Anitha Kuppusamy is a

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and Carnatic singer, and television host known for her ' Naatupura Pattu', a Tamil folk art. Anitha aspired to become a singer from a young age. Apart from singing, Anitha has appeared as a judge on several television reality shows. Anitha has written few books on cookery and appeared in cookery shows on TV.

Biography

Anitha was born in Mettupalayam, Coimbatore, Mettupalayam. She was interested in music and singing from her childhood and managed to convince her family to pursue her career as singer. She gained B.A. in music at Avinashi Lingam College, Coimbatore. Anitha joined the

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and obtained M.A in Carnatic music. She met

Pushpavanam Kuppusamy Pushpavanam Kuppusamy is a Tamil folk singer, lyricist, writer and music composer of Tamil folk art. He has been credited for reviving the Naatupura Paatu a Tamil folk art. Together with his wife Anitha Kuppusamy, he has conducted several music c ...

, a fellow student at

, and they started singing together in various competitions and concerts. Eventually the couple got married. She learnt "Nattupura Pattu", a Tamil folk art, from her husband

Career

Anitha's main focus was on "Nattupura Pattu", a Tamil folk art. Along with her husband

she has performed around 3,000 concerts in India and overseas. Anitha incorporated social messages in her singing to create awareness specially about AIDS, dowry, smoking, drinking, female infanticide, child labour, importance of education for girls, and breast feeding. Earlier Anitha's aim was to become a mainstream playback singer. But due to her frequent traveling for concerts she could not concentrate on playback singing.

Works

Folk albums

* Mannu Manakkadhu * Mann Vaasam * Mann Osai * Karisal Mann * Solam Vedhaikkayile * Meham Karukkudhadi * Kalathu Medu * Urkkuruvi * Gramathu Geetham * Kattumall * Adiyathi Dance Dance * Othaiyadippadhaiyile * Thanjavooru Manneduthu * Nattuppura Manam

Filmography

As Playback singer

Personal life

Anitha is married to

who is also a singer. She joined the

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political party in September 2013.

References

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