M. D. Pallavi
M. D. Pallavi, also known by her married name Pallavi Arun, is a singer from Karnataka, India. She is a Kannada Sugama Sangeetha Singer, (Playback singer), actor and TV anchor. She is married to Arun, a musician and music director. She is a recipient of the 2018 Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuwa Puraskar awarded by Sangeet Nataka Akademi. She won the Karnataka State Film Awards for Best Playback Singer in 2006 and 2007 for her song "Nodayya Kwate Lingave" sung in the 2007 film "Duniya". Personal life. Pallavi comes from a family of artists. Her great grandfather, A.N.  Subbarao, was a painter and started the Kalamandir School of Fine Arts in Bangalore,first fine arts school in India. her grandfother was A S Murthy he was known as Radio Eranna Music. M. D. Pallavi started training in Hindustani classical music, and has a degree in Hindustani Music from University of Benares. She received her training in Sugama Sengeetha from Mysore Ananthaswamy. Pallavi has received Hindustani Vocal training in Bangalore under Ram Rao Naik and Rajbhau Sontakke, a doyen of the Gwalior Gharana. Acting. Theatre. Pallavi has been actively involved in the theater since her early years. She worked  in the production of street plays and acted in stage plays, including Hamlet, Maanishaadha, Fire and Rain, Balidaana, My Fair Lady and Gaajina Gombegalu, Muktidham, Vakra, and Good Woman of Schezuan. She has been a faculty member for several theater workshops. Behind the curtain she worked on productions for her grandfather, A. S. Murthy. Television and film. Pallavi made her debut in television with the television show "Mayamruga." She has also acted in the popular Kannada television show "Garva". She won the Aryabhatta "Best Actress" award. She was also a member of cast in the Indian English language film "Stumble , released in 2003. This film won the National Award in the Best English Film category for the year 2002. She also acted with Umashree in National Award winning Kannada movie Gulabi Talkies". Dubbing Artist. Pallavi worked behind the screen as dubbing artist also. Her notable movies includes "Edegarike, Aa Dinagalu, Aishwarya, Meera Madhadava Raghava". She constantly worked as dubbing artist for Kannada actress Daisy Bopanna in movies including "Aishwarya", "Satyavan Savitri", "Rama Shama Bhama", "Bimba" and others.