Swarnalatha (1973 – 12 September 2010) was an Indian playback singer. From 1987 onward, she rendered nearly 7,000 songs in many languages including Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Urdu, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi and Badaga. She hails from Palakkad, Kerala. She has sung Povoma Oorgolam from the film Chinna Thambi, and Rakkamma from the film Thalapathi, and Porale Ponnuthayi from Bharathiraja's 1994 Tamil film Karuththamma. She went on to win the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song in 1995.