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{{Short description|Singer and actor from Karnataka, India}}
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'''M. D. Pallavi''', also known by her married name '''Pallavi Arun''', is a singer from [[Karnataka]], India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/06/29/stories/2004062900670100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040826103947/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/06/29/stories/2004062900670100.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=26 August 2004|title=  Play it again, Pallavi  |date=29 June 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=13 April 2010}}</ref> She is a [[Kannada]] [[Sugama Sangeetha]] Singer, (Playback singer), and Television actor.<ref name=":0" /> She is married to Arun, a Percussionist (drums).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2015-10-10 |title=Melodious musing |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/505642/melodious-musing.html |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> She is a recipient of the 2018 Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuwa Puraskar awarded by Sangeet Nataka Akademi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Winners of 2018 Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar announced|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/winners-of-2018-ustad-bismillah-khan-yuva-puraskar-announced/1576083|access-date=2021-03-27|website=www.outlookindia.com/}}</ref> She won the [[Karnataka State Film Awards]] for Best Playback Singer in 2006 and 2007 for her song  "Nodayya Kvaate Lingave" sung in the 2007 film ''[[Duniya (2007 film)|Duniya]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Jul202007/state2007072014050.asp?section=updatenews|title=State cine awards: Mungaru Male sweeps six awards|date=20 July 2007|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|access-date=13 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007193322/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Jul202007/state2007072014050.asp?section=updatenews|archive-date=7 October 2011}}</ref>
'''M. D. Pallavi''', also known by her married name '''Pallavi Arun''', is a singer from [[Karnataka]], India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/06/29/stories/2004062900670100.htm|title=  Play it again, Pallavi  |date=29 June 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=13 April 2010}}</ref> She is a [[Kannada]] [[Sugama Sangeetha]] Singer, (Playback singer), actor and TV anchor. She is married to Arun, a musician and music director. She is a recipient of the 2018 Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuwa Puraskar awarded by Sangeet Nataka Akademi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Winners of 2018 Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar announced|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/winners-of-2018-ustad-bismillah-khan-yuva-puraskar-announced/1576083|access-date=2021-03-27|website=www.outlookindia.com/}}</ref> She won the [[Karnataka State Film Awards]] for Best Playback Singer in 2006 and 2007 for her song  "Nodayya Kwate Lingave" sung in the 2007 film ''[[Duniya (2007 film)|Duniya]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Jul202007/state2007072014050.asp?section=updatenews|title=State cine awards: Mungaru Male sweeps six awards|date=20 July 2007|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|access-date=13 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007193322/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Jul202007/state2007072014050.asp?section=updatenews|archive-date=7 October 2011}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Pallavi comes from a family of artists. Her grandfather, A.N. Subbarao, was a painter and started the Kalamandir School of Fine Arts in Bangalore, the first fine arts school in India.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-27|title=Art school turns 100|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/metrolife/metrolife-your-bond-with-bengaluru/art-school-turns-100-757414.html|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>
Pallavi comes from a family of artists. Her great grandfather, A.N. Subbarao, was a painter and started the Kalamandir School of Fine Arts in Bangalore, first fine arts school in India. her grandfather was A S Murthy he was known as Radio Eranna<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-27|title=Art school turns 100|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/metrolife/metrolife-your-bond-with-bengaluru/art-school-turns-100-757414.html|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" />


== Music ==
== Music ==
M. D. Pallavi started training in Hindustani classical music, and has a degree in Hindustani Music from University of Benares.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://saiamrithadhara.com/sai_personalities/pallavi.html|access-date=2021-03-27|website=saiamrithadhara.com}}</ref> She received her training in Sugama Sengeetha from [[Mysore Ananthaswamy]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pallavi Arun – Abhinayataranga|url=http://abhinayataranga.com/pallavi-arun/|access-date=2021-03-27|language=en}}</ref> Pallavi has received Hindustani Vocal training in Bangalore under Ram Rao Naik and Rajbhau Sontakke, a doyen of the [[Gwalior gharana|Gwalior Gharana]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Apr 20|first1=Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated|last2=2019|last3=Ist|first3=06:00|title=Listen, watch, feel and understand|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/others/listen-watch-feel-and-understand/articleshow/68958245.cms|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Bangalore Mirror|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-10-10|title=Melodious musing|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/505642/melodious-musing.html|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Violin duo to cast a spell|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2010/sep/03/violin-duo-to-cast-a-spell-183542.html|access-date=2021-03-28|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
M. D. Pallavi started training in Hindustani classical music, and has a degree in Hindustani Music from University of Benares.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://saiamrithadhara.com/sai_personalities/pallavi.html|title=Pallavi M D|access-date=2021-03-27|website=saiamrithadhara.com}}</ref> She received her training in Sugama Sengeetha from [[Mysore Ananthaswamy]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pallavi Arun – Abhinayataranga|url=http://abhinayataranga.com/pallavi-arun/|access-date=2021-03-27|language=en}}</ref> Pallavi has received Hindustani Vocal training in Bangalore under Ram Rao Naik and Rajbhau Sontakke, a doyen of the [[Gwalior gharana|Gwalior Gharana]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=Apr 20, 2019|title=Listen, watch, feel and understand|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/others/listen-watch-feel-and-understand/articleshow/68958245.cms|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Bangalore Mirror|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-10-10|title=Melodious musing|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/505642/melodious-musing.html|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Violin duo to cast a spell|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2010/sep/03/violin-duo-to-cast-a-spell-183542.html|access-date=2021-03-28|website=The New Indian Express|date=16 May 2012 }}</ref>


