Sharada Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Kavita Krishnamurthy or Kavita Subramaniam, is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded 50,000 songs in 45 various Indian languages including
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
,
Bengali
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*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
,
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
,
Rajasthani
Rajasthani may refer to:
* something of, from, or related to Rajasthan, a state of India
* Rajasthani languages, a group of languages spoken there
* Rajasthani people, the native inhabitants of the region
* Rajasthani architecture
* Rajasthani art ...
,
Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries , Oxford U ...
,
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
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English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
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Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...
,
Gujarati
Gujarati may refer to:
* something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India
* Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat
* Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them
* Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub ...
Padmashri
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which she received in 2005. She was awarded a
Doctorate
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Bangalore
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Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
Iyer
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family in
New Delhi
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to T.S. Krishnamurthy, an employee of the
Education Ministry
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. She began her musical training at the insistence of her aunt, Protima Bhattacharya who enrolled her to train under Surama Basu, where she was taught
Rabindra Sangeet
''Rabindra Sangeet'' ( bn, রবীন্দ্র সঙ্গীত; ), also known as Tagore Songs, are songs from the Indian subcontinent written and composed by the Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in ...
. She began her formal training in
Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...
under the guidance of Balram Puri, a classical singer. At the young age of eight, Kavita won a gold medal at a music competition. She won several medals participating in the Inter-Ministry Classical Competition in New Delhi in the mid-1960s.
Career
During her college days at St. Xavier College, Mumbai, she got an opportunity to record a song in the Bengali film ''
Shriman Prithviraj
''Shriman Prithviraj'' ( bn, শ্রীমান পৃথ্বীরাজ; ) is a 1973 Indian Bengali romantic comedy film starring Ayan Banerjee and Mahua Roy Choudhury, and directed by Tarun Majumdar, featuring teenage love. It has a cul ...
'' in 1971 with
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar () (born as Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 06 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered to have been the greatest and most influential singers in India. Her con ...
as co-singer under the auspices of the music composer and singer
Hemant Kumar
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989), known professionally as Hemant Kumar and Hemanta Mukherjee, was a legendary Indian music composer and playback singer who primarily sang in Bengali and Hindi, as well as other Indian ...
. Although the young Sharada aspired to work in Indian Foreign Services, she moved to Bombay when she was 14 to try her luck as a playback singer in the Hindi film industry.
She is an alumnus of St. Xavier's College, Bombay from where she did her BA Honors Economics. She was very active in St. Xavier's music group. During the annual college festival (Malhar), she met Ranu Mukherjee, the daughter of
Hemant Kumar
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989), known professionally as Hemant Kumar and Hemanta Mukherjee, was a legendary Indian music composer and playback singer who primarily sang in Bengali and Hindi, as well as other Indian ...
. Ranu took the initiative of reintroducing Kavita to her father. He was impressed by her grounding in music, so he began using her as a singer during his live performances. In one such performance, playback singer
Manna Dey
Prabodh Chandra Dey (May 1, 1919 − October 24, 2013), known by his stage name Manna Dey, was an internationally acclaimed and celebrated Indian playback singer, music director, and a musician. As a classical vocalist, he belonged to the Bhe ...
spotted her and employed her to sing advertisement
jingle
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s. Through her aunt's strong contacts, she met Jaya Chakravarthy, the mother of actress
Hema Malini
Hema Malini (born 16 October 1948) is an Indian actress, director, producer, and politician. She is primarily known for her work in Hindi films. Known for starring in both comic and dramatic roles, she is one of the most popular and successful ...
, who later took the initiative of introducing Kavita to the music director Laxmikant (one of the composer duo
Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Laxmikant–Pyarelal were an Indian composer duo, consisting of Laxmikant Shantaram Patil Kudalkar (1937–1998) and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (born 1940). He is known by the nickname “Pyromaniac” due to his flaming style of music.
Laxmikan ...
) in late 1976.
Playback singing
She recorded her first song under
Vilayat Khan
Ustad Vilayat Khan (28 August 1928 – 13 March 2004) was an Indian classical sitar player.Kadambari (1976). The song was entitled ' Aayega Aanewala' (a remake of Mahal's (1949) superhit song sung by
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar () (born as Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 06 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered to have been the greatest and most influential singers in India. Her con ...
) and was picturised on
Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi (born 18 September 1950) is an Indian actress of Hindi film, television and theatre. One of India's most acclaimed actresses, Azmi is known for her portrayals of distinctive, often unconventional female characters across several ge ...
