Nanditha (singer)

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Nanditha channarayapatna
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Background information
Born (1978-02-28) 28 February 1978 (age 45)[1]
OriginChannarayapatna, Karnataka, India
GenresFilmi, Carnatic Music, Sugama Sangeetha
Occupation(s)Singer
InstrumentsVocals, Veena
Years active1998–present

Nanditha (born 28 February 1978) is an Indian singer. Best known as a playback singer in the Kannada film industry, she sings in other languages such as Tamil and Telugu.[2] Nanditha began her playback career from the film Habba (1998). Since then, she has won numerous awards including the Karnataka State Film Awards and Filmfare Awards South for her singing.

Early life[edit]

Nanditha completed her BE from R V College of Engineering (RVCE), Bangalore. She worked as a software engineer for Cisco systems for some time.[3] She left the job and got involved fully into music. She is also a trained veena player. Her musical career started as a track singer for music director Hamsalekha. He gave her the first break in his film Habba in 1998.[4]

Career[edit]

Nanditha has worked with many composers including Ilayaraja, Mano Murthy, Hamsalekha, V. Manohar, Rajesh Ramanath and others. She has won the Karnataka state award for three consecutive times and she is the only singer so far from Karnataka to achieve that. She has established herself as a dubbing artist too. She has dubbed for hit films like Nanna Preethiya Hudugi (for Deepa), Paris Pranaya (for Minal patel). She has won many filmfare awards including the SIIMA award for best female singer for the song Kariya I love you from Duniya.[5]

Notable songs[edit]

Some of her songs are

Awards[edit]

Karnataka State Film Awards

  • 2002: Best Female Playback Singer for "Bili Bannada Gini" from Gandhada Gombe
  • 2003: Best Female Playback Singer for "Yede Tumbi Hadidenu" from Paris Pranaya
  • 2004: Best Female Playback Singer for "Aakashake Obba" from Jogula
  • 2009: Best Female Playback Singer for "Baanige Bhaskara Chanda" from Mandakini

Filmfare Awards South

Udaya Film Awards

  • 2007: Best Female Playback Singer for "Kariya I Love You" from Duniya

Suvarna Film Awards

  • 2007: Best Female Playback Singer for "Kariya I Love You" from Duniya

Other awards

  • 2008: Favorite Singer at SFM Kalaa Awards[6]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ http://www.bharatstudent.com/. "Happy Birthday Nanditha!!! - Sandalwood News & Gossips". Bharatstudent. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "SINGER NANDITHA TURNS COMPOSER". Times Of India. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "It's a baby boy for singer Nanditha". Times Of India. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Spotlight on young talents". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  6. ↑ "Raghu Dixit, Nandita win at SFM Kalaa Awards". radioandmusic.com. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2015.

External links[edit]

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