Bindhumalini | |
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Born | Madras, Tamil Nadu, India | 20 November 1981
Alma mater | National Institute of Design |
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Spouse(s) | Vasu Dixit |
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Instruments | Vocals |
Labels | Independent Artist |
Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy or simply Bindhu Malini 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.
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]
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]
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.
In her movies as composer, most of the songs sung by Bindumalini herself.
Year | Film | Singer | Composer(s) | Language(s) |
2016 | Aruvi | (in collaboration with Vedanth Bharadwaj) | Tamil | |
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2017 | Harikatha Prasanga | Kannada | ||
2018 | Kannada | |||
Year | Film | Language | Song | Music director | Co-singer |
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2012 | Cyber Yugadol Navayuva Madhura Premakavyam | 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" | |||||
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