Anuradha Sriram
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Birth name | Anuradha |
Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | 9 July 1970
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Years active | 1995–present |
Website | anuradhasriram |
Anuradha Sriram (born 9 July 1970) is an Indian carnatic and playback singer who hails from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She has sung more than 4,000 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Sinhala, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Hindi films.
Early life[]
Anuradha was born in Chennai to playback singer Renuka Devi and Meenakshi Sundaram Mohan. She did her schooling (I and II standards) in Coimbatore at the St. Francis Anglo-Indian Girls School, and later at the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Chennai.[1] She has a B.A and M.A in music from Queen Mary's College[2] in Madras University and secured the university gold medal in both the courses. She was given a fellowship to do her Master of Arts degree in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University, Connecticut, US.
She was trained by many esteemed gurus like Thanjavur S. Kalyanaraman, Sangeetha Kalanidhi T. Brinda and T. Viswanathan in Carnatic music and has had intensive training under Pandit Mannikbua Thakurdas for Hindustani classical music. She is also an accomplished Western Classical opera singer, having undergone intensive training from Prof. Shirley Meier in New York City.
While in Wesleyan, apart from learning and performing western opera and jazz, she also performed in many Indonesian and West African music concerts.
Career[]
Anuradha has performed extensively all over India and US, and has given many radio and TV programmes since the age of 12. Anuradha Sriram first entered the Tamil Cinema Industry as a child artist in the 1980 Tamil film Kaali.[3] In 1995, she was introduced as a singer by A R Rahman for the song "Malarodu Malaringu" in the movie Bombay. Her first solo was for A R Rahman in Indira.
She specialises in Carnatic music and has sung in over 1,000 concerts worldwide.
Anuradha has several chart-topping Devotional albums to her credit. She also collaborates with her husband Sriram Parasuram on their Classical Music Jugalbandhi concerts[4] and their hit TV programme "Elaame Sangeetham Thaan". She has also presented many music programmes on TV.
Having sung more than 2,000 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam, and six north Indian languages, some of her hits are "Nalam Nalam Ariyaaval" (Kaadal Kotai), "Dilruba Dilruba" (Priyam), "Meenamma" (Aasai), "Acham Acham Illai" (Indira), "Phenk Hawa" (Ram Jaane) and "Pehli Pehli" (Zor).
She has composed music for the film Five Star and television series Sivamayam produced by Radaan for Sun TV along with her husband. She also worked as voice actor lending her voice for Kiran for the film Anbe Sivam (2003).[5]
Awards and recognition[]
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- Dr. J. Jayalalitha Cine Award (1996)
- Ajanta Award for the best female playback singer (1996)
- Screen Videocon award for Best Pop Album (1998)
- Karnataka State Film Awards for best playback singer (1999)
- Vocational Excellence Award by the Rotary Club of Coimbatore Midtown (2002)
- International Tamil Film Awards (2003)
- West Bengal State award for best playback singer (2004)
- Filmfare award for the best playback singer (2004) - O Podu from Gemini
- Tamil Nadu State KALAIMAMANI award for her significant contribution to the field of music (2006)
- Honorary Doctorate by the Sathyabama University for her accomplishments and contribution to the field of music (2012)[6]
Albums[]
- Chennai Girl (1997)
Personal life[]
Anuradha is married to singer Sriram Parasuram (whom she met at Wesleyan University).[7][8] They have two sons named Jayant and Lokesh.
Anuradha's brother Murugan is also a playback singer.[9]
Television[]
Year | Program | Channel | Language | Notes |
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1997 | Premi | Sun TV | Tamil | Title song (with Unnikrishnan) |
2001 | Soolam | Sun TV | Tamil | Title song |
2006 | Airtel Super Singer 2006 | Vijay TV | Tamil | |
2010 | Super Singer Junior (season 2) | Vijay TV | Tamil | |
2011–2012 | Idea Star singer season 6 | Asianet | Malayalam | |
2013 | Sun Singer | Sun TV | Tamil | |
2013 | Surya Singer | Surya TV | Malayalam | |
2013 | Sun Singer | Sun TV | Tamil | Season 2 |
2013 | Surya Singer | Surya TV | Malayalam | Season 2 |
2014 | Chandralekha | Sun TV | Tamil | Title song |
2014 | Star Singer 7 | Asianet | Malayalam | |
2014–15 | Sun Singer | Sun TV | Tamil | Season 3 |
2015 | Surya Challenge | Surya TV | Malayalam | Team captain |
2016 | Sun Singer | Sun TV | Tamil | Season 4 |
2016–17 | Sun Singer | Sun TV | Tamil | Season 5 |
2018 | Super Singer 6 | Star Vijay | Tamil | |
2019–2020 | Top Singer | Flowers | Malayalam | |
2019-20 | Super Singer 7 | Star Vijay | Tamil | |
2020–present | Top Singer season 2 | Flowers | Malayalam | |
2021-present | Super Singer 8 | Star Vijay | Tamil |
References[]
- ^ "Alumni-PSBB Schools". psbbschools.ac.in. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Queen Mary's College, the home of musicians, on song". B Sivakumar. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ Naman Ramachandran (12 December 2012). Rajinikanth: A Birthday Special. Kasturi & Sons Ltd. pp. 65–. GGKEY:A78L0XB1B0X.
- ^ "rediff.com: Movies: A duet for life: Anuradha and Sriram Parasuram". Rediff.com. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20180108102952/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToPrintGifMSIE_PASTISSUES2&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH%2F2011%2F04%2F23&ChunkNum=0&ID=Ar03005
- ^ "Honoris Causa". Sathyabama University. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "Fusion is the forte of this music couple". The Hindu. 18 February 2007. Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ M. V. Ramakrishnan (15 September 2011). "Columns / M.V. Ramakrishnan : Musicscan – Contrasting colours". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20011119164523/http://www.screenindia.com/20010511/rreview.html#news
External links[]
- Anuradha Sriram at IMDb
- Fans of Anuradha Sriram on Yahoo Music[permanent dead link]
- Interview of Anuradha Sriram
- Not quite a jugalbandhi!
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Bollywood playback singers
- Indian female classical singers
- Singers from Chennai
- Kannada playback singers
- Tamil playback singers
- Wesleyan University alumni
- Filmfare Awards South winners
- Recipients of the Kalaimamani Award
- Female Carnatic singers
- Carnatic singers
- Malayalam playback singers
- Telugu playback singers
- 20th-century Indian singers
- 20th-century Indian women singers
- 21st-century Indian women singers
- 21st-century Indian singers
- Women musicians from Tamil Nadu
- Indian female film singers