Kavita Krishnamurthy | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Sharada Krishnamurthy |
Also known as | Kavita Subramaniam |
Born | New Delhi, India[1] |
Genres | |
Occupation | Playback singer |
Years active | 1971–present |
Kavita Krishnamurthy (born as Sharada Krishnamurthy), is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded numerous songs in various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Telugu, Odia, Marathi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Nepali, Assamese, Konkani, Punjabi and other languages.[3][4] She is the recipient of four Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Awards (winning consecutively during 1995–1997), and the Padmashri which she received in 2005.[5] She was awarded a Doctorate (Honoris Causa) for her contributions to Indian music by Bangalore-based Jain University in 2015.[6][7] In 1999, she married noted violinist L. Subramaniam and resides in Bengaluru.