Kavita Krishnamurthy.. from dubbing vocalist to a legend singer

  Kavita Krishnamurthy was born in New Delhi. She began her music training with her aunt, Mrs. Bhattacharya, who taught her Rabindra Sangeet. As she completed her training, she began her formal training in Hindustani classical music under the aegis of Sri. Balram Puri, a noted classical singer.

At the young age of eight, Kavita Krishnamurthy won a gold medal at a music competition. Subsequently, she kept winning many such gold medals  Kavita Krishnamurthy married violin maestro Dr. L. Subramaniam in Bangalore on November 11 1999.

Kavita Krishnamurthy has done playback singing for every other Bollywood movie and sold many records.

Kavita Krishnamurthy is considered as one of India's most technically gifted singer--her range of songs includes film music, pop, ghazals, bhajans, traditional Indian Classical music, qawwalis, Rabindra Sangeets and fusion work.

She has sung in over 14 languages including Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, English, Oriya, Assamese, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Jharkhandi, Rajasthani and Konkani.

Due to her image as a prominent playback singer, Kavita Krishnamurthy has lent her timeless voice for several Nepali and Bangladeshi films.

Awards

2003 : Filmfare Award Best Playback Singer - Female for : Devdas
1997 : Filmfare Award Best Playback Singer - Female for : Khamoshi: The Musical
1996 : Filmfare Award Best Playback Singer - Female for : Yaraana
1995 : Filmfare Award Best Playback Singer - Female for : 1942 : A Love Story
2000 : Popular Award Best Playback Singer Female for : Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

 

 

In 1971, still a child, Kavita made her first film recording, a Bengali duet with the legendary Lata Mangeshkar that was conducted by singer/composer Hemant Kumar.

In her struggle phase, Laxmikant Pyarelal backed her so strongly that she was billed as a LP- campwalli, and this prevented others from or gave them an excuse to avoid - working with her. The only exception was the late R.D.Burman, who gave her songs in a few films like Boxer (‘Shaadmaani ho’), Hum Hain Lajawab, Raahi Badal Gaye, Farishta, Karishma and a few other films.

Impressed by Krishnamurthy's skills, Laxmikant offered her work as a dubbing vocalist, cutting demos of songs intended for superstar female singers like Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle.

1980's "Kaahe Ko Byaahi" was the first song to be featured in a film using Krishnamurthy's own vocal, but it took until 1985 for her to land her first major hit, "Tumse Milkar Na Jaane Kyon." This opened up opportunities for Krishnamurthy outside of the Laxmikant/Pyarelal camp, in which she had worked almost exclusively up to that point The early LP films included Ladies Tailor, Raaste Pyar Ke, Jeevan Dhaara, Jeeo Aur Jeene Do, Ghar Ek Mandir, Zakhmee Sher, John Jani Janardhan and Ek Nai Paheli.The hits with LP continued, with chartbusters like ‘Saudagar sauda kar and ‘Ilu Ilu’ (Saudagar), ‘Jumma chumma de de’ (Hum), ‘Nayak nahin’ (Khal Nayak), ‘Ranjha Ranjha’ (Heer Ranjha) and others in films like Prahaar, Khuda Gawah, Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja, Gumrah and Khilaaf.While she broadened her horizons recording songs by other composers (as well as for television), she still continued to work with her early advocates, who provided most of her hits during the '80s. She scored huge hits with the tune "Hawa Hawai" and the Anu Malik composition "Julie Julie," among many others. By the early '90s, the Laxmikant/Pyarelal juggernaut was finally beginning to run out of steam. Krishnamurthy, however, had achieved enough of a reputation that other filmmakers and musicians were eager to work with her.