Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963), is an Indian playback singer from Kerala. Chithra also sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. She has lent her voice to Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga, Sanskrit, Tulu, Urdu and Punjabi songs. Through a career spanning more than three decades, she has recorded over 20,000 songs. She is a recipient of six National Film Awards (the most by any female singer), five Filmfare Awards South and 31 different state film awards. She has won all the four south Indian state film awards. Chithra is popularly and fondly referred to as Chinna Kuyil (Little Nightingale of South India) or Keralathinte Vanambadi (Nightingale of Kerala).