Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy or simply Bindhumalini is an Indian singer, composer, and graphic designer. She has received

National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer The National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India since 1968 to a female playback singer for the best renditions of songs from soundtracks within the Indian film industry ...

(2018) and

Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Kannada ''Filmfare'' is an Indian English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of Indian most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, an ...

(2019) for her songs in the movie

Nathicharami ''Nathicharami'' is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language film written by Sandhya Rani, directed by Manjunatha Somashekara Reddy (Mansore) and produced by M. Ramesh, under the banner Tejaswini Enterprises. Jaganmohan Reddy and Shivkumar Reddy are the o ...

. She has composed and recorded songs for films and albums in

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, and

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languages.

Personal life

Bindumalini was born in Chennai in a musical family. Her mother N. Vishalakshi is a graded Akasvani Carnatic singer and grandmother Seetha Doraiswamy was a known

Jal Tarang The ''jal tarang'' (Hindi: जलतरंग) is a melodic percussion instrument that originates from the Indian subcontinent. It consists of a set of ceramic or metal bowls filled with water. The bowls are played by striking the edge with bea ...

instrumentalist. She holds a degree in Graphic design from the

National Institute of Design The National Institutes of Design (NIDs) are a group of autonomous public design universities in India, with the primary institute, founded in 1961, in Ahmedabad, with extension campuses in Gandhinagar and Bengaluru. The other NIDs are locat ...

. Bindumalini married Vasu Dixit, a vocalist from

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, who runs a folk-rock fusion music band called

Swarathma Swarathma (Kannada:) is a Bangalore (India)-based Indian Folk/fusion band. The current line-up features Vasu Dixit (vocals and rhythm guitar), K J Pavan (percussion and vocals), Varun Murali (guitar and vocals), Sanjeev Nayak (violin and vocals ...

Career

Trained both in Carnatic and Hindustani music, Bindumalini was influenced by the poems of saint

Kabir Kabir Das (1398–1518) was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint. His writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement, and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib, the Satguru Granth Sahib of Saint Garib Das, ...

and the songs of

Kumar Gandharva Pandit Kumar Gandharva (pronunciation:, Kn: ಕುಮಾರ್ ಗಂಧರ್ವ; 8 April 1924 – 12 January 1992), originally known as Shivaputra Siddharamayya Komkalimath was an Indian classical singer, well known for his unique vocal style ...

. Bindumalini's album ''‛Suno Bhai’'', a collection of Saint Kabir's poems, was a collaboration with

Vedanth Bharadwaj Vedanth Bharadwaj (born 1 October 1980) is a vocalist and composer born in Mumbai, India. He is a qualified guitarist from the Trinity College London and is best known for his work with songs and poems from the Bhakti Movement. Early life Veda ...

. ;As composer Bindumalini scored music for the 2016 Tamil movie

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with Vedanth Bharadwaj. In Kannada, she first collaborated with

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and scored music for the movie ''‛Harikatha Prasanga’'' which won ''Best Film award'' at the 9th edition of

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, 2017. In 2018, Bindumalini composed music for the movie

which brought her a National award. Incidentally, most of her movies were women-centric.

Awards

* 2018 -

- ''"Mayavi manave"'' -

* 2019 -

- ''"Bhavalokada bhrameya"'' - ''Nathicharami''

Filmography

In her movies as composer, most of the songs sung by Bindumalini herself.

Discography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bindhumalini Indian women singers Kannada playback singers Kannada film score composers Tamil playback singers 1982 births Living people Best Female Playback Singer National Film Award winners