Kavita Paudwal Tulpule (born 1974), commonly known as Kavita Paudwal, is an Indian singer. She is known for singing devotional songs

Bhajan Bhajan refers to any devotional song with a religious theme or spiritual ideas, specifically among Indian religions, in any language. The term bhajanam (Sanskrit: भजनम्) means ''reverence'' and originates from the root word ''bhaj'' ...

and has released around 40 music albums, including ''Gayatri Mantra'', ''Krishna and Lakshmi'' and ''Amrutvani''. She has been singing devotional songs since 1995. She has lent her voices for hit songs like ''Haiyya'' (1995), ''Mirch Masala'' (1996), and ''Julie I love you''. She has done playback singing for many

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films, some of few include ''

Tohfa ''Tohfa'' () is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language melodrama comedy film produced by D. Ramanaidu under the Suresh Productions banner and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars Jeetendra, Sridevi and Jaya Prada. The film upon its release was a massi ...

'' (1984), '' Junoon'' (1992), ''

Phool Bane Patthar ''Phool Bane Patthar'' ( Flower turned into rock) is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Ambrish Sangal, starring Mohnish Behl, Avinash Wadhawan, Kiran Kumar, Tiku Talsania and Kader Khan. Plot Jaspal Choudhary, an Assistant Com ...

'' (1998), ''

Bhavna ''Bhavna'' is a 1984 Hindi film directed by Pravin Bhatt in directorial debut of the cinematographer. The film stars Shabana Azmi, Marc Zuber, Kanwaljit Singh (actor), Kanwaljit Singh, Saeed Jaffrey, Rohini Hattangadi, Satish Shah and Urmila Mat ...

'' (1984), and '' Angaaray'' (1998). She sings predominantly in Hindi lanugauge films and music albums but has also sung in Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Nepali, Malayalam, Oriya, Bhojpuri and other Indian languages.

Early life and education

Kavita holds a commerce degree from

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, Mumbai. She completed her master's degree in

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from

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. She was trained 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 ...

by Pandit

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and

Suresh Wadkar Suresh Ishwar Wadkar (born 7 August 1955) is an Indian playback singer. He performs in both Hindi and Marathi films. He has sung songs in some Bhojpuri films, Odia albums and bhajans and in Konkani films. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Aka ...

and her parents

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and

Anuradha Paudwal Anuradha Paudwal (born 27 October 1954) is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. She has been described in media as one of the most prominent Bhajan singer and also as one of the most successful playback singers ...

Career

At the age of 13, she debuted as a playback singer from

Mahesh Bhatt Mahesh Bhatt (born 20 September 1948) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter known for his works in Hindi cinema. A stand-out film from his earlier period is ''Saaransh'' (1984), screened at the 14th Moscow International Film F ...

's film '' Junoon''. By the time Kavita was 16, she had composed music for two films. Kavita has given her voice to various film composers like

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, Lakshmikant-Pyarelal,

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. She has done playback singing for actresses like

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. She has launched 40 devotional music CDs with T-Series. She has sung with co-singers like Hariharan,

Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian singer, music director and actor. He has been described in the media as one of the most popular and successful playback singers of Hindi Cinema and Kannada Cinema. He has been honoured by the Govern ...

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and Shaan. Kavita has done playback singing for the film such as ''

'' (1984), ''

'' (1984), ''Amchyasarkhe Aamich'' (1990), ''Jamla Ho Jamla'' (1995), ''

'' (1998), ''

Ratchagan ''Ratchagan'' () is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film written, produced by K. T. Kunjumon, and directed by Praveen Gandhi. It stars Nagarjuna and Sushmita Sen, alongside Raghuvaran, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vadivelu and Gir ...

'' (1997), ''

Minsara Kanavu ''Minsara Kanavu'' () is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language musical romantic drama film that was co-written and directed by Rajiv Menon. The film stars Arvind Swamy, Prabhu Deva, and Kajol in her Tamil debut, and revolves around Priya (Kajol), a con ...

'' (1997), '' Krantikari'' (1997), '' Angaaray'' (1998), ''

Love You Hamesha ''Love You Hamesha'' () is an Indian Hindi-language romance film written and directed by Kailash Surendranath. It stars Akshaye Khanna and Sonali Bendre as its main cast, and other supporting actors. The film is a remake of the Tamil film ''May M ...

'' (2001) and ''Heroine No 1''(2001). In November 2019, she collaborated with

Pankaj Udhas Pankaj Udhas (born 17 May 1951) is an Indian ghazal and playback singer. He started his career with a release of a ghazal album titled ''Aahat'' in 1980 and subsequently recorded many hits like ''Mukarar'' in 1981, ''Tarrannum'' in 1982, ''Mehf ...

for a Marathi Bhavgeet single, titled ''Ranga Dhanoocha Zhula''.

Discography

; As playback singer

Albums

Personal life

She is the daughter of

and

References

External links

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Kavita Paudwal plans a comeback
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