Indu Nagaraj is an Indian playback singer who primarily works in

Kannada cinema Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film ''Sati Sulochana'' direct ...

. She is the recipient of a

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for the song " Pyarge Aagbittaite" from the film '' Govindaya Namaha'' (2012).

Life and career

Indu was born into a musical family at Chilkunda village in Mysore, Karnataka. Her father, Vidwan C. A. Nagaraj, is an accomplished vocalist and flutist in South India and her elder sister Lakshmi Nagaraj is also a playback singer. She was trained in Carnatic classical music and

Sugama Sangeetha Sugama Sangeetha, a variety of Bhavageethe, is an Indian musical genre in which poetry in the Kannada language is set to music. It gained recognition with the work of P. Kalinga Rao in the mid -20th century. Mysore Ananthaswamy and C. Aswath ...

music under her father right from the age of 3. In 2005, Indu along with her sister Lakshmi performed and participated together in the singing reality show ''

Ede Thumbi Haaduvenu Colors Kannada (previously known as ''ETV Kannada''), is an Indian general entertainment channel, owned by Viacom18 that primarily broadcasts Kannada language entertainment shows. This channel is currently available in India and the United Stat ...

'' hosted and judged by acclaimed singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. The sisters together performed at various events and were coined the name "Chilkunda Sisters", named after their hometown. Indu got her first offer to act in a Television series ''Minchu'' directed by

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. Tapping her singing skills, Seetharam gave her first singing offer in his feature film, '' Meera Madhava Raghava'' (2007) which had the music scored by

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. Later she sang for many films which had compositions by

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and V. Harikrishna. In 2012, Indu won the

Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer The Filmfare Best Female Playback Award is given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female playback singer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song. Although the award cere ...

for the song " Pyarge Aagbittaite" from the film '' Govindaya Namaha''. The retro-rock song was a huge hit among the masses and went viral online. The success brought about use of her voice in "Pyar Mei Padipoya" (Telugu version) for the film '' Potugadu''. She would be offered opportunities to sing in more than 20 films as of 2016.

Discography

Telivision

References

External links

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Indu Nagaraj celeb profile

Indu Nagaraj songs list
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