Kavita Krishnamurti

Sharada Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Kavita Krishnamurthy or Kavita Subramaniam, is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded numerous 50000 songs in 45 various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Telugu, Odia, Marathi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Nepali, Assamese, Konkani, Punjabi and other languages. She is the recipient of four Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Awards (winning consecutively during 1995–1997), and the Padmashri which she received in 2005. She was awarded a Doctorate (Honoris Causa) for her contributions to Indian music by Bangalore-based Jain University in 2015. In 1999, she married noted violinist L. Subramaniam and resides in Bengaluru.

In this Indian name, the name Krishnamurthy is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Kavita.

Kavita Krishnamurthy
Kavita Krishnamurthy in 2014
Background information
Birth nameSharada Krishnamurthy
Also known asKavita Subramaniam
Born25 January 1958 (Age 66 Years)
New Delhi, India
Genres
Occupation(s)Playback singer
Years active1971–present
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