Shashaa Tirupati (often misspelt as Tripathi, born December 21, 1987) is a multilingual playback singer, songwriter and voice over artist of Indo-Canadian origin, with family roots in Kashmir, predominantly active in the Bollywood and Tamizh music industries. She was noticed by Academy Award Winner AR Rahman after she had auditioned for his episode of Coke Studio Season 3 and went on to be a part of his Hindustani Choir for the show