M L Vasanthakumari

M L Vasanthakumari

M L Vasanthakumari (1928-1990) is a Kannada Singer known for the movies Sri Purandara Dasaru(1967), Bhookailasa(1958), Bedara Kannappa(1954)

NameM L Vasanthakumari (மெட்ராஸ் லலிதாங்கி வசந்தகுமாரி)
TitlesMLV
Other NamesMadras Lalitangi Vasanthakumari
Date Of Birth3 July 1928
Age(Age at Death: 62 years 3 months 27 days)
Place Of BirthChennai, Tamil Nadu
Date Of Death30 October 1990
Place Of DeathChennai, Tamil Nadu
TeacherG. N. Balasubramaniam
DaughterSrividya
StudentsSudha Raghunathan , A. Kanyakumari , Charumathi Ramachandran , Meena Subramanian
FatherKuthanur Ayya Swamy Iyer(music teacher)
MotherLalithangi(musician)
HusbandKalaimamani Vikatam R.Krishnamurthy(m. 1951)
SonK.Shankarraman
Biography
A Famous South Indian singer famous for her voice in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada movies.

a Carnatic musician and playback singer for film songs in many Indian languages. MLV and her contemporaries D. K. Pattammal and M. S. Subbulakshmi were popularly referred to as the "female trinity of Carnatic Music.

Interesting Facts and Trivia

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  1. In 1976, MLV was honoured with a doctorate degree from Mysore University for her work with regards to Purandaradasa's contributions to music

M L Vasanthakumari: Filmography (4)

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1975 Hamsageethe[Playback Singer]
1967 Sri Purandara Dasaru[Playback Singer]
1958 Bhookailasa[Playback Singer]
1954 Bedara Kannappa[Playback Singer]