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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Guruprasath
| image = ILLam thulir 2017 Live In Concert In Australia,Melbourne (PIC) singerpragathi (AN)(sivappiriyan).jpg
| birth_name = Guruprasath
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|09|14}}
| alias = Pragathi
| instrument = Vocalist
| genre = [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] and Western music
| occupation = [[Playback singer]]
| years_active = 2012–present
| website = {{URL|www.singerpragathi.com}}
}}
'''Pragathi Guruprasad''' is a Singaporean-born American [[playback singer]] who has worked in [[Tamil cinema|Tamil language films]]. Brought up in [[Fremont, California]], she finished as a runner-up in the [[Airtel Super Singer Junior#Season 3|third season]] of the reality-based singing competition ''[[Airtel Super Singer Junior]]'' in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mobilepaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?articleup=yes&pageid=21&sectid=edid=&edlabel=TOICH&mydateHid=05-12-2012&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Chennai&edname=&articleid=Ar02104&publabel=TOI
|title=Young singers storm She has a sisterK-Town|publisher=Times of India|access-date=2012-12-26|date=2012-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news-interviews/GV-introduces-Super-Singer-Pragathi/articleshow/17063848.cms |title=GV introduces Super Singer Pragathi | Tamil Movie News - Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Pragathi Guruprasad was born to Guruprasad and Kanaka on 14 September 1997 in Singapore, and she has an elder sister, Saiprithvi. In Singapore, her father taught Carnatic lessons, and since at the age of five, Pragathi had also begun training in [[carnatic music]]. Her family subsequently relocated to [[Fremont, California|Fremont]], [[California]] where she continued learning Carnatic and Hindustani music from both her father at first and then from a teacher, Sangeetha Swaminathan, a disciple of [[Sudha Raghunathan]].

==Career==

In July 2014, she signed on to make her acting debut by portraying a supporting role in [[Bala (director)|Bala]]'s ''[[Tharai Thappattai]]'' (2016), but later opted out owing to her college commitments.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/pragathis-role-will-add-weight-to-the-film-bala/article6209021.ece|title = Pragathi's role will add weight to the film: Bala|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 14 July 2014}}</ref> In September 2016, Bala later announced that she would portray the lead role in his next project starring actor [[Yuvan (actor)|Yuvan]]. However the film was eventually shelved before production began.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/yuvan-pragathi-guru-in-bala-next-new-movie-tamil-news-166844.html|title = Bala finalizes his next hero and heroine|date = 8 September 2016}}</ref>

In 2020, she made an appearance in a small role in the American comedy drama ''[[Never Have I Ever (TV series)|Never Have I Ever]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/after-never-have-i-ever-pragathi-guruprasad-has-hollywood-firmly-on-her-mind/article31463236.ece|title = After 'Never Have I Ever', Pragathi Guruprasad has Hollywood firmly on her mind|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 29 April 2020|last1 = Sunder|first1 = Gautam}}</ref>
Pragathi sang the popular Tamil Sangam poetry 'Yayum Ngayum' for the album [[Sandham: Symphony Meets Classical Tamil]] by Composer [[Rajan Somasundaram]], which in July 2020, was featured in Amazon's Top#10 International Music albums.

