Mridula Varier (born 3 May 1988) is an Indian playback singer from Kerala. She started her career as a playback singer in the Malayalam movie Big B in 2007. She has also recorded songs for Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She was the first runner-up of Idea Star Singer in 2010.Mridula Varier was born to P. V. Ramankutty Varier and M. T. Vijayalakshmy in Kozhikode on 3 May 1988. At the age of four, she started learning music and participated in music contests with her brother Jaideep Varier. She completed her bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering from KMCT College of Engineering in 2009.She married Dr. Arun Varier on 7 January 2013. She has a daughter named Maithreyi Varier born in June 2016. She started participating in television music contests right from school days. In 2004, she participated in Saptaswarangal, a musical contest on Asianet, and was awarded the first runner-up. In 2005, she participated in Onnam Raagam, a musical contest on Doordarshan and won the first prize.[2] In 2010 she won 1st Runner Up title in season five of Idea Star Singer.