Geetha Madhuri is an Indian

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. Madhuri has sung over 2300 songs in several languages including

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. She is the recipient of numerous

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Personal life

Madhuri was born to Prabhakar Sastry, a

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official, and Lakshmi. Madhuri is their only daughter. Her family moved from

Palakollu Palakollu is a city and the administrative headquarters of Palakollu Mandal in Narasapuram revenue division in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Palakollu is situated in Coastal Andhra region of the state. It occupie ...

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to Hyderabad when she was very young. Madhuri was educated at Loyala Model High School,

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and Little Flower Junior College. She graduated with a B Com at Aurora College. She was trained in classical and light music by Kocharlakota Padmavati and Ramachari. Madhuri made her debut as a playback singer with Kulasekhar's film ''Premalekha Rasa''.Geeta Madhuri interview – Telugu Cinema interview – Telugu film playback singer
Idlebrain.com. Retrieved on 5 January 2014. Madhuri married actor Nandu in 2014. The couple has a daughter and son.

Awards and nominations

Other Awards

* Swara Saraswathi Award from Andhra Pradesh

Discography

Devotional songs

Independent songs

References

External links

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