Chaitra H. G. is a Hindustani classical singer and playback singer in the South Indian Film industry known for her works in

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

films.

Playback singing

Chaitra made her debut as a playback singer at the age of 8. She sang for the movie '' Beda Krishna Ranginaata'' singing "Kogileye", composed by V. Manohar. She was given an opportunity to sing for the music director Rajesh Ramanathan in 2003. Chaitra has sung over a thousand film songs for Kannada-language films and a few film songs in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies.

Television

* Judge on "Radio City - Super Singer - 2014", Bangalore. * Judge on the reality show ''Amul Sangeeta Mahayuddha'' on

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. * Judge on "Forum Fiza Mall – Super Singer" with music director Mr. Gurukiran and

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, Mangalore. * Hosted "Confident Star Singer - Season 1", which was one of the longest-running music reality shows in the history of Kannada Television. * Judge on the TV series ''Paripoorna Mahile'' on

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alongside actress

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. * Guest judge alongside

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on "Edu Tumbi Haaduvenu" reality show. * Judge on PublicTV's first reality show, '' Fresh Voice Of Karnataka'', alongside composer Manomurthy. * Invited as special jury on shows including '' SaReGaMaPa'', '' Voice of Bangalore'' and '' Superstar 2''. Chaitra is the lead actor in the movie " Mavu Bevu "released in 2023. Chaitra has a diploma in acting and theatre from Abhinaya Taranga Theatre school. She has been awarded best actress award at the

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2024 for her portrayal of "Nupur" in the movie '' Mavu Bevu''.

Discography

Awards

* 2005–06:

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 ...

: "Huduga Huduga" from ''

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'' * 2007: Special Mention Award for Young Achievers by Rotary Bangalore Midtown & Brigade Group * 2012: Udaya TV Kutumba Award for Best Singer: "Jokali"

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* * Living people Kannada playback singers Hindustani singers Indian women classical singers Indian women playback singers Malayalam playback singers Telugu playback singers Tamil-language singers 1984 births Singers from Bengaluru Film musicians from Karnataka 21st-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian singers Women Hindustani musicians Women musicians from Karnataka {{India-singer-stub