Udhavum Oli Nithyasree Mahadevan, the singing phenomenon is one of the most popular Carnatic musicians today .This granddaughter of the Smt.D.K.Pattamal & Palaghat Mani Iyer was taught music by her mother Smt. Lalitha Sivakumar in addition to her grandmother. She is known for her excellent voice range, grasp of rhythm & clear enunciation of lyrics. She has received the Kalaimamani from TN Govt. in 1999 and The Best Main Artist award from The Music Academy several times. She has held packed audiences spellbound in India and overseas. She has several cassettes & CD recordings to her credit .Her Playback singing in the movie Jeans & the Title song of Chiti, a popular serial on Sun TV have created sensation.