Shashika Mooruth

Shashika Mooruth (born 15 February 1964) is a South African singer, composer and producer. She received the International Achiever Award on 2nd June 2018 from the President of South Africa, Honorable Cyril Ramaphosa at the 24th South African Music Awards SAMA24 organised by the Recording Industry of South Africa RISA at The Super Bowl, Sun City, Johannesburg, South Africa.
==Early Life in South Africa==
She was born to second generation immigrants during the apartheid era. Her great grandparents were indentured labourers (Girimitiyas) from British India transported to work on plantations and factories in South Africa from 1860s to early 1900s. Her first public performance was at age eight at the Shri Luxmi Narayan Temple in Mobeni Heights on Krishna Janmasthami. In 1976 she performed in Kishore Kumar Nite at the Durban City Hall. Kishore Kumar was very impressed with her talent and encouraged her parents to send her to India. In 1977 she performed a duet with Mahendra Kapoor in his concert at Shah Jehan Cinema.
==Later Years in India==
In 1986 she recorded her first album Sneha with music by Sayed Ali and lyrics by Zaheer Anwar at Ferrographer's Studio, Colaba, Bombay. In 1987, she enrolled at Bhartiya Sangeet and Nartan Shikshapeeth in Bombay for sitar and vocal studies. She also performed in live concerts in and around Bombay with the famous duo Mahesh Kanodia and Naresh Kanodia known as Mahesh Kumar and Party. She was signed by Venus Records & Tapes as a recording artiste for three years from 1988 to 1991. In 2002 she was initiated into the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition by Sacinandana Swami who is a disciple of ISKCON founder A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and received the diksha name Sacidevi dasi. In 2003 she launched her independent music label Urja Music as a singer, composer and producer. Nhlanhla Sibisi, (Recording Industry of South Africa) RiSA CEO praised her international achievements in Indian music and commented that South Africa is in good stead with talents of her magnitude. Through her recordings and live performances, she influences many on the spiritual path. She has worked with Sonu Nigam, Anup Jalota, Adnan Sami,Ek Second... Jo Zindagi Badal De? Udit Narayan, Vinod Rathod, Mohamed Aziz, Sudesh Bhosale, Rattan Mohan Sharma.
==Discography==
Films
Title 	Film Name 	Language	Singers 	Producer 	Year
Koi Apna 	Shining Star 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	Fiona Films 	2017
Pyaar Ajnabee Hai 	Pyaar Ajnabee Hai 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth, Hussein Vally	Lapiz Lazuli Productions	2011
Mehndi Ki Raath 	Pyaar Ajnabee Hai 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	Lapiz Lazuli Productions	2011
Ek Second Jo Zindagi Badal De 	Ek Second Jo Zindagi Badal DeEk Second... Jo Zindagi Badal De?	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth, Adnan Sami 	Rachna Sunil Singh & 
Agastyaa Singh	2010
Unchi Medi Na Uncha Kangara 	Unchi Medi Na Uncha Kangara 	Gujarati	Shashika Mooruth, Praful Dave 	Shree Sarika Films 	2008
Sagpan Chodi Beni 	Unchi Medi Na Uncha Kangara 	Gujarati	Shashika Mooruth 	Shree Sarika Films 	2008
Dahyile-Dhayile Ho Jayie Jiyan	Mehraru Bina Raatiya Kayise Katti 	Bhojpuri	Shashika Mooruth, Nilesh 	M.K. Films Enterprises 	2012
Contributions
Title 	Album/Single 	Language	Singers 	Producer/Label 	Year
Sneha 	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth, 
Bharat Joshi 	Aniruth Mooruth 	1986
Top Ten Hits 	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth, Anupama Deshbande, 
Sudesh Bhosale, Abhijeet	Venus Records & Tapes	1988
Har Kisi Ko 	Sadabahar Filmi Yugal Geet	Hindi 	Arun Ingle, Shashika Mooruth 	Venus Records & Tapes	1988
Hum Tumhe Chahte Hai 	Sadabahar Filmi Yugal Geet	Hindi 	Arun Ingle, Shashika Mooruth 	Venus Records & Tapes	1988
Aaye Hain Duaen Dene 	Songs of Jaadugar 	Hindi 	Abhijeet Bhattacarya, Anupama Deshpande, Shashika Mooruth	Venus Records & Tapes	1989
