Geetha Madhuri
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Geetha Madhuri is a South Indian playback singer
.She has recorded several songs in Telugu
.
, it was the song Chamka Chamka from Chiruta
which got her recognition. She was suffering from a bad cold and sore throat during the recording of Chamka Chamka but it turned out to be the best song of her career. Another super hit song from her is "Parvaledhu" from Manasara.
Playback singer
A playback singer is a singer whose singing is prerecorded for use in movies. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras, while the actual singer does not appear on screen.-South Asia:...
.She has recorded several songs in Telugu
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
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Early life
She was born on August 24, 1989 to Prabhakar Sastry and Lakshmi. She is the only daughter of her parents who are from Godavari districts and moved to Hyderabad when Geetha was very young. Her father Prabhakar Sastry works for the State Bank of Hyderabad. She initially trained under Smt. Kochharlakota Padmavati and Kiran Bedwa. She learnt light music from Ramachari. She was the finalist in S.P. Balu’s Padutha Theeyaga on ETV. Her first song was bakka sikkina (folk song). Her favoutite singers are Shreya Ghoshal (Bollywood) and Sunitha (Tollywood).Career
Geetha Madhuri's first recording was for Kulasekhar's film Premalekha Rasa, unfortunately the film has not been released. Although she sang for few movies before ChirutaChiruta
Chirutha is a 2007 Telugu film produced by Ashwini Dutt and directed by Puri Jagannadh. The film marks the debut of Ram Charan Teja, son of the popular Telugu actor Chiranjeevi, in the lead role. Delhi-based model Neha Sharma plays the female lead. The film also features a soundtrack by Mani Sharma...
, it was the song Chamka Chamka from Chiruta
Chiruta
Chirutha is a 2007 Telugu film produced by Ashwini Dutt and directed by Puri Jagannadh. The film marks the debut of Ram Charan Teja, son of the popular Telugu actor Chiranjeevi, in the lead role. Delhi-based model Neha Sharma plays the female lead. The film also features a soundtrack by Mani Sharma...
which got her recognition. She was suffering from a bad cold and sore throat during the recording of Chamka Chamka but it turned out to be the best song of her career. Another super hit song from her is "Parvaledhu" from Manasara.
Awards & Nomination
- She won FilmFare Best Female Playback Singer Award for the song Magaallu Otti Maayagaalle from the movie Golimar in 2011.
- She was Nominated as Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer - 2008 for Ninne Ninne from Nachavvule.
- Nandi Award for Best Female Playback SingerNandi Award for Best Female Playback SingerThe Nandi Award for Best Female Playback Singer winners:...
- 2008 for Ninne Ninne from the film Nachavule. - She won MaaCineMAA AwardsThe CineMAA Awards are the Telugu Cinema Awards Ceremony of Maa TV in Hyderabad, India. The award was first introduced in 2003. The winners are announced in March. The Awards often change their sponsors, initially starting with Lux.-Best Film:...
Award Female Playback Singer - 2008 for Chamka chamka from the film Chirutha. - She won Santhosham AwardSantosham Film AwardsSantosham Film Awards is are one of the most popular awards given for Telugu films.-Background:The awards first began in 2003 by the annual Santosham film magazine which was started in 2002)...
for the year 2009 as best playback singer for the song nachavule. - Winner, 2010 South ScopeSouth ScopeSouthscope is an Indian based, monthly, English-language film magazine Which focuses on who-what-where-when-why-why not-how of South Indian films,film personalities and the Industry. It is being promoted by Geeta Arts and owned by Allu Sirish, son of Allu Aravind and younger brother of Allu Arjun...
Best Female playback singer for Gundello Guitar Ek NiranjanEk NiranjanEk Niranjan is a 2009 Telugu film starring Prabhas and Kangana Ranaut in lead roles. The film is directed by Puri Jagannadh and Produced by Aditya Ram. The film has been shot on a specially erected set in Hyderabad and shot in Bangkok and the songs have been shot in Switzerland...
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