==Discography==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! width=5%| Year
! style="width:25%;"| Song
! style="width:25%;"| Film/Album
! style="width:25%;"| Music Director
! style="width:25%;"| Language
! style="width:5% ;"| Ref
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="4"| 2012
|| Kalakku
|| ''[[Panithuli]]''
|| Agnel Roman, Faizan Hussain
|| Tamil
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Sengaade
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | ''[[Paradesi (2013 film)|Paradesi]]''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | [[G. V. Prakash Kumar]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Tamil
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/audio-beat-paradesi/article4178338.ece|title=Audio Beat: Paradesi|work=The Hindu|access-date=2012-12-26|date=2011-12-08}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Or Mirugam
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Paradesi-track-list-goes-live-ahead-of-launch/articleshow/17114866.cms|title=Paradesi track list goes live ahead of launch|publisher=Times of India|access-date=2012-12-26|date=2011-11-06}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
|| Naan Naana
|| ''Life''
|| Sri Vijay
|| Tamil
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2013
| style="text-align:center;" | Tamarai Kanna
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | ''Jaya Jagannath''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | [[Jayakumar]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Tamil
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="saavn1">{{cite web|url=http://www.saavn.com/s/album/tamil/Jaya+Jagannath-2013/oIB3zfrKIYw_ |title=Listen to full songs - latest Hindi release - Jaya Jagannath songs- 2013 - Jaya Jagannath 3gp songs |publisher=Saavn.com |access-date=2013-10-01}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
|| Hari Hareye Namah
|| <ref name="saavn1"/>
|- style="text-align:center;"
|| Pada Pada Pattampoochi
|| ''Pattampoochi Single''
|| Kowtham Mohanarajan
|| Tamil
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
|| Osaka Osaka
|| ''[[Vanakkam Chennai]]''
|| [[Anirudh Ravichander]]
|| Tamil
| style="text-align:center;" |
|- style="text-align:center;"
|| Aasai
|| ''Vaanavil- The Quest''
|| Vernon G Segaram
|| Tamil
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Yaedho
| style="text-align:center;" | ''Yeadho - Single''
| style="text-align:center;" | Swamy Kitcha
| style="text-align:center;" | Tamil
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/prohomestudio/yaedho-ft-pragathi-guruprasad |title=Yaedho - ft. Pragathi Guruprasad, Swamy Kitcha by Swamy Kitcha on SoundCloud - Hear the worldâ€™s sounds |publisher=Soundcloud.com |access-date=2013-10-01}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
|| 2015
|| Thean Kudika
|| ''Maze In Idhayam''
|| Teejay
|| Tamil
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2"| 2016
|| Paravai Parandhuchu
|| ''[[Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum]]''
|| [[Santhosh Narayanan]]
|| Tamil
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Kadavulae Vidai
| style="text-align:center;" | ''[[Rum (film)|Rum]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Anirudh Ravichander]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Tamil
| style="text-align:center;" |
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="3"| 2017
|| Uyire Oru Kadhal
|| ''Uyire Oru Kadhal''
|| Chris G
|| Tamil
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Usuraiya Tholaichaen
| style="text-align:center;" | Usuraiya Tholaichaen - Single
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Stephen Zechariah]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Tamil
|<ref>{{Citation|last=360 Degrees Entertainment|title=Usuraiya Tholaichaen - Stephen Zechariah {{!}} Pragathi Guruprasad {{!}} Suriavelan {{!}} Rupini Anbalagan|date=2017-05-11|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auCAzRGAJbM|access-date=2017-05-14}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Laali Laali
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Theeran Adhigaram Ondru]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Ghibran]]
| style="text-align:center;"|Tamil
|
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |2018
| style="text-align:center;"|Bittersweet
| style="text-align:center;"|Cherie
| style="text-align:center;"|Kevin Anthony
| style="text-align:center;"|English
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Piriyame Piriyame
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Ratsasan]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Ghibran]]
| style="text-align:center;"|Tamil
|
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="4"|2019
||Gokka Makka
||[[Titanic Kadhalum Kavundhu Pogum]]
||[[Nivas K. Prasanna]]
||Tamil
|
|- style="text-align:center;"
||Sevvandhi Poove
||[[Kanne Kalaimaane]]
||[[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
||Tamil
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Yayum Nyayum
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Sandham- Symphony Meets Classical Tamil]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Rajan Somasundaram]]
| style="text-align:center;"|Tamil
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Poraali Penne
| style="text-align:center;"|Madras Gig
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Keba Jeremiah]]
| style="text-align:center;"|Tamil
|
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Tamil playback singers]]
[[Category:Indian women film singers]]
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