Malgudi Subha (also spelled as Malgadi Shuba) is an Indian playback singer.

She has
recorded songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada,Malayalam and Hindi.
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In a career spanning for
two decades, she sang more than 3000 songs.
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She counts Usha Uthup among her role models.She is a great fan of Kishore Kumar
She began her career by providing vocals for ad jingles composed by A. R. Rahman, Viji
Manuel, etc.
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She debuted as a playback singer through the film Nadodi Thendral, with
music by Ilayaraja.
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Ace Indian composer A. R. Rahman's debut album, Set Me Free(also
called Shubhaa Set Me Free) had all its songs sung by Malgudi Shubha.
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The album which
was released in early 1990s by some local labels went unnoticed, but became a good seller
when it was re-released in 1996 by the label Magnasound.
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Her first Telugu successful album, Chikpak Chikbhum, which was released in Chennai, sold
ten lakh copies.
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The songs were composed by Raj-Koti, under whom A.R.Rahman was
assisted
She has appeared as a judge on the Malayalam language music competition program Idea
Star Singer. She is a judge in Star Singer 2 (Kannada), airing on Asianet Suvarna from 7-8
pm on weekdays. She has also appeared as a judge on the Tamil music competition
program Super Singer Junior 2.
The South-Indian actress Priyamani is her niece.