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cinema industries. She began her career as a playback singer by performing a duet song with Hariharan for the Tamil film ''

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in the Kannada movie ''

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''. She has worked with music directors such as

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, R. P. Patnaik, Rajesh Ramnath, K. Kalyan, and S. A. Rajkumar, and has also recorded jingles and albums. She has a PhD in film music from the University of Mysore.

Playback songs

This is a partial list of notable films where Priyadarshini has worked as a playback singer.

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