| Bindhumalini | |||||||
| Birth Place: | Madras, Tamil Nadu, India | ||||||
| Alma Mater: | National Institute of Design | ||||||
| Spouse: | Vasu Dixit | ||||||
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Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy or simply Bindhumalini is an Indian singer, composer, and graphic designer. She has received National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2018)[1] [2] and Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Kannada (2019) for her songs in the movie Nathicharami.[3] She has composed and recorded songs for films and albums in Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada languages.
Bindumalini was born in Chennai in a musical family. Her mother N. Vishalakshi is a graded Akasvani Carnatic singer and grandmother Seetha Doraiswamy was a known Jal Tarang instrumentalist.[4] She holds a degree in Graphic design from the National Institute of Design.[5]
Bindumalini married Vasu Dixit, a vocalist from Bangalore, who runs a folk-rock fusion music band called Swarathma.[6]
Trained both in Carnatic and Hindustani music, Bindumalini was influenced by the poems of saint Kabir and the songs of Kumar Gandharva.
Bindumalini's album ‛Suno Bhai’, a collection of Saint Kabir's poems, was a collaboration with Vedanth Bharadwaj.
In her movies as composer, most of the songs sung by Bindumalini herself.
| Year | Film | Singer | Composer(s) | Language(s) |
| 2016 | Aruvi | (in collaboration with Vedanth Bharadwaj) | Tamil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Harikatha Prasanga | Kannada | ||
| 2018 | Nathicharami | Kannada | ||
| 2023 | Aachar & Co | Kannada | ||
| Year | Film | Language | Song | Music director | Co-singer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Cyber Yugadol Nava Yuva Madhura Prema Kavyam | Kannada | "Olavemba Nadiyagi" | Vasu Dixit | Harishchandra | |
| 2016 | Aruvi | Tamil | "Kukkoti Kunnati" | Bindhumalini, Vedanth Bharadhwaj | rowspan= | Praneeti, Vedant |
| "Asaidam Venkata Kavimayil" | ||||||
| "Cement Kaadu" | ||||||
| "Uccham Thodum" | Vasu Dixit | |||||
| "Merku Karaiyil" | Vedanth Bharadhwaj | |||||
| "Aruvi" (Theme) | ||||||
| 2016 | Harikatha Prasanga | Kannada | Bindumalini | |||
| 2018 | Nathicharami | Kannada | "Vasundhare" | Bindhumalini | rowspan= | |
| "Yariva" | ||||||
| "Bhavalokada Bhrameya" | Sanchari Vijay | |||||
| "Mayavi Manave" | ||||||
| "Dehavu Nane" | ||||||
| 2023 | Achar & Co. | "Pickle Song" | Emmjee, Deepika Kumar, Preethi Bharadwaj |