Geetha Madhuri is an Indian

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. Madhuri has sung over 1800 songs in several languages including

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and

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. She is a recepeint of numerous

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awards.

Personal life

Madhuri was born to Prabhakar Sastry, a

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official, and Lakshmi. Madhuri is their only daughter. Her family moved from

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, West Godavari District to Hyderabad when she was very young. Madhuri was schooled at Loyala Model High School,

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and

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. She graduated in B Com at Aurora College. She was trained in classical and light music by Kocharlakota Padmavati and Ramachari. Madhuri made her debut as a playback singer with Kulasekhar's film ''Premalekha Rasa''.Geeta Madhuri interview – Telugu Cinema interview – Telugu film playback singer
Idlebrain.com. Retrieved on 5 January 2014. Madhuri married actor Nandu in 2014. The couple have a daughter born in 2019 named Dakshayani Prakruthi.

Awards and nominations

Other Awards

* Swara Saraswathi Award from Andhra Pradesh

Discography

Devotional songs

Independent songs

References

External links

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