Anuradha Bhat
Anuradha Bhat is an Indian playback singer for the feature films. She sings predominantly in Kannada language films. Bhat has recorded 1500 songs in 15 different languages for various private music albums and films . Early life and background. Anuradha Bhat was born to Srikrishna Bhat and Gayathri Srikrishna Bhat in Mangalore, Karnataka. Anuradha has a younger sister, Anupama Bhat who is a television host (TV anchor) and actor. Anuradha Bhat received her primary education from Carmel school and later from premier institutes like Canara College and MSNM Besant PG Institute of Management Studies (both affiliated to Mangalore University ) and passed out her B.Sc. and MBA. She received training for Bharatanatyam. She also got trained for Carnatic classical vocal. Career. Anuradha Bhat was first spotted by Music Director Gurukiran who judged her singing at a District Level - Open to all - Singing Competition that was held in Mangalore. She then started performing in Gurukiran's Concerts in India and abroad. Anuradha, during her college days, was selected to sing alongside S. P. Balasubrahmanyam through "Yedhe Thumbi Haaduvenu - Anveshane", a talent show conducted by ETV Kannada. She was then called for an audition by the renowned Music Director Hamsalekha and was  selected to sing the re-recording (background score) bits for the movie Nenapirali. She did a lot of chorus & track singing for Hamsalekha where most of her songs got retained. Playback singing. Anuradha Bhat emerged as a full-fledged playback singer through her song "Vasantha Vasantha" for the movie Meera Madhava Raghava under the music direction of Hamsalekha. She then got to sing for all other music directors including V. Manohar, Sadhu Kokila, Rajesh Ramnath, Gurukiran, Mano Murthy, V. Harikrishna, Arjun Janya, Ilaiyaraja, M. M. Keeravani, Manisharma, S. Thaman among others. She is known for her songs including Marali Mareyagi  (Savaari), Jum Jum Maaya (Veera Madakari), Ellello oduva manase (Sidlingu), Srikrishna (Bhajarangi), O Baby (Ricky), Appa I love you paa (Chowka) and many more. So far, Bhat has lent her voice for over 1500 Kannada movies and a few songs in Tulu, Tamil and Telugu. Other projects and activities. Anuradha Bhat has worked in several non-film music projects like devotional, folk, bhavageethe, pop albums, remix songs, TV serials, Ad films/jingles, children’s songs & rhymes. ""Chinnu - Series of Kannada Animated Rhymes"" rendered by Anuradha Bhat is popular among the toddlers. Bhat also conceptualised, sang & featured in her first ever  video single ""Naa haaduve nimagaagiye"" - an ode to her native land Karnataka A compilation of few of her popular songs - “"Anuradha Bhat mashup"” is another video song that features her. ""Navilugari"" is yet another non-film song that she has rendered alongside Rajesh Krishnan. Live Performances / Concerts. Anuradha Bhat is also known for her concerts / Live performances. She has performed at various prestigious events like the Hampi Utsav, Mysore Dasara, Yuva Dasara, Mysore Winter Festival, Vishwa Kannada Sammelana and Bengaluru Ganesh Utsava (BGU) to name a few. She also performs in various other countries namely - United States of America (USA ), London (UK), Netherlands (Europe), Australia, Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain. Anuradha Bhat has 7 consecutive nominations (2013-2019) for Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Kannada out of which she has 2 wins (2015 & 2018). She also has 5 South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) nominations out of which she has 1 win. She has also been nominated by the Chandanavana Film Critics Academy (CFCA) 2 times. Here's the nominations list: