Anuradha Sriram

Anuradha Sriram (born 9 July 1970) is an Indian carnatic and playback singer who hails from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She has sung more than 2,000 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. She is very popular in Sri Lanka because of her Sinhalese songs.

Anuradha Sriram
Anuradha giving a special talk in Big FM in 2014
Background information
Birth nameAnuradha
Born (1970-07-09) 9 July 1970
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Genres
Occupation(s)
Years active1995–present
Websiteanuradhasriram.com

Early life

Anuradha was born in Chennai to playback singer Renuka Devi and Meenakshi Sundaram Mohan. She did her schooling (I and II standards) in Coimbatore at the St. Francis Anglo Indian girls high school, and later at the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Chennai.[1] She has a B.A and M.A in music from Queen Mary's College[2] in Madras University and secured the university gold medal in both the courses. She was given a fellowship to do her Master of Arts degree in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University, Connecticut, US.

She was trained by many esteemed gurus like Thanjavur S. Kalyanaraman, Sangeetha Kalanidhi T. Brinda and T. Viswanathan in Carnatic music and has had intensive training under Pandit Mannikbua Thakurdas for Hindustani classical music. She is also an accomplished Western Classical opera singer, having undergone intensive training from Prof. Shirley Meier in New York CityA.

While in Wesleyan, apart from learning and performing western opera and jazz, she also performed in many Indonesian and West African music concerts.

Career

Anuradha has performed extensively all over India and US, and has given many radio and TV programmes since the age of 12. Anuradha Sriram first entered the Tamil Cinema Industry as a child artist in the 1980 Tamil film Kaali.[3] In 1995, she was introduced as a singer by A R Rahman for the song "Malarodu Malaringu" in the movie Bombay. Her first solo was for A R Rahman in Indira.

She specialises in Carnatic music and has sung in over 1,000 concerts worldwide.

Anuradha has several chart-topping Devotional albums to her credit. She also collaborates with her husband Sriram Parasuram on their Classical Music Jugalbandhi concerts[4] and their hit TV programme "Elaame Sangeetham Thaan". She has also presented many music programmes on TV.

Having sung more than 2,000 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam, and six north Indian languages, some of her hits are "Nalam Nalam Ariyaaval" (Kaadal Kotai), "Dilruba Dilruba" (Priyam), "Meenamma" (Aasai), "Acham Acham Illai" (Indira), "Phenk Hawa" (Ram Jaane) and "Pehli Pehli" (Zor).

She has composed music for the film Five Star along with her husband.

Awards and recognition
  • Tamil Nadu State award for best female playback singer (1996)
  • Dr. J. Jayalalitha Cine Award (1996)
  • Ajanta Award for the best female playback singer (1996)
  • Screen Videocon award for Best Pop Album (1998)
  • Karnataka State Film Awards for best playback singer (1999)
  • Vocational Excellence Award by the Rotary Club of Coimbatore Midtown (2002)
  • International Tamil Film Awards (2003)
  • West Bengal State award for best playback singer (2004)
  • Filmfare award for the best playback singer (2004)
  • Tamil Nadu State KALAIMAMANI award for her significant contribution to the field of music (2006)
  • Honorary Doctorate by the Sathyabama University for her accomplishments and contribution to the field of music (2012)[5]

Albums
Main article: List of songs recorded by Anuradha Sriram
  • Chennai Girl (1997)

Personal life

Anuradha is married to singer Sriram Parasuram (whom she met at Wesleyan University).[6][7] They have two sons named Jayant and Lokesh.

Television
YearProgramChannelLanguageNotes
2006Airtel Super Singer 2006Vijay TVTamil
2010Super Singer Junior (season 2)Vijay TVTamil
2011–2012Idea Star singer season 6AsianetMalayalam
2013Sun SingerSun TVTamil
2013Surya SingerSurya TVMalayalam
2013Sun SingerSun TVTamilSeason 2
2013Surya SingerSurya TVMalayalamSeason 2
2014ChandralekhaSun TVTamilTitle song
2014Star Singer 7AsianetMalayalam
2014–15Sun SingerSun TVTamilSeason 3
2015Surya ChallengeSurya TVMalayalamTeam captain
2016Sun SingerSun TVTamilSeason 4
2016–17Sun SingerSun TVTamilSeason 5
2018Super Singer 6Star VijayTamil
2019–presentTop SingerFlowersMalayalam
2019–presentSuper Singer 7Star VijayTamil

References
  1. "Alumni-PSBB Schools". psbbschools.ac.in. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. "Queen Mary's College, the home of musicians, on song". B Sivakumar. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  3. Naman Ramachandran (12 December 2012). Rajinikanth: A Birthday Special. Kasturi & Sons Ltd. pp. 65–. GGKEY:A78L0XB1B0X.
  4. "rediff.com: Movies: A duet for life: Anuradha and Sriram Parasuram". Rediff.com. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  5. "Honoris Causa". Sathyabama University. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  6. "Fusion is the forte of this music couple". The Hindu. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  7. M. V. Ramakrishnan (15 September 2011). "Columns / M.V. Ramakrishnan : Musicscan – Contrasting colours". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
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