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
Dr. J. Jayalalitha Cine Award (1996)
Ajanta Award for the best female playback singer (1996)
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Anuradha Sriram news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 3500 songs in Tamil Telugu Sinhala Malayalam Kannada Bengali and Hindi films Anuradha SriramAnuradha giving a special talk in Big FM in 2014Background informationBirth nameAnuradhaAlso known asQueen of VoiceBorn 1970 07 09 9 July 1970 age 52 Chennai Tamil Nadu IndiaGenresCarnaticHindustani MusicOccupation s SingerJudgeTelevision personalityDubbing artistYears active1980 1995 presentWebsiteanuradhasriram wbr com Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Awards and recognition 4 Albums 5 Personal life 6 Television 7 References 8 External linksEarly life EditAnuradha 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 EditAnuradha 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 EditDr 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 Honorary Doctorate by the Sathyabama University for her accomplishments and contribution to the field of music 2012 6 7 Albums EditMain article List of songs recorded by Anuradha Sriram Chennai Girl 1997 Personal life EditAnuradha 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 EditYear Program Channel Language Notes1997 Premi Sun TV Tamil Title song with Unnikrishnan 2001 Soolam Sun TV Tamil Title song2006 Airtel Super Singer 2006 Vijay TV Tamil2010 Super Singer Junior season 2 Vijay TV Tamil2011 2012 Idea Star singer season 6 Asianet Malayalam2013 Sun Singer Sun TV Tamil2013 Surya Singer Surya TV Malayalam2013 Sun Singer Sun TV Tamil Season 22013 Surya Singer Surya TV Malayalam Season 22014 Chandralekha Sun TV Tamil Title song2014 Star Singer 7 Asianet Malayalam2014 15 Sun Singer Sun TV Tamil Season 32015 Surya Challenge Surya TV Malayalam Team captain2016 Sun Singer Sun TV Tamil Season 42016 17 Sun Singer Sun TV Tamil Season 52018 Super Singer 6 Star Vijay Tamil2019 2020 Top Singer Flowers Malayalam2019 20 Super Singer 7 Star Vijay Tamil2020 2022 Top Singer season 2 Flowers Malayalam2021 Super Singer 8 Star Vijay Tamil2021 Super Singer Junior Star Vijay Tamil2022 Top Singer season 3 Flowers MalayalamReferences Edit 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 amp Sons Ltd pp 65 GGKEY A78L0XB1B0X rediff com Movies A duet for life Anuradha and Sriram Parasuram Rediff com Retrieved 16 February 2016 Archived copy epaper timesofindia com Archived from the original on 8 January 2018 Retrieved 11 January 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Honoris Causa Sathyabama University 26 April 2012 Retrieved 10 April 2019 Anuradha Sriram Awards amp Accolades Anuradha Sriram Retrieved 8 January 2022 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 Screen the business of entertainment Regional Tamil www screenindia com Archived from the original on 19 November 2001 Retrieved 11 January 2022 External links EditAnuradha Sriram at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anuradha Sriram amp oldid 1131048825, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
