Shashaa Tirupati
Singer / Songwriter / Music Producer
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She started singing on radio stations at the age of six, gave her first stage performance at eight and learnt classical music at ten. We are talking about Shashaa Tirupati, an Indo-Canadian singer who is very popular in the film industries down South and in Bollywood. Popularly known as the ‘Humma Humma’ girl, Shashaa is a multilingual playback singer, songwriter, composer and voice over artist.
She learnt classical singing from Late Mrs. Kamala Bose and Girija Devi. She became the first RedFM Idol, a talent hunt held by one of Vancouver's leading radio channels, in 2005. She went on to judge the same competition in July 2016. An MBA in Marketing Shashaa made her debut in Bollywood as a playback singer in 2010 film ‘Bumm Bumm Bole’. In the past several years Shashaa has sung in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Arabic and English languages.The young singer who sang in ‘Mohenjodaro’ and ‘Sarabjit’ was noticed by musical legend A R Rahman during Coke Studio Season 3. This was a turning point in her life. After that there has been no looking back. Shashaa sang for A R Rahman in films like ‘Kochadaiiyaan’, ‘Kaaviyathalaivan’, ‘OK Kanmani’ and many more. Her recent releases have been O Humnava and Soja Soja from Rahman Sir's film 99 Songs.
Apart from this, Shashaa has also been featured in MTV Unplugged Season 4 with music director Mithoon and playback singer Mohammad Irfan. She not only sings but also plays the African instrument, the Kazoo.
The multi-talented singer won the Mirchi Music Award for Best Upcoming Female Singer 2015 (Aye Mr. Minor) and Best Female Playback singer at Vikatan Awards for ‘Naane Varugiren’ song. Shashaa also bagged The National Award for her Tamil song "Vaan".
Shashaa has also been very active when it comes to her independent music. Over the past few months Shashaa has released a few of her original singles which have garnered a lot of media attention. Her Indie music is mainly inspired by her personal life. A few of her songs are Oceans Rained, String of Air in English, Beparwahi and Hum Kahan Hai in Hindi and Yezhundhu Vaa in Tamil which also has a Hindi version coming out soon. She is also making the most of her lockdown time making videos from home, which again has been in the news. Her latest release is an English original single "Lerprechaun Love" which is a song composed, written, sung and shot by Shashaa at home during lockdown.
When it comes to humanitarian efforts, Shashaa is extremely active with CANFAR - The Canadian Foundation of AIDS Research, for which she organized several fundraisers. She keeps on performing at charitable events abroad for the causes which are close to her heart. She has also been involved in a lot of Independent work.
Few Bollywood songs that Shashaa has sung recently are:
Humma Humma
Phir Bhi Tumko Chahunga
Baarish
Chal Kahin Door- MOM
O Sona tere Liye:- MOM
Kanha
Mechanicle Sundariye:- Robot2.0
Motorcycle- Lust Stories
Mono Beena - Gold
Soja Soja- 99 Songs
O Humnava - 99 Songs and more.