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Sithara Krishnakumar, popularly known by her first name Sithara, is an acclaimed Playback singer and a known Ghazal singer. A graded artiste of All India Radio, she is making her presence felt in the music industry following a string of successes in musical talent shows. She has rendered her voice to over fifty film songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages. A singer who respects and takes her profession seriously, she likes to learn and experiment with folk and fusion genres of music. Moreover, Sithara is a trained classical dancer.
Born in Kozhikode, into a family of musical tradition, Sithara showed a keen interest in music from a very early age. Her parents spotted her talent and decided to nurture her skills. She was introduced to Sri Ramanattukara Sathish and Pala C.K Ramachandran who initially trained her in Carnatic classical music. She got trained in Classical dance by Kalamandalam Vinodini. Later on, Sithara started her formal training in Hindustani music under Sri Vijayasenan and Ustad Fiyaz Khan, which she is still pursuing.
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