Born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, A.R. Raihanah – also known as A. R. Reihanah and Rayhanah - is a playback singer, composer, and producer who works primarily in Tamil cinema (aka Kollywood). She has also recorded songs in the Telugu and Kannada languages. A member of a musical family, she is the sister of iconic Bollywood / Kollywood singer, composer and music director A. R. Rahman and mother of actor, composer, and singer G V. Prakash Kumar. A.R. Raihanah made her playback debut in the 2001 film Chocolate, where she sang a duet with Anuradha Sriram on the song “Malai Malai.” Other highlights of her career include “Madurai Jilla” (from 2002’s Shree), “Vidai Kodu Engal Naaadae” (a song composed by her brother for the 2002 film Kannathil Muthamittal), “Aahaa Thamizhamma” (from 2004’s Kangalal Kaidhu Sei), and “Keda Kari” (from 2010’s Raavanan). As a composer, she has written music for the movies Machi (2004), Pesuvathu Kiliya (2009), Manchottile Veedu (20012), and Yenda Thalaiyila Yenna Vekkala (2018), a film that she also produced. In July 2022, she collaborated with her brother, A.R. Rahman again on the song “Ponni Nadhi” (from the film Ponniyin Selvan Part-1).
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![Ponge Nadhi (From "PS-1") [Telugu]](https://cdn-images.dzcdn.net/images/cover/2c0c8811a562a3eb361e0438fdc4a29f/120x120-000000-80-0-0.jpg)
