MILI (singer-songwriter)

MILI ^[1]
MILI
Background information
Birth name	Mili Nair
Born	7 April
Origin	India
Genres	Pop, Jazz, Inde, Playback singer, Bollywood, Original Soundtracks, Film Music
Occupation(s)	Singer-Songwriter, Recording Artist, Composer,Producer
Years active	2009 - (Present)
Labels	Apostrophe Music, Sony Music India T-Series
Publishers	BMI
Website	www.miliofficial.com

MILI also professionally known as Mili Nair (born on 7 April), is singer, songwriter, composer from India.

She released her debut album, Written In The Stars, which featured Vinnie Colaiuta on drums, Michael Landau on guitar, James Genus on bass, and George Whitty on piano/keys. She wrote and composed all the songs on the album.

Biography

Early life

MILI was born in Mumbai and finished her schooling in Pune. Although born in Mumbai, she is a malayali with her family roots in both Kerala and Malaysia. She pursued her college education at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, earning a Bachelor's degree in Journalism, English Literature, and Psychology.^[1]

Mili’s journey into music began at an early age. She completed her grade examinations in Western classical voice with Trinity College London and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) and performed as a soprano soloist with professional choral groups across India.^{[citation needed]}

At just 16, she began performing live professionally with rock and jazz bands.^{[citation needed]}

Album: Written in the Stars

Mili released her first album in English Written in the Stars in which she has composed all ten songs on the album and has collaborated with veteran musicians Vinnie Colaiuta, Michael Landau, James Genus and George Whitty.^[2] The album was launched with the first video Dream Like A Skylark on YouTube. Written in the Stars was recorded and produced in Los Angeles, California and released under the label Apostrophe Music.^[3]^[4]

The music video for the song Fooling and New Day was filmed in Budapest, Hungary and Stockholm, Sweden and was broadcast on VH1.

Single: Keep The Hope Alive!

Mili released her first single in English "Keep The Hope Alive!” on 10 July 2020, which aims at keeping our spirits up, as the whole world is fighting against the pandemic.^{[citation needed]}

Playback singing

A.R. Rahman gave MILI her first break in film music with the Tamil song Keda Kari in Raavanan and Maham Maye in the Telugu film Komaram Puli. Her most recent release with Rahman is Parakka Seivaai from the Tamil film Ambikapathy (Tamil version of Bollywood film Raanjhana).^{[citation needed]}

MILI went on to collaborate with composer Amit Trivedi on the Hindi film Kai Po Che!, lending her voice to the track Meethi Boliyaan. Meethi Boliyaan earned MILI award nominations from the Indian music industry.^{[citation needed]} She later joined Trivedi on his national concert tours.^{[citation needed]}

MILI also collaborated with director Mahesh Bhatt, performing the title song for the film Mr. X, composed by Jeet Gannguli.^{[citation needed]} Additionally, she worked with composer Harris Jayaraj, delivering the Tamil song Rettai Kathirein from the film Maattrraan.^{[citation needed]}

Her performances on the TV series Coke Studio@MTV Season 2 gained her further recognition.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Albums

Written in the Stars : track listing

All songs written and composed by MILI.

Release: 15 December 2017

No:	Song Name	Time
1.	Good Morning	4:11
2.	Had To Be You	5:01
3.	Dream Like A Skylark	4:17
4.	Written in the Stars	5:10
5.	Got An Eye	3:23
6.	Longing	4:42
7.	New Day	4:09
8.	Is It Something	4:30
9.	Inside Out	4:33
10.	Fooling	4:36

Personnel

MILI – Vocals
Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
Michael Landau - Guitars
James Genus - Bass
George Whitty - Piano

Also appearing

Bill Churchville – Trumpet
Alejandro Carballo - Trombone
Terry Landry - Tenor and Barritone Saxophone

Mixed by: Helik Hadar

Mastered By: Gavin Lurssen and Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Masterig

Composition and lyrics by MILI.

Produced by Hamesh

Singles

Keep The Hope Alive! (Acoustic)

Date of release	Single	Composer
10 July 2020	Keep The Hope Alive! (Acoustic)	MILI

Composition and lyrics by MILI

Feature films

Film	Song name	Language	Composer
Mr. X	Mr. X Title Song - You Can Call Me X - Mahesh Bhatt	Hindi	Jeet Gannguli
Kai Po Che!	Meethi Boliyaan	Hindi	Amit Trivedi
Ambikapathy	Parakka Seivaai	Tamil	A.R. Rahman
Shaadi Ke Side Effects	Tumse Pyar Ho Gaya	Hindi	Pritam
Poojai	Ippadiye	Tamil	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Nanbenda	Nee Sunno Moono	Tamil	Harris Jayaraj
Nerungi Vaa Muthamidathe	Hey Suttrum	Tamil	Madley Blues
Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam	Ennodu	Tamil	Amrit Rao
Raavanan	Keda Kari	Tamil	A.R. Rahman
Puli	Maham Maye	Telugu	A.R. Rahman
Maattrraan	Rettai Kathire	English	Harris Jayaraj
Vanakkam Chennai	Oh Penne Penne (Movie Version)	Tamil	Anirudh Ravichander
Kalakalappu	Angelina	English	Vijay Ebenezer
Urumi	Movie Theme	Malayalam	Deepak Dev
Veera Parampare	Ambarada	Kannnada	Narayan .S.
Aidondla Aidu	Neragi	Kannada	Ouseppachan

Coke Studio at MTV India

Season	Song name	Composer/ producer	Lyricists	Language	Singers
Season 2	Yatra	Amit Trivedi	Swanand Kirkire	Hindi	Mili Nair, Shriram Iyer
Season 2	Badari Badariyan	Amit Trivedi	Kausar Munir	Hindi	Mili Nair, Mame Khan

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Film/ song	Title
2013	GIMA Awards	Film: Kai Po Che! / Song: Meethi Boliyan	Best Debut Bollywood – Nominated^{[citation needed]}
2013	GIMA Awards	Film: Kai Po Che! / Song: Meethi Boliyan	Best Duet Bollywood – Nominated^{[citation needed]}
2014	Mirchi Music Awards	Film: Kai Po Che! / Song: Meethi Boliyan	Upcoming Singer (Female) Bollywood – Nominated^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b Elias, Esther (1 August 2013). "Her own singer". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
^ "Mumbai Diary: Sunday Dossier". mid-day. 25 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
^ "Music should be listened to like an event: Mili". Deccan Chronicle. 13 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
^ "Mili Nair releases a new video, Fooling, from her debut album". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

External links

Official website – official site
Mili discography at Discogs
Mili Keep The Hope Alive - Single Release Press. The New Indian Express - Indulge - India
Mili Written In The Stars - Album Pre Release Press. Deccan Chronicle India
[1] Times of India, Bangalore Times 2018.
[2] Singer-songwriter Mili to release 'Fooling' video.

[:0-1] Elias, Esther (1 August 2013). "Her own singer". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[2] "Mumbai Diary: Sunday Dossier". mid-day. 25 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[3] "Music should be listened to like an event: Mili". Deccan Chronicle. 13 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[4] "Mili Nair releases a new video, Fooling, from her debut album". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

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