Occupation(s) playback singer | Years active 1962 | |
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Also known as Kannadada Kogile, Nadamaya Kasturi Born November 1, 1950 (age 66)
Mysuru, karnataka ( 1950-11-01 ) Albums Yellamma Thayige Udho Udho, Basava Basava Genres Filmi, Sugama Sangeetha, Light music, Devotional song, Folk music Record labels T-Series, Lahari Music, Saregama Similar C Aswath, Manjula Gururaj, Rathnamala Prakash, P B Sreenivas, Vani Jairam | ||
Kasturi Shankar (Kannada:ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ ಶಂಕರ್) is an Indian singer who sings mainly in Kannada language. She has recorded few films songs in Malayalam and Tulu languages and many non-film songs in Konkani, Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu and Hindi. Shankar has sung different kind of songs like film, devotional, Bhaavageethe, classical and folk songs. In her 30 years singing career, Kasturi has worked with a variety of music composers, including T. G. Lingappa, M. Ranga Rao, Vijaya Bhaskar, Rajan-Nagendra, Gunasingh, G. K. Venkatesh and others. She has sung many duets with Dr. Rajkumar, Vani Jairam, Dr. Vishnu Vardhan, Dr. P.B. Srinivas, T. M. Soundararajan, KJY and with SPB. Kasturi Shankar's popular film songs like Sooryana kanthige (for Padmapriya), Sri tulasi daye thoramma (for Jayanthi), Rangena halliyage (for Aarathi), Sri rama bandavne, Raamanu baralilla made her name household in Karnataka. Kasturi Shankar is a compulsory name in the history of Kannada cinema. Kasturi shankar was the big supporter and mentor of Sadhu Kokila at his initial stage as he said in his Weekend with Ramesh episode.
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Early life
Kasturi Shankar was born in Mysuru on 1 November 1950 to Girijamma and J. C. Shankarappa. her father was a freedom fighter. She studied SSLC and trained classical music for few years. When Kanagal prabhakara shastry spotted Kasturi Shankar's talent,gave her a chance to sing in his film, called Bettada gowri. Then she went on to work with many super hit movies of Puttanna Kanagal, KSL Swamy, B. S. Ranga and with many others. Kasturi married to Shankar and they have two children. Now they are residing in Bangalore.
Notable songs
some of her songs are
Awards
Kasturi Shankar has received many awards for her contribution to music. Few are
and many more..
Songs
Aasegala
Gudi Seradha Mudiyerada1975
Sree Rama Bandavne1978