Shubha Mudgal

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Shubha Mudgal
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Shubha Mudgal Performing at Bharat Bhavan Bhopal
Background information
Birth nameShubha Gupta
Born1959 (age 64–65)
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
GenresPop, folk, Indian classical, playback singing
OccupationSinger
Years active1986-2006
Website www.shubhamudgal.com

Shubha Mudgal (born 1959) is an Indian singer, and composer, known for her works in Hindustani classical music, Indian pop, and Tamil cinema. [1] [2] [3] Her repertoire includes the genres of khyal, thumri, dadra. [4] She has received the Padma Shri in 2000. [5]

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Early life

Shubha was born in Allahabad into an academic family. [6] [7] [8] Her parents, Skand Gupta and Jaya Gupta, were both professors of English literature at Allahabad University, and both of them had a deep interest in Hindustani classical music and kathak. [9] [10] Shubha's paternal grandfather, P. C. Gupta, had also been a professor at Allahabad University. [11]

Education and musical training

Shubha grew up in Allahabad and after finishing school, attended St. Mary's Convent Inter College. As children, she and her sister were sent by their artistic-minded parents to a dance class to learn kathak. [7] However, her interest in dance was never great and the fact that she attended a non-descript dance-class in the neighbourhood did not conduce to high levels of accomplishment. She once replied to a dance examiner's routine query of "Aap kis gharaane ki Kathak naachti hain? (what is the style/school of Kathak to which you belong?)" with the retort, "Hum apne gharaane ki Kathak naachte hain (I dance my own style of Kathak)". [7] She later switched to Hindustani classical music as her vocation of choice while maintaining the same individualistic attitude. Her first traditional teacher (guru) was Ramashreya Jha in Allahabad.

Shubha Mudgal Reforming at Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal in July 2015 Shubha Mudgal at Bhopal.JPG
Shubha Mudgal Reforming at Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal in July 2015

After completing inter-college, Shubha moved to New Delhi and enrolled at Delhi University for her undergraduate studies. In Delhi, she continued her musical education under Vinay Chandra Maudgalya, who was the founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a school of fine arts located in Maudgalya's residence in Connaught Place. [12] Apart from being an outstanding classical musician, Maudgalya was also an accomplished lyricist who wrote the song "Hind Desh ke Niwasi", used in the animation film Ek Anek Aur Ekta by Vijaya Mulay. [13]

After graduating from Delhi University, Shubha continued her training under Vasant Thakar in Delhi, and more informally with other established singers as Jitendra Abhisheki, Naina Devi and Kumar Gandharva. [14]

Performing career

Shubha Mudgal performing in 2007 Shubha Mudgal.JPG
Shubha Mudgal performing in 2007

Shubha Mudgal started performing as a Hindustani classical singer in the 1980s, and gained a certain reputation as a talented singer. In the 1990s, she started experimenting with other forms of music, including pop and fusion varieties. She says, "I believe in music. Khayal and Thumri are my favourites, but that does not mean that I should not experiment with other forms. Why should I curtail my musical urges? ..... I want to allow the artist in me to come through. If you are a musician, how can you say, 'this one is from devotional poetry, so I am not going to sing it." [5] ' In addition to her recordings and concerts, she briefly ran a website called raagsangeet.com aimed at lovers of Indian classical.[ citation needed ]

Mudgal sang the title track of Star Plus's serial Diya Aur Baati Hum along with Kailash Kher. She also sang on the soundtrack of the film Mystic India .[ citation needed ]

In 2019, she also turned into a fictional writer with her debut book titled 'Looking for Miss Sargam: Stories of Music and Misadventure'. [15]

Personal life

Shortly after graduating from Delhi University, she married Mukul Mudgal, son of her guru Vinay Chandra Maudgalya in 1982. Her husband, who was also an accomplished musician, chose not to pursue music as a profession, but instead became a lawyer and jurist. The marriage did not last. The Mudgals had one son together, namely Dhaval Mudgal, who is a lead singer in the Delhi-based band Half Step Down. [12] [16]

Shubha Mudgal later married tabla maestro, Aneesh Pradhan. [17]

Awards

43rd National Film Awards
Civilian honors
Other honors

Discography

Albums
Tamil songs

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