Anuradha Sriram Explained

Anuradha Sriram
Birth Name:Anuradha Mohan
Birth Date:1970 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Years Active:1980,1995–present
Spouse:Sriram Parasuram
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Education:Ethnomusicology
Alma Mater:Wesleyan University (MA)

Anuradha Sriram ( Mohan; 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.

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 and Composition from Wesleyan University, Connecticut, US.[3]

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.[4] 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[5] 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).[6]

Awards and recognition

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Albums

See main article: List of songs recorded by Anuradha Sriram.

Personal life

Anuradha is married to singer Sriram Parasuram (whom she met at Wesleyan University).[9] [10] They have two sons named Jayant and Lokesh.

Anuradha's brother Murugan is also a playback singer.[11]

Television

Year Program Channel Language Notes
1997Premi Tamil Title song (with P. Unnikrishnan)
2001Soolam Tamil Title song
2006Airtel Super Singer 2006Vijay TVTamil
2009Gandharvasangeetham seniorKairali TVMalayalam
2009Gandharvasangeetham 2010Kairali TVMalayalam
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
2014Chandralekha Sun TVTamilTitle song
2014Star Singer 7AsianetMalayalam
2014–15Sun SingerSun TVTamilSeason 3
2015Surya ChallengeSurya TVMalayalamTeam captain
2016Sun SingerSun TVTamilSeason 4
2016–17Sun SingerSun TVTamilSeason 5
2018Star VijayTamil
2019–2020Top SingerFlowersMalayalam
2019-20 Star VijayTamil
2020–2022Top Singer season 2FlowersMalayalam
2021 Star VijayTamil
2021Super Singer JuniorStar VijayTamil
20222023Top Singer season 3FlowersMalayalam
2022- 2023Super Singer 9Star VijayTamilPermanent Judge
2023MalarSun TVTamilTitle song
2023-2024Super Singer 10Star VijayTamilPermanent Judge
2024Top Singer season 4FlowersMalayalamGuest judge

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alumni-PSBB Schools. psbbschools.ac.in. 16 February 2016. 1 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201101003010/http://www.psbbschools.ac.in/alumni-2.html. dead.
  2. Web site: Queen Mary's College, the home of musicians, on song . B Sivakumar . 5 January 2015 . 26 April 2018.
  3. Web site: M.A. Theses in Ethnomusicology and Composition, Music - Wesleyan University . 2023-03-01 . www.wesleyan.edu.
  4. Book: Naman Ramachandran. Rajinikanth: A Birthday Special. 12 December 2012. Kasturi & Sons Ltd. 65–. GGKEY:A78L0XB1B0X.
  5. Web site: rediff.com: Movies: A duet for life: Anuradha and Sriram Parasuram. Rediff.com. 16 February 2016.
  6. Web site: Archived copy . epaper.timesofindia.com . 11 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180108102952/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToPrintGifMSIE_PASTISSUES2&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH%2F2011%2F04%2F23&ChunkNum=0&ID=Ar03005 . 8 January 2018 . dead.
  7. Web site: Honoris Causa . 26 April 2012 . . 10 April 2019 . 16 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200916182344/http://www.sathyabama.ac.in/sitepagetwo.php?mainref=0&firstref=100&secondref=25 . dead .
  8. Web site: Anuradha Sriram Awards & Accolades. 2022-01-08. Anuradha Sriram. en-US.
  9. Web site: Fusion is the forte of this music couple . https://web.archive.org/web/20070220090339/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/18/stories/2007021802750200.htm . dead . 20 February 2007 . 18 February 2007 . . 31 January 2012.
  10. Web site: M. V. Ramakrishnan . Columns / M.V. Ramakrishnan : Musicscan – Contrasting colours . The Hindu . 15 September 2011 . 28 December 2011.
  11. Web site: Screen the business of entertainment-Regional-Tamil . www.screenindia.com . 11 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20011119164523/http://www.screenindia.com/20010511/rreview.html#news . 19 November 2001 . dead.

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