Kavita Subramaniam

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Kavita Krishnamurthy Subramaniam
Background information
Birth name	Sharada Krishnamurthy
Also known as	Kavita Krishnamurthy
Born	January 25, Delhi, India
Genre(s)	Playback singing
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1980–present

Kavita Subramaniam née Krishnamurthy, (Hindi:कविता/शराधा कृष्णमूर्ति सुब्रमानीयम, Tamil:கவிதா/ சாரதா கிருஷ்ணமூர்த்தி சுப்ரமணியம்) is an Indian playback singer.

Kavita was born as Sharada Krishnamurthy in Delhi to a Tamil family. She moved to Mumbai to pursue her musical career. Her first Bollywood song was officially credited in 1980 in the film Maang Bharo Sajana. She became famous with the track Hawa Hawai from the 1987 film Mr. India, picturized on Sridevi.

Kavita was the one of the two female soundtrack vocalists for music director Rahul Dev Burman's musical hit 1942: A Love Story along with Lata Mangeshkar. For three consecutive years from 1994 to 1996 and a fourth time in 2003 she won the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award. She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian government in 2005. She is married to L. Subramaniam, a famous violinist with whom she occasionally collaborates.

Contents 1 Awards 1.1 Filmfare Awards 1.2 Other Awards 2 Famous songs 3 External links

[edit] Awards

[edit] Filmfare Awards

• 1995, Best Female Playback for Pyar Hua Chupke Se from the film 1942: A Love Story
• 1996, Best Female Playback for Mere Piya Ghar Aaya from the film Yaarana
• 1997, Best Female Playback for Aaj Mein Upar from the film Khamoshi
• 2003, Best Female Playback for Dola Re Dola from the film Devdas (shared with Shreya Ghoshal)

[edit] Other Awards

• 2005, Padma Shri
• 2003, Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer - Female for Dola Re Dola from the film Devdas (shared with Shreya Ghoshal)
• 2003, IIFA Best Female Playback Award for Dola Re Dola from the film Devdas (shared with Shreya Ghoshal)
• 2000, Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer - Female for Nimbooda from the film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
• 2000, Star Screen Award for Best Female Playback for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, title song.
• 1997, Star Screen Award for Best Female Playback for Aaj Mein Upar from the film Khamoshi: The Musical

[edit] Famous songs

• "Tumse Milkar Na Jaane Kyon"
• "Hawa Hawai" (Mr. India)
• "Julie, Julie"
• "Ilu Ilu" (Saudagar, 1991), duet with Manhar and Udit Narayan
• "Saudagar Sauda Kar" (Saudagar, 1991), duet with Manhar and Sukhwinder Singh
• "Dil ne kahaa chupke se" (1942: A Love Story, 1994)
• "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast" (Mohra, 1994), duet with Udit Narayan
• "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya" (Yaarana, 1995)
• "Oh Yaara Dil Lagana" (Agni Sakshi 1996)
• "Aaj Mein Upar" (Khamoshi, 1996)
• "Bole Chudiyan" (Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, 2001), with Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, and Amit Kumar
• "Maar Dala" (Devdas, 2002)
• "Dola Re Dola" (Devdas, 2002)
• "Kahe Chede Mohe" (Devdas, 2002)
• "Humesha Tumko Chaha" (Devdas, 2002)
• "Paighaam" (Lakeer)
• "Kya Janoo Sajan" (Dil Vil Pyar Vyar)
• "Loye Loye" (Yaarana)
• "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam)
• "Albela Sajan" (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam)
• "Dheeme Dheeme" (Zubeidaa)
• "Mein Albeli (Zubeidaa)
• "Yeh Dil,Laya Hai Bahar" (Kya Kehna)
• "Satarangi Re" (Dil Se)
• "Uppu Karuvaadu" (Mudhalvan)(Tamil)
• "Achacho Punnagai"(Shahjahan)(Tamil)
• "Kaatrae En Vaasal"(Rythm)(Tamil)
• "Nimbooda" (Hum dil de chuke sanam)(Hindi)
• "Taal" (Ishq Bina)
• "Yeh Dil Sun Raha Hai" (Khamoshi)
• "Rimjhim Rimjhim" (1942: A Love Story)
• "Yeh Pyar Kya Hai" (Gupt)
• "Koi Mil Gaya" (Kuch Kuch Hota Hai)
• "Woh Ladki Hai Kahan" (Dil Chahta Hai)
• "Gupt Gupt" (Gupt)
• "Dholi Taro Dhol Baje" (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam)
• "Tu Mujhe Kabool" (Khuda Gawah)
• "Kucchi Kucchi Rakhma" (Bombay)
• "Jaan Leva" (Moksha)
• "Acchi Lagati Ho" (Kuch Na Kaho)
• "I Love My India" (Pardes)
• "Chalo Chale Mitwa" (Nayak)
• "Que Sara Sara" (Pukar)
• "Sunta Hai Mera Khuda" (Pukar)

[edit] External links

• Kavita Subramaniam at the Internet Movie Database