Manjula Gururaj () is an Indian female playback singer and a voice-over artist who has primarily worked 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. Kannada cinema is based in Gandhi Nagar ...

and also runs a music school.

Career

Playback singer

She entered the Kannada film industry as a playback singer in November 1983 for the Kannada movie ''Rowdi Raaja''. She gained popularity for the song "Olage Seridhare Gundu" from the movie

Nanjundi Kalyana ''Nanjundi Kalyana'' () is a 1989 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film, directed by M. S. Rajashekar, starring newcomers Raghavendra Rajkumar and Malashri, with Girija Lokesh and Sundar Krishna Urs as the lead cast. The film was an in ...

Awards

* 2019 – ''Kempegowda Award'' by BBMP. * 2010 – Karnataka Rajyotsava Award by the

Government of Karnataka The Government of Karnataka, abbreviated as GoK or GoKA, formerly known as Government of Mysore (1956–1974), is a democratically elected state body with the governor as the ceremonial head to govern the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka ...

* 1993–94 – Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song ''"Myale kavkonda mungara moda"'' from the movie Chinnari Mutha.

Discography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gururaj, Manjula Living people Indian women playback singers Film musicians from Karnataka Indian voice actresses Kannada playback singers Singers from Mysore Kannada people Women musicians from Karnataka 20th-century Indian singers 20th-century Indian women singers 1959 births Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2010