==Acting ==
== Acting ==
 
===Theatre===
Pallavi has been actively involved in the theater since her early years. She worked in the production of street plays and acted in stage plays, including Hamlet, Maanishaadha, Fire and Rain, Balidaana, My Fair Lady and Gaajina Gombegalu, Muktidham, Vakra, and Good Woman of Schezuan. She has been a faculty member for several theater workshops. Behind the curtain she worked on productions for her grandfather, A. S. Murthy.


===Television and film===
===Television and film===
Pallavi made her debut in television with the television show ''[[Mayamruga]].''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Popular serial Mayamruga to have rerun on television? - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/popular-serial-mayamruga-to-have-rerun-on-television/articleshow/77562035.cms|access-date=2021-03-28|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>  She has also acted in the popular Kannada television show ''Garva''. She won the Aryabhatta "Best Actress" award. She was also a member of cast in the Indian English language film ''[[Stumble]]'', released in 2003. This film won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English|National Award in the Best English Film]] category for the year 2002.<ref>{{Citation|title=Stumble (2003)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/stumble|language=en|access-date=2021-03-28}}</ref><ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/national-awards-winners/2002/108</ref> She also acted with [[Umashree]] in National Award winning Kannada movie ''Gulabi Talkies''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Gulabi Talkies Awards: List of Awards won by Kannada movie Gulabi Talkies|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movie-details/gulabi-talkies/movieawards/66376366.cms|access-date=2021-03-28}}</ref>
Pallavi made her debut in television with the television show ''[[Mayamruga]].''<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Popular serial Mayamruga to have rerun on television? - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/popular-serial-mayamruga-to-have-rerun-on-television/articleshow/77562035.cms|access-date=2021-03-28|website=The Times of India|date=15 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>  She has also acted in the popular Kannada television show ''Garva''. She won the Aryabhatta "Best Actress" award. She was also a member of cast in the Indian English language film ''[[Stumble (film)|Stumble]]'', released in 2003. This film won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English|National Award in the Best English Film]] category for the year 2002.<ref>{{Citation|title=Stumble (2003)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/stumble|language=en|access-date=2021-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/national-awards-winners/2002/108|title = National Awards Winners 2002: Complete list of winners of National Awards 2002| website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref> She also acted with [[Umashree]] in National Award winning Kannada movie ''Gulabi Talkies''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Gulabi Talkies Awards: List of Awards won by Kannada movie Gulabi Talkies|newspaper=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movie-details/gulabi-talkies/movieawards/66376366.cms|access-date=2021-03-28}}</ref>


===Dubbing Artist===
== Playback songs ==
Pallavi worked behind the screen as dubbing artist also. Her notable movies includes ''Edegarike, Aa Dinagalu, Aishwarya, Meera Madhadava Raghava''. She constantly worked as dubbing artist for Kannada actress Daisy Bopanna in movies including ''Aishwarya'', ''[[Satyavan Savitri]]'', ''[[Rama Shama Bhama]]'', ''Bimba'' and others.
This is a partial list of notable films where M. D. Pallavi has sung
 
