Siblings Lakshmi Nataraj | Years active 2007–present | |
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Occupation(s) Singer, Television actress Similar Bharath Bj, V Harikrishna, Arjun Janya, Anuradha Bhat, Vijay Prakash | ||
thukatha gadabada song by arjun janya indu nagaraj 53rd bengaluru ganesh utsava
Indu Nagaraj is an Indian playback singer who primarily works in Kannada cinema. Through her successful singing career, she is the recipient of a Filmfare Award for the song "Pyarge Aagbittaite" from the film Govindaya Namaha (2012).
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- thukatha gadabada song by arjun janya indu nagaraj 53rd bengaluru ganesh utsava
- Life and career
- Songs
- References
Life and career
Indu was born into a musical family at Chilkunda village in Mysore, Karnataka. Her father, Vidwan C. A. Nagaraj, is an accomplished vocalist and flutist in South India and her elder sister Lakshmi Nataraj is also a playback singer. She was trained in Carnatic classical music and Sugama Sangeetha music under her father right from the age of 3.
In 2005, Indu along with her sister Lakshmi performed and participated together in the singing reality show Ede Thumbi Haaduvenu hosted and judged by acclaimed singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. The sisters together performed at various events and were coined the name "Chilkunda Sisters", named after their hometown.
Indu got her first offer to act in a Television series Minchu directed by T. N. Seetharam. Tapping her singing skills, Seetharam gave her first singing offer in his feature film, Meera Madhava Raghava (2007) which had the music scored by Hamsalekha. Later she sang for many films which had compositions by Gurukiran, Arjun Janya and V. Harikrishna.
In 2012, Indu won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Pyarge Aagbittaite" from the film Govindaya Namaha. The retro-rock song was a huge hit among the masses and went viral on the online media. The success of the song made her to sing even its Telugu version, "Pyar Mei Padipoya" for the film Potugadu. Following this, she was offered many successful songs to sing for more than 20 films as on 2016.
Songs
Hey Who are you2017
Jilka JilkaPushpaka Vimana (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 2015
Thraas Akkathi