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Shweta Mohan

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A playback singer, not an actress — her own site describes her as a singer, songwriter, performer and composer, and the reposts that call her an actress are simply wrong. She is one of the most-recorded voices in South Indian film music and a constant on the live circuit, which is where most people actually see her: on a stage, with a band, for two hours at a stretch. It shows in what she wears. This is someone dressing to stand at a microphone all evening — one piece, nothing to adjust between songs, no styling that needs explaining.