. Laxmikant gave her an opportunity to work as a dubbing artist. Kavita impressed Laxmikant with her extremely strong grasp of Hindustani classical music. Initially, she recorded songs and cut demos of songs intended for singers like
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar () (born as Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 06 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered to have been the greatest and most influential singers in India. Her con ...
and
Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle (; Mangeshkar; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur
and occasional actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian Cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in th ...
. In her struggling phase, she received the patronage of music composers Laxmikant—Pyarelal, who backed her so strongly that she was labeled as a singer exclusively working with them. This gave many music directors an excuse to avoid working with her.
In 1978, she first sang the
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
song "Ondanondu kaaladaga" in the film
Ondanondu Kaladalli
''Ondanondu Kaladalli'' () is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language epic film co-written and directed by Girish Karnad with soundtrack by Bhaskar Chandavarkar, starring Shankar Nag and Akshatha Rao in their debut. Through this movie, Kavita Krishnamur ...
(Meaning: ''Once upon a time'') directed by
Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the ...
. The song was penned by the Jnanpit awardee
Chandrashekhara Kambara
Chandrashekhara Kambara ( kn, ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ ಕಂಬಾರ; born 2 January 1937) is a prominent Indian poet, playwright, folklorist, film director in Kannada language and the founder-vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hamp ...
and the music by Bhaskar Chandavarkar. Being the only song in the entire movie, ''Ondanondu kaladaga'' with its folk touch, became a hit and earned fame for Kavita Krishnamurti. Then she went on to sing many Kannada-language songs.
In 1980, she sang "Kaahe Ko Byaahi" in '' Maang Bharo Sajana (1980)'', which featured her singing in her own voice. Unfortunately, the song was dropped from the final cut of the film. In 1985, her career took off with her first major hit, "Tumse Milkar Na Jaane Kyon" from the Hindi film '' Pyaar Jhukta Nahin (1985) - Tumse milkar''. '' Na Jaane kyun.'' Post the success of the song, it opened up opportunities beyond the
Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Laxmikant–Pyarelal were an Indian composer duo, consisting of Laxmikant Shantaram Patil Kudalkar (1937–1998) and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (born 1940). He is known by the nickname “Pyromaniac” due to his flaming style of music.
Laxmikan ...
camp. However, "Hawa Hawaii" and "Karte Hain Hum Pyaar Mr. India Se", two popular songs from the equally popular movie '' Mr. India'' (1986) - Karte Hain Hum Pyaar Mr. India se, proved to be a turning point in her career. (The songs were composed by music composers Laxmikant-Pyarelal, the latter being a duet with
Kishore Kumar
Kishore Kumar (born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly (); 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of Indian music.
He ...
and lip-synced on screen by an actress Sridevi.) Her collaboration with Laxmikant-Pyarelal produced several hits.
The 1990s thrust Kavita into being known as one of the leading female playback singers. Her performance as a singer in the film '' 1942: A Love Story'', composed by R.D. Burman, won her much popular acclaim. With a string of hits from '' 1942: A Love Story'', '' Yaraana'', '' Agni Sakshi, Bhairavi'', and '' Khamoshi'', Kavita established herself as one of the leading female playback singers alongside Alka Yagnik. She went on to work with several music directors of the 1990s Hindi films, such as
Bappi Lahiri
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,
Anand–Milind
Anand and Milind Srivastava are a duo of Indian film music composers. Born to composer Chitragupt, they have composed music for over 200 Bollywood films. The brothers debuted in 1984 with ''Ab Ayega Mazaa'' and had their major breakthrough with ' ...
,
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in int ...
,
Rajesh Roshan
Rajesh Roshan Lal Nagrath (born 24 May 1955) is an Indian Hindi cinema music director and composer. He is the son of music director Roshan and singer Ira Roshan.
Personal life
Rajesh Roshan has a Punjabi Hindu father and Bengali Brahmin m ...
,
Raamlaxman
Vijay Patil (16 September 1942 – 22 May 2021) better known as Raamlaxman, was an Indian composer, pianist, musician and accordionist. Raamlaxman is most famous for his work with Rajshri Productions of Hindi films. He composed music for their ...
,
Ismail Darbar
Ismail Darbar is an Indian film score composer, instrumentalist, violinist and music director.
Career
Ismail Darbar is from Surat, Gujarat. He worked for several years as a session violinist for leading music directors Laxmikant Pyarelal, ...
