She was only 16 years old at the time the song was recorded in 1951 on a Telugu New Year's Day in Prakash Studio. Raja for the 1951 Tamil movie Petra Thaai (Kanna Thalli in Telugu). Of the five people referred, Susheela was selected and sang her first song, a duet titled "Edhukku Azhaithaai", with A. In 1950, music director Pendyala Nageswara Rao was looking for new talent and scouted for new singers at All India Radio. She later joined the Sangeeta Academy in Chennai under the guidance of Subramani Iyer and completed a degree in music. She went on to study music at Maharaja Music College in Vijayanagaram and graduated in first class. In her early school days she participated in all the music competitions, sometimes to the detriment of her academic education. Susheela was born in Vijayanagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India to Mukundarao and Sheshawataram, as the fifth of nine children. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has recorded songs in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tulu, Paduga and Sinhalese. Susheela or Pulapaka Susheela (born November 13, 1935) is an Indian playback singer.
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