Main Aaya Tere Liye 	Top Ten Hits 	Hindi 	Sudesh Bhosale, Shashika Mooruth 	Venus Records & Tapes	1989
Tonight Pyar Karo 	Top Ten Hits 	Hindi 	Sudesh Bhosale, Shashika Mooruth 	Venus Records & Tapes	1989
Pyar Do Pyar Lo 	Top Ten Hits 	Hindi 	Sudesh Bhosale, Shashika Mooruth 	Venus Records & Tapes	1989
Zile Le Zile Le 	Top Ten Hits 	Hindi 	Sudesh Bhosale, Shashika Mooruth 	Venus Records & Tapes	1989
Dil Mein Tum 	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth, Kallol Banerjee 	Team Music 	1995
Durban Mein Machgaya Halla	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth, Bappi Roy 	Lallo Hariram 	1995
Ecstasy 	album 	Sanskrit	Shashika Mooruth, Jiva Goswami das 	Hare Krishna 	2001
Tere Dil Ka Dard 	Woh Sapan Tumhi Toh Thay 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth, Vinod Rathod 	T-series 	2013
Tere Bina 	single 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth, Sameer Khullar 	Crescendo Music 	2014
Baarish 	single 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	Navitha Navikishore 	2018
Urja Music Productions
Title 	Album/Single	Language	Singers 	Year
Pyaro Rasabihari 	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2000
Govind Hari Gopal Hari 	album 	Sanskrit	Shashika Mooruth, Jiva Goswami dasa, 
Sudhir Rao 	2002
Nama-Prema-Mala 	album 	Sanskrit	Shashika Mooruth 	2003
Swagatam Krishna 	album 	Sanskrit	Shashika Mooruth 	2004
When Bollywood Becomes Krishna Conscious	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2004
Jaya Sacira Nandan 	album 	Bengali
Sanskrit	Shashika Mooruth 	2004
Sweet Chant 	album 	Sanskrit	Shashika Mooruth 	2005
Jaya Radha Madhava 	single 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth, Jaswant Singh 	2006
Bolo Valmiki 	single 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2006
Shri Raam Jaya Raam 	single 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth, Jaswant Singh 	2006
Govind Bhajo Gopal 	single 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth, Jaswant Singh 	2006
Ramayana, The Glories of Shri Rama 	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2007
Shri Jagannathastakam 	album 	Sanskrit	Shashika Mooruth 	2007
Madad Karo Hai Shri Bhagavan 	single 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2007
Namo Namah 	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2008
Haripriya 	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2009
Saubhagya Ka Deep Jalao 	single 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2009
Ek Kahani Aisi Bhi 	single 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth, Rajesh Bishan 	2009
Gopala 	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2009
Meri Jaan Bangaye Ho 	single 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth, Rajesh Bishan 	2009
Jiyo Shyam Lala 	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2010
Chand Sitaron Se Poocha 	single 	Hindi 	Udit Narayan, Shashika Mooruth 	2009
My Soul's Journey 	single 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2010
Mere Sai 	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2012
Jagruti, An Awakening 	single 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2012
Naam Hari Ka Japle Bande 	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2013
Kanhaiya Kanhaiya 	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2013
Manzil Tu Hi 	single 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2014
The Flute Awakens 	single 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2015
Krishna, The Flute Player 	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2016
Jogan 	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2017
Rafta Rafta 	single 	Hindi 	Sonu Nigam, Shashika Mooruth 	2017
Vraja, Sounds Beyond Time 	album 	Sanskrit	Amit Das, Shashika Mooruth, Sridama, Amit Mistry, Sudhir, Suzanne, Blaze	2018
Heart to Heart 	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2018
Rasa 	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2019
Bhava Bhakti 	album 	Hindi 	Shashika Mooruth 	2020
 	 	 	 	
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