P. Leela

P. Leela
പി. ലീല
P. Leela
Background information
Born
Porayath Leela

(1934-05-19)19 May 1934
Chittur, Palakkad, British India
Died31 October 2005(2005-10-31) (aged 71)
Chennai, India
GenresCarnatic music and playback singing
OccupationsSinger, Composer
InstrumentVocalist
Years active1948–2005
AwardsPadma Bhushan, Kalaimamani

Porayath Leela (19 May 1934 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian playback singer, a Carnatic vocalist, and a music director. She began her career as a playback singer in the 1948 Tamil film Kangkanam. She recorded songs in various Indian languages, including Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Sanskrit, Odia, Gujarati, Marathi, and Sinhala. Leela was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2006.

During her career, Leela collaborated with composers such as V. Dakshinamoorthy, Baburaj, G. Devarajan, Ghantasala, M. S. Viswanathan, K. Raghavan, Br Lakshmanan, L. P. R. Varma, B. A. Chidambaranath, A.T. Ummer, M. K. Arjunan, Johnson, Ouseppachan, Ilaiyaraja, as well as playback singers K. J. Yesudas and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. Leela described her vocal style using the term Ganamani.

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