Bengaluru Ramamurthy Chaya, known as B. R. Chaya, is an Indian, Kannada

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, stage performer and a popular

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singer from

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. She has performed pop, folk, devotional and bhavageethe (light music). She is recipient of

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from the State

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and also

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours female singers for their work Kannada language films. Supe ...

Early days and debut

Chaya was born to Ramamurthy and S. G. Janaki. she worked as a watch mechanic for a few years in HMT after doing a course in

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at RV College, and later represented

at a

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national competition in

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. She made her debut with the Tamil-language film ''Jothi'' (1983) and her Kannada debut with

Puttanna Kanagal Shubraveshti Ramaswamiah Seetharama Sharma (1 December 1933 – 5 June 1985), known popularly as S. R. Puttanna Kanagal, was an Indian filmmaker known for his work in Kannada cinema. He is often considered one of Indian cinema's most influent ...

's ''

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'' (1984). She is currently a judge on ''Gaana Chandana'' and has been doing virtual concerts since the outbreak of the

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. Chaya is the first singer to receive the

for the song "''Ruthumana samputadi''" from the movie " Kaadina Benki" in 1988.

Discography

Awards and recognitions

* 2010 – Karnataka Rajyotsava Prashasti * 1988 –

– Song: ''Ruthumana samputadi'' from ''Kaadina Benki'' * 1995 –

– Song: ''Ibbani tabbida ileyali'' from ''Rashmi''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaya, B. R. Living people Singers from Bengaluru Kannada playback singers Indian women playback singers Indian women pop singers Kannada people Film musicians from Karnataka Women musicians from Karnataka 20th-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian women singers 20th-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian singers Singers from Karnataka Women artists from Karnataka Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2010 1967 births

Early days and debut

Discography

Awards and recognitions

See also

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