Srinivasan | [70] | |
Muttu Mu2 | Divo (record label) | TeeJay Arunasalam | Tamil | TeeJay Arunasalam,Yogi.B | [71] | |
Untitled Track (1 Minute Music Video) | Tamil | |||||
Untitled Track | N/A | Abby V | Hindi | |||
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Wins | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Nominations | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Award | Category | Channel/show | Result | Ref. |
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2021 | Blacksheep Awards | Best Entertainer of the year-Female | Cooku with Comali (season 2) | Won | [72] |
Behindwoods Gold Icon Awards | Most Popular person on reality television-Female | Won | [73] | ||
Vijay Television Awards | Trending pair of the year (along with Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan) | Won | [74] | ||
2022 | Radio City Women Entertainer Awards | Television Category | Cooku with Comali | Won | [75][76] |
Galatta Digital Stars Awards | Youth Icon of Digital | Digital & Social Media | Won | ||
She was listed by the Indiaglitz website as the "Desirable Woman on Television 2020".[31] She also received Galatta Tamil Channel's "Namma Veetu Pillai" award in 2021.[77]
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