* ''All films are in Kannada, unless otherwise noted''
== Film scores ==
* ''All films are in Kannada, unless otherwise noted
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
! Year !! Film  
! Year !! Film  
|-
|-
| 2000 || Shriasthu Shubhamasthu  
| 2000 || [[Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu]]
|-
|-
| 2003 || Mani
| 2003 || [[Singaaravva|Singaravva]]
|-
| 2003 || Singaravva  
|-
| 2005 || Samarasimha Naika
|-
| 2005 || Boy Friend
|-
| 2006 || A Aa E Ee
|-
|-
| 2007 || [[Duniya (2007 film)|Duniya]]  
| 2007 || [[Duniya (2007 film)|Duniya]]  
|-2008 || Gulabi Talkies
| rowspan="3" | 2009 || [[Venkata in Sankata]]
|-
|-
| 2009 || Venkata in Sankata
| [[Eddelu Manjunatha]]
|-
| 2009 || [[Eddelu Manjunatha]]
|-
| 2009 || [[Junglee (2009 film)|Junglee]]
|-
|-
| 2010 || Crazy Kutumba
| [[Junglee (2009 film)|Junglee]]
|-
|-
| 2010 || [[Holi]]
| rowspan="6" | 2010 || [[Crazy Kutumba]]
|-
|-
| 2010 || Nooru Janmaku
| [[Holi]]
|-
|-
| 2010 || [[Banni]]
| [[Nooru Janmaku]]
|-
|-
| 2010 || [[Dhool (2011 film)|Dildar]]
| [[Banni]]
|-
|-
| 2010 || [[Ijjodu]]
| [[Dhool (2011 film)|Dildar]]
|-
|-
| 2011 || Thaare
| [[Ijjodu]]
|}
|}


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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://pallavimd.com/ Website]


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M. D. Pallavi
Background information
GenresSugama Sangeetha
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2000–present

M. D. Pallavi, also known by her married name Pallavi Arun, is a singer from Karnataka, India.[1] She is a Kannada Sugama Sangeetha Singer, (Playback singer), and Television actor.[2] She is married to Arun, a Percussionist (drums).[3] She is a recipient of the 2018 Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuwa Puraskar awarded by Sangeet Nataka Akademi.[4] She won the Karnataka State Film Awards for Best Playback Singer in 2006 and 2007 for her song "Nodayya Kvaate Lingave" sung in the 2007 film Duniya.[5]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Pallavi comes from a family of artists. Her great grandfather, A.N. Subbarao, was a painter and started the Kalamandir School of Fine Arts in Bangalore, first fine arts school in India. her grandfather was A S Murthy he was known as Radio Eranna[6][3]

Music[edit | edit source]

M. D. Pallavi started training in Hindustani classical music, and has a degree in Hindustani Music from University of Benares.[7] She received her training in Sugama Sengeetha from Mysore Ananthaswamy.[8] Pallavi has received Hindustani Vocal training in Bangalore under Ram Rao Naik and Rajbhau Sontakke, a doyen of the Gwalior Gharana.[9][10][11]

Acting[edit | edit source]

Television and film[edit | edit source]

Pallavi made her debut in television with the television show Mayamruga.[2] She has also acted in the popular Kannada television show Garva. She won the Aryabhatta "Best Actress" award. She was also a member of cast in the Indian English language film Stumble, released in 2003. This film won the National Award in the Best English Film category for the year 2002.[12][13] She also acted with Umashree in National Award winning Kannada movie Gulabi Talkies.[14]

Playback songs[edit | edit source]

This is a partial list of notable films where M. D. Pallavi has sung

  • All films are in Kannada, unless otherwise noted
Year Film
2000 Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu
2003 Singaravva
2007 Duniya
2009 Venkata in Sankata
Eddelu Manjunatha
Junglee
2010 Crazy Kutumba
Holi
Nooru Janmaku
Banni
Dildar
Ijjodu

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Play it again, Pallavi". The Hindu. 29 June 2004. Archived from the original on 26 August 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Popular serial Mayamruga to have rerun on television? - Times of India". The Times of India. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Melodious musing". Deccan Herald. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Winners of 2018 Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar announced". www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "State cine awards: Mungaru Male sweeps six awards". Deccan Herald. 20 July 2007. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  6. ↑ "Art school turns 100". Deccan Herald. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Pallavi M D". saiamrithadhara.com. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Pallavi Arun – Abhinayataranga". Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Listen, watch, feel and understand". Bangalore Mirror. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Melodious musing". Deccan Herald. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Violin duo to cast a spell". The New Indian Express. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  12. ↑ Stumble (2003), retrieved 28 March 2021
  13. ↑ "National Awards Winners 2002: Complete list of winners of National Awards 2002". The Times of India.
  14. ↑ "Gulabi Talkies Awards: List of Awards won by Kannada movie Gulabi Talkies", The Times of India, retrieved 28 March 2021

External links[edit | edit source]

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