Shoba Chandrasekhar (born 24 August 1948) is an Indian playback singer, screenwriter, film producer and film director. She is the mother of former actor and the ninth chief minister of Tamil Nadu C Joseph Vijay.
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In 2011, she was appointed as the Artistic Heritage Consultant by the order of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.
Film career
She was a singer in light music troupes. She later graduated to singing in films. Her first film song was "Maharaja Oru Maharani..." from the film Iru Malargal.
She has written several stories that have been made into movies by moviemaker husband S. A. Chandrasekhar mostly starring Vijayakanth and Vijay.
Her first light classical music programme was telecast on Vijay TV in April 2003. The title of the programme was "Samarpanam".
She has produced 10 films and written stories for more than 50. She also directed two films, Nanbargal and Innisai Mazhai. In fact, Chandrasekhar worked as her associate director in these films. He was assisted by Shankar, now a famous director. She also sang over 12 movies.