Geetha Madhuri
| Geetha Madhuri Sonti | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Geetha Madhuri Sonti |
| Origin | Palakol (Andhra Pradesh), India |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer,dubbing artist |
| Website | Geetha Madhuri |
Geetha Madhuri Sonti is an Indian playback singer and dubbing artist who works primarily in Tollywood.[1] She became famous with the song "ninne ninne" from the movie Nachavule for which she won Nandi Award as the best female playback singer. She also won two Filmfare awards. She holds the record of winning highest number of Filmfare awards for Telugu as best female playback singer. She has sung in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. She has recorded more than 550 songs for various films and albums. She has participated in an MAA TV show called Super Singer. In film industry Geetha called as Shreya Ghosal of South. She has worked under the supervision of music directors like Ilayaraja, Koti, M.M. Keeravani, , Raj, Vandematharam Srinivas, Mani Sharma, Ramana Gogula, S.A. Raj Kumar, Sandeep Choutha, Micky-J-Mayer, Devisri Prasad, R.P. Patnaik, Chakri, Nihal, Kalyani Malik, Anup, Sunil Kashyap, Saluri Vasu Rao, Vasanth, Ravi Sankar, Saketha Sairam,Sai karthik, Shekhar Chandra,Jessigift, S.S. Thaman etc.,
Early life
Geetha was born to Prabhakar and Lakshmi. Her father Prabhakar is an SBH official and Madhuri is their only daughter. They moved from Godavari region to Hyderabad when she was very young. She completed her schooling from Loyola, Vanasthalipuram, Hyderabad. Since childhood, she kept practicing singing. Her parents arranged training in classical and light music, initially under Smt. Kocharlakota Padmavati Garu, then under Ramachari Garu in little musicians academy. She was the semi finalist in SYE singers challenge(Musical show) which was conducted by the ETV Telugu channel.
Geetha made her debut as playback singer with Kulasekhar's film Premalekha Rasa.[2]
Personal life
Geetha married actor Ananda Krishna Nandu on 9 February 2014 at Nagole. Nandu, who grew to fame as Ajith in 100% Love (2011 film), shared screen space with Madhuri in a short film 'Adithi'.[3][4]
TV Shows
- She performed in Concert of ilayaraja First time in USA.
- She sang in ETV Swarabhisekham and sung with great legendry Singers S.P Balu , Mano , M.M keeravani Etc...
- She had given programmes abroad, at Singapore, Dubai, London and USA.
- Currently, she is singing for an ETV's musical show called Swarabhishekam. It is telecasted between 6-9 PM on Sundays.
- She given programmes with Koti, M. M. Keeravani, Vandemataram Srinivas, Anup Rubens, Devi sri prasad and many more music directors
- She has participated in MAA TV Super Singer 7 singing reality show.
Awards and nomination
- Won Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Telugu - 2015 for "Jeevanadhi" from Baahubali: The Beginning
- Nominated as Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Telugu – 2008 for "Ninne Ninne" from Nachavule.[5]
- Won Nandi Award for Best Female Playback Singer – 2008 for "Ninne Ninne" from the film Nachavule.[6]
- Won Maa Award Female Playback Singer – 2008 for "Chamka Chamka" from the film Chirutha.
- Won Santhosham Award for the year 2009 as best playback singer for the song Nachavule.[7]
- Won Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Telugu – 2010 for "magallu vatti maayagallu" from Golimaar.[8]
- Won South Scope Best Female playback singer for Gundello Guitar Ek Niranjan.[9]
- Won SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer for "Melikalu" from Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu (2012)
- Won Gamma Award for Best Female Playback Singer "darlinge" from mirchi(2014)
- Nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Telugu for "Vechani vaisundira" from Gundello Godari(2014)
- Nominated for SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer for "Top lechipoddi" from iddarammailtho(2014)
- Nominated for IIFA Award for best female playback Singer for Telugu for"Jeeva Nadhi" from Baauhubali-The Beginning
- Won Best Playback Singer Female Award in IIFA Utsavam 2016 - Tamil for "Jeeva Nadhi" from Baahubali-The Beginning [10]
- Won Best Playback singer Female Award in Big FM for Darling song From Mirchi
Other Awards
- Swara Saraswathi Award
References
- ↑ "Interview with Geeta Madhuri". idlebrain. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ↑ Geeta Madhuri interview – Telugu Cinema interview – Telugu film playback singer. Idlebrain.com. Retrieved on 5 January 2014.
- ↑ Singer Geetha Madhuri to marry Nandu – Times Of India. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (16 May 2013). Retrieved on 5 January 2014.
- ↑ Aditi Short Film ( Geetha Madhuri & Nandu Maddy ) on YouTube (28 September 2013). Retrieved on 5 January 2014.
- ↑ "56th Idea Filmfare Awards Nominations". Reachouthyderabad.com. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ↑ "Nandi awards 2008 announced – Telugu cinema news". Idlebrain.com. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ↑ "Santosham film awards 2009 – Telugu cinema function". Idlebrain.com. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ↑ Template:Date=August 2015
- ↑ "South Scope Awards Function". Supergoodmovies.com. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ↑ "IndiaGlitz - 'Baahubali' and 'Thani Oruvan' dominate IIFA Awards 2016 - Tamil Movie News". www.indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
External links
- Geetha Madhuri. IMDb.com