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Anuradha Sriram (born 9 July 1970) is an Indian carnatic and playback singer and child actress who hails from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She has sung more than 700 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Sinhala, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Hindi films.

Anuradha Sriram
Anuradha giving a special talk in Big FM in 2014
Background information
Birth nameAnuradha
Also known asQueen of Voice
Born (1970-07-09) 9 July 1970 (age 52)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Genres
  • Carnatic
  • Hindustani Music
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • Judge
  • Television personality
  • Dubbing artist
Years active1980,1995–present
Websiteanuradhasriram.com

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 the 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 a voice actor lending her voice for Kiran for the film Anbe Sivam (2003).[5]


Awards and recognition


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Albums


Main article: List of songs recorded by Anuradha Sriram

Personal life


Anuradha is married to singer Sriram Parasuram (whom she met at Wesleyan University).[8][9] They have two sons named Jayant and Lokesh.

Anuradha's brother Murugan is also a playback singer.[10]


Television


YearProgramChannelLanguageNotes
1997PremiSun TVTamilTitle song (with Unnikrishnan)
2001SoolamSun TVTamilTitle song
2006Airtel Super Singer 2006Vijay TVTamil
2010Super Singer Junior (season 2)Vijay TVTamil
2011–2012Idea Star singer season 6AsianetMalayalam
2013Sun SingerSun TVTamil
2013Surya SingerSurya TVMalayalam
2013Sun SingerSun TVTamilSeason 2
2013Surya SingerSurya TVMalayalamSeason 2
2014ChandralekhaSun TVTamilTitle song
2014Star Singer 7AsianetMalayalam
2014–15Sun SingerSun TVTamilSeason 3
2015Surya ChallengeSurya TVMalayalamTeam captain
2016Sun SingerSun TVTamilSeason 4
2016–17Sun SingerSun TVTamilSeason 5
2018Super Singer 6Star VijayTamil
2019–2020Top SingerFlowersMalayalam
2019-20Super Singer 7Star VijayTamil
2020–2022Top Singer season 2FlowersMalayalam
2021Super Singer 8Star VijayTamil
2021- Super Singer Junior Star Vijay Tamil
2022– Top Singer season 3FlowersMalayalam

References


  1. "Alumni-PSBB Schools". psbbschools.ac.in. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. "Queen Mary's College, the home of musicians, on song". B Sivakumar. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  3. Naman Ramachandran (12 December 2012). Rajinikanth: A Birthday Special. Kasturi & Sons Ltd. pp. 65–. GGKEY:A78L0XB1B0X.
  4. "rediff.com: Movies: A duet for life: Anuradha and Sriram Parasuram". Rediff.com. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  5. "Archived copy". epaper.timesofindia.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Honoris Causa". Sathyabama University. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  7. "Anuradha Sriram | Awards & Accolades". Anuradha Sriram. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  8. "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.
  9. M. V. Ramakrishnan (15 September 2011). "Columns / M.V. Ramakrishnan : Musicscan – Contrasting colours". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  10. "Screen the business of entertainment-Regional-Tamil". www.screenindia.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2001. Retrieved 11 January 2022.




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