Entertainment News Desk – On hearing the name of Kavita Krishnamurthy, the first song that comes to our mind is ‘Hawa Hawai’. Kavita Krishnamurthy started singing at the age of 9, but the song that took her career to new heights was ‘Hawa Hawai’ from ‘Mr. India’.
This song filmed on Sridevi gained tremendous popularity. Kavita Krishnamurthy played a brilliant innings in the world of music. He sang many songs from Bollywood to South. You will be surprised to know that Kavita Krishnamurthy has sung 50 thousand songs in 45 different Indian languages, which also includes English songs. On the occasion of Kavita Krishnamurthy’s 67th birthday on 25th January, we are going to tell you such interesting things and facts about her, which you will be surprised to know. First of all let us tell you about his early life.
Childhood name Sharda, won gold medal at the age of 8
Kavitha Krishnamurthy was born in a Tamil family in New Delhi. His father TS Krishnamurthy worked in the Ministry of Education. Kavita’s childhood name was Sharda and she loved music since childhood. Seeing this love and melodious voice of Kavita Krishnamurthy, aunt Pratima Bhattacharya enrolled her in Rabindranath Sangeet. He started taking training in Hindustani classical music from classical singer Balram Puri. The magic of Kavita Krishnamurthy’s voice was palpable. In the sixties he participated in many inter-ministerial level classical music competitions and won many medals. At the age of eight, Kavita Krishnamurthy won a gold medal in a music competition.
First song sung with Lata Mangeshkar
When Kavita Krishnamurthy was studying in college, she got a chance to sing in a Bengali film. In the year 1971, he sang a song with Lata Mangeshkar in ‘Shriman Prithviraj’. Kavita Krishnamurthy wanted to work in the Indian Foreign Service, but at the age of 14 she came to Mumbai to try her luck in Bollywood. In 1976, Kavita Krishnamurthy sang in her first Hindi film ‘Kadambari’. This song was ‘Aayega Aanewala’ which was the Hindi remake of the same song sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Kavita Krishnamurthy left her mark in Bollywood with this song. He started getting a lot of offers for songs.
Won awards for 3 consecutive years, Padmashree Award
Kavita Krishnamurthy sang many songs with RD Burman, Amit Kumar, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu and Abhijeet Bhattacharya in her career. Kavita Krishnamurthy’s Jugalbandi with Sonu Nigam, Shaan and Babul Supriyo was also quite successful. Kavita Krishnamurthy was at the peak of stardom in the nineties. He was also in demand in the South Film Industry. Apart from Hindi, Kavita Krishnamurthy sang in 45 languages including Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Konkani, Nepali, Assamese and English. Kavita Krishnamurthy won 4 consecutive Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer from 1995 to 1997. In the year 2005 he was awarded Padmashree.
