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Bindhumalini

Bindhumalini
Born (1981-11-20) 20 November 1981 (age 43)
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma materNational Institute of Design
Occupations
  • singer
  • composer
  • graphic designer
SpouseVasu Dixit
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
LabelsIndependent Artist

Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy or simply Bindhumalini is an Indian singer, composer, and graphic designer. She has received National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2018)[1][2] and Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Kannada (2019) for her songs in the movie Nathicharami.[3] She has composed and recorded songs for films and albums in Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada languages.

Personal life

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Bindumalini was born in Chennai in a musical family. Her mother N. Vishalakshi is a graded Akasvani Carnatic singer and grandmother Seetha Doraiswamy was a known Jal Tarang instrumentalist.[4] She holds a degree in Graphic design from the National Institute of Design.[5]

Bindumalini married Vasu Dixit, a vocalist from Bangalore, who runs a folk-rock fusion music band called Swarathma.[6]

Career

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Trained both in Carnatic and Hindustani music, Bindumalini was influenced by the poems of saint Kabir and the songs of Kumar Gandharva.[6]

Bindumalini's album ‛Suno Bhai’, a collection of Saint Kabir's poems, was a collaboration with Vedanth Bharadwaj.[6]

As composer

Bindumalini scored music for the 2016 Tamil movie Aruvi with Vedanth Bharadwaj.[7] In Kannada, she first collaborated with Ananya Kasaravalli and scored music for the movie ‛Harikatha Prasanga’[4] which won Best Film award at the 9th edition of Bangalore International Film Festival, 2017.[8] In 2018, Bindumalini composed music for the movie Nathicharami which brought her a National award.[2] Incidentally, most of her movies were women-centric.

Awards

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Filmography

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In her movies as composer, most of the songs sung by Bindumalini herself.

Year Film Singer Composer(s) Language(s)
2016 Aruvi Green tickY Green tickY (in collaboration with Vedanth Bharadwaj) Tamil
2017

Harikatha Prasanga

Green tickY Green tickY Kannada
2018

Nathicharami

Green tickY Green tickY Kannada
2023

Aachar & Co

Green tickY Green tickY Kannada

Discography

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Year Film Language Song Music director Co-singer
2012 Cyber Yugadol Nava Yuva Madhura Prema Kavyam Kannada "Olavemba Nadiyagi" Vasu Dixit Harishchandra
2016 Aruvi Tamil "Kukkoti Kunnati" Bindhumalini, Vedanth Bharadhwaj Praneeti, Vedant
"Asaidam Venkata Kavimayil"
"Cement Kaadu"
"Uccham Thodum" Vasu Dixit
"Merku Karaiyil" Vedanth Bharadhwaj
"Aruvi" (Theme)
2016 Harikatha Prasanga Kannada Bindumalini
2018 Nathicharami Kannada "Vasundhare" Bindhumalini
"Yariva"
"Bhavalokada Bhrameya" Sanchari Vijay
"Mayavi Manave"
"Dehavu Nane"
2023 Achar & Co. "Pickle Song" Emmjee, Deepika Kumar, Preethi Bharadwaj

References

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  1. ^ "National film awards-Kannada film Nathicharami dominates 2019 list". IndiaToday.in. Aug 9, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Sudevan, Praveen (2019-08-23). "Music composer Bindhu Malini on scoring for National award-winning 'Nathicharami'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  3. ^ a b "Bindhu Malini cheered on by mother as she picked her filmfare award". Times of India. Dec 23, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Yerasala, Ikyatha (2019-08-28). "Song sung true". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  5. ^ "Playback singer Bindhu Malini". nettv4u.com.
  6. ^ a b c "Confluence of Sound". Deccan Chronicle.
  7. ^ "Meet composers behind the film Aruvi". The NewsMinute.com. Dec 22, 2017.
  8. ^ "Harikatha Prasanga bags top honour at BIIF". Bangalore Mirror. Feb 10, 2017.
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