Aadesh Shrivastava
Aadesh Shrivastava (4 September 1964 – 5 September 2015) was a music composer and singer of Indian music. Initially, he had worked as a drummer to music composers including R. D. Burman, Rajesh Roshan before working independently as a music d ...
Jatin–Lalit
Jatin–Lalit are an Indian film music director duo consisting of Jatin Pandit and his brother Lalit Pandit. They have written the widely popular scores for films such as '' Yaara Dildara'', '' Khiladi'', ''Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar'', ''Kabhi Ha ...
Anu Malik
Anwar Sardar "Anu" Malik (born 2 November 1960) is an Indian music composer, singer, music arranger and score composer. He is an Indian National Award and Filmfare Award winning musician, who primarily composes music for the Hindi film indus ...
. Her work with
A. R. Rahman
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and
Ismail Darbar
Ismail Darbar is an Indian film score composer, instrumentalist, violinist and music director.
Career
Ismail Darbar is from Surat, Gujarat. He worked for several years as a session violinist for leading music directors Laxmikant Pyarelal, ...
remain some of the most critically acclaimed renditions of the last two decades. During her stint as a playback singer, she sang duets with the leading male singers of her time. Early in her career, she sang duets with
Kishore Kumar
Kishore Kumar (born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly (); 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of Indian music.
He ...
Amit Kumar
Amit Kumar (born 3 July 1952) is an Indian playback singer, actor, music composer. Kumar launched his own music production company, named Kumar Brothers Music. He predominantly worked in Bollywood and regional film songs since the 1970s, inc ...
,
Mohammad Aziz
Mohammed Aziz (born as Sayeed Mohammed Aziz-Un-Nabi; 2 July 1954 – 27 November 2018), also known as Munna (Name Given By Legendary Music Composer Akshaya Mohanty, was an Indian multilingual playback singer who primarily sang for the Bollywood ...
,
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* Udit Narayan (politician) (born 1960), Fijian politician of Indian descent
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,
Kumar Sanu
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, and
Abhijeet Bhattacharya
Abhijeet Bhattacharya (born 30 October 1958), better known as Abhijeet, is a Bollywood playback singer. Abhijeet has sung 6034 songs in over 1000 films.
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. She has also sung with younger singers in the 2000s such as
Sonu Nigam
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Anuradha Paudwal
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and
Sadhana Sargam
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with a few duets also with
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar () (born as Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 06 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered to have been the greatest and most influential singers in India. Her con ...
and
Asha Bhonsle
Asha Bhosle (; Mangeshkar; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur
and occasional actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian Cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the ...
.
During the 90s and early 2000s, Kavita alongside Alka Yagnik sang the most for leading ladies.
As she actively started exploring fusion music, Kavita traveled around the world, including the US, UK, UAE, Europe, Africa, Australia, East Asia, the Middle East, and South America. She performed in concert halls including
Royal Albert Hall
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in London,
The Kennedy Center
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in Washington, D.C.,
Madison Square Garden
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Kuala Lumpur
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Although primarily a playback singer, Kavita has sung with orchestras as a soloist; she collaborated with Western artists from
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
, pop and classical fields. She has lent her voice for many albums. As a playback singer, Kavita has performed throughout India. In 2014, she also sang "Koi Chahat Koi Hasrat" for the album ''Women's Day Special: Spreading Melodies Everywhere''. It was composed by Nayab Raja and penned by Dipti Mishra.
In Kannada
Kavita's playback singing career started with
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
-language films. Her first film song was in the Kannada film ''Ondanondu kaladalli'' (1978) with the same title. She sang many hit songs in Kannada since then. Songs such as "Bareyada mounada Kavithe" ( Sparsha), "Hoove Hoove" (
H2O
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), "Endo Kanda kanasu" (
Lankesh Patrike
''Lankesh Patrike'' is an Indian vernacular weekly published in Kannada language from Bangalore, Karnataka.
The weekly newspaper was started by P. Lankesh in 1980 on the lines of ''Harijan'', a newspaper published by Mahatma Gandhi. The week ...
), "O Malle o dumbi" ('Naga Devate'), "Artha madkolo" ( Shishya), "Kaveri Kaveri" (
Raja Huli
''Raja Huli'' is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language comedy-drama film directed by Guru Deshpande and written by S. R. Prabhakaran. Produced by K. Manju's home production, The film stars Yash and Meghana Raj in the lead roles. The soundtrack and sc ...
), and many more hit songs made her a household name in
Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...
.
Pop and devotional singing
Due to her participation in fusion and pop music, Kavita has lent her voice for several pop and devotional albums. The most prominent ones being:
* ''Bhalobasi''
* ''Shiv Baba ko Yaad Kar''
* ''Dujone Dekha Holo''
* ''Together Tagore''
* ''Premer Neshay''
* ''Mohe Raam Dhun Laagi''
* ''Bhajan Stuti''
* ''Aadi Ganesh''
* ''Venkatesha Suprabhatam''
* ''Shiva Shlokas''
* ''Koi Akela Kahan''
* ''Meera Ka Ram''
* ''Mahalakshmi Stotram''
* ''Pop Time''
* ''Sai Ka Vardaan''
* ''Shagufthagi''
* ''Dil Ki Awaaz''
* ''Hasratein''
* ''Athens''
* ''Asmita''
* ''Mahiya''
Television appearances
Kavita Subramaniam made many appearances in various music
reality shows
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as a guest judge because of her popularity as a playback singer. She recently was a judge for '' Bharat Ki Shaan: Singing Star'' (Season 1), which aired on
DD National
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at prime time. She also appeared in
Vijay TV
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Star Jalsha
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Shri Krishna
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, and Ramayan (2008 TV series), Ramayan (2008), Kavita Krishnamurthy At Know In 2017 Special Juries and Judge UAE Singers of Student, The Give as Prices 5,000 Dinar In Winner.
She also appeared in ''Rising Star (TV series), Rising Star Season 2'', which was broadcast on ''Colors TV'' on 4 March 2018 as a guest.
Karnataka
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on 11 November 1999. They have a child called Sai Prashant Krishnamuthy.
Subramaniam has four children from his previous marriage. His eldest daughter Gingger Shankar is a singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, while his second eldest, Bindu Subramaniam is a law graduate and singer-songwriter. Narayana is a doctor, while the youngest, Ambi Subramaniam, is an accomplished violinist.
Kavita and her husband opened a musical institute, the Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts, in Bengaluru in 2007. In March 2013, she launched her own app which is available for free download in the App Store (iOS), App Store and the Google Play Store.
Bangalore
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* 2000 - Accolades for her include the “Best Singer of the Millennium” award at the Stardust Millennium 2000 Awards
;Civilian Awards
* 2005 – Padma Shri Awards (2000–2009), Padma Shri – India's fourth-highest civilian honors
;Filmfare Awards
* 2003 – Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, Best Female Playback Singer (shared with Shreya Ghoshal) – "Dola Re Dola" (''Devdas (2002 Hindi film), Devdas'')
* 1997 – Best Female Playback Singer – "Aaj Main Upar" (''Khamoshi: The Musical'')
* 1996 – Best Female Playback Singer – "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya" ('' Yaraana'')
* 1995 – Best Female Playback Singer – "Pyaar Hua Chupke Se" ('' 1942: A Love Story'')
;State Awards
* 2000 - Maharashtra State Film Award, Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - for the songs in the movie ''Sawai Hawaldar''.
;Star Screen Awards
* 1997 – Star Screen Award for Best Female Playback, Best Female Playback Singer – "Aaj Main Upar" (''Khamoshi: The Musical'')
* 2000 – Best Female Playback Singer – "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" (''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'')
;Zee Cine Awards
* 2003 – Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Female, Best Female Playback Singer (shared with Shreya Ghoshal) – "Dola Re" (''Devdas (2002 Hindi film), Devdas'')
* 2000 – Best Female Playback Singer – "Nimbooda" (''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'')
;International Indian Film Academy Awards, IIFA Awards
* 2001 - Best Female Playback Singer - "Aey Dil laya Hai Bahar" (Kya Kehna)
* 2003 – IIFA Award for Best Female Playback, Best Female Playback Singer (shared with Shreya Ghoshal) – "Dola Re Dola" (''Devdas (2002 Hindi film), Devdas'')
;Other Awards
* Prafulla Kar Samman (2018) Odia Film Industry.
* ''‘Phonomenal That's Me’'' award for her contribution to the Kannada film industry (2014)
* Swaralaya Yesudas Award (2008) by Swaralaya, for exceptional contribution to Indian music.
* Kishore Kumar Journalists'/Critics' Award in Calcutta (2002)
* Lion's / Club Bollywood Award, held in New York (2000) At The Same year (2002)
* Shri Ravindra Jain Sangeet Samman (2012)
* Lata Mangeshkar Award from the Govt. of Madhya Pradesh (2005)
Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the ...
* Padmavati Rao
* Prabhat Samgiita
* List of Indian playback singers
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