Indu Nagaraj is an Indian playback singer who primarily works in

Kannada cinema Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film ''Sati Sulochana'' directed ...

. She is the recipient of a

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for the song "

Pyarge Aagbittaite "Pyarge Aagbittaite" is a Kannada-Urdu song from the 2012 Kannada film '' Govindaya Namaha''. It was composed by Gurukiran and sung by Chetan Sosca, Indu Nagaraj, with lyrics written by Pawan Wadeyar. The music video of the track features Koma ...

" from the film ''

Govindaya Namaha ''Govindaya Namaha'' ( ''Hail Govinda'') is a 2012 Indian Kannada language comedy drama film directed by debutante Pawan Wadeyar. The film was released on 30 March 2012 across cinema halls. It stars Komal Kumar, Anna Georgia, Madhulika, Rekha ...

'' (2012).

Life and career

Indu was born into a musical family at Chilkunda village in Mysore, Karnataka. Her father, Vidwan C. A. Nagaraj, is an accomplished vocalist and flutist in South India and her elder sister Lakshmi Nagaraj is also a playback singer. She was trained in

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and Sugama Sangeetha music under her father right from the age of 3. In 2005, Indu along with her sister Lakshmi performed and participated together in the singing reality show '' Ede Thumbi Haaduvenu'' hosted and judged by acclaimed singer

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. The sisters together performed at various events and were coined the name "Chilkunda Sisters", named after their hometown. Indu got her first offer to act in a Television series ''Minchu'' directed by T. N. Seetharam. Tapping her singing skills, Seetharam gave her first singing offer in his feature film, ''

Meera Madhava Raghava ''Meera Madhava Raghava'' is a 2007 Indian Kannada language film directed by T. N. Seetharam starring Ramya, Diganth and Tilak Shekar. Plot Meera (Ramya) a singer and Madhava (Diganth) a lecturer get married. Meera sacrifices her dream of b ...

'' (2007) which had the music scored by

Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and a songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, di ...

. Later she sang for many films which had compositions by

Gurukiran Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie '' A'', directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next movie ''Upendra'' furt ...

Arjun Janya Arjun Janya (born Lokesh Kumar) is an Indian Film composer, film score soundtrack composer and singer. Arjun made his film debut in the 2006 Kannada film ''Autograph Please''. Since then he has composed and scored music for successful films suc ...

and

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. In 2012, Indu won the

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for the song "

" from the film ''

''. The retro-rock song was a huge hit among the masses and went viral online. The success brought about use of her voice in "Pyar Mei Padipoya" (Telugu version) for the film ''

Potugadu ''Potugadu'' (English: ''Hero'') is a 2013 Indian Telugu language film directed by Pavan Wadeyar. It is a remake of the 2012 Kannada film '' Govindaya Namaha'', also directed by Wadeyar with starring Komal. It was produced by Sirisha and Sridh ...

''. She would be offered opportunities to sing in more than 20 films as of 2016.

Discography

Telivision

References

External links

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Indu Nagaraj celeb profile

Indu Nagaraj songs list
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