Bindhumalini
{{short description|Indian playback singer, composer, theatre activist}}
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| birth_place = Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
| alma_mater = National Institute of Design
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| spouse = Vasu Dixit
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Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy or simply Bindhumalini is an Indian singer, composer, and graphic designer. She has received National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2018){{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/national-film-awards-kannada-film-nathicharami-dominate-2019-list-1579192-2019-08-09|title=National film awards-Kannada film Nathicharami dominates 2019 list|website=IndiaToday.in|date=Aug 9, 2019}}{{Cite news|last=Sudevan|first=Praveen|date=2019-08-23|title=Music composer Bindhu Malini on scoring for National award-winning 'Nathicharami'|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/music-composer-bindhu-malini-on-scoring-for-national-award-winning-nathicharami/article29230699.ece|access-date=2020-10-24|issn=0971-751X}} and Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Kannada (2019) for her songs in the movie Nathicharami.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/bindhu-malini-cheered-on-by-mother-as-she-picked-her-filmfare-award/articleshow/72925750.cms|title=Bindhu Malini cheered on by mother as she picked her filmfare award|publisher=Times of India|date=Dec 23, 2019}} She has composed and recorded songs for films and albums in Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada languages.
Personal life
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.{{Cite web|last=Yerasala|first=Ikyatha|date=2019-08-28|title=Song sung true|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/280819/song-sung-true.html|access-date=2020-10-24|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}} She holds a degree in Graphic design from the National Institute of Design.{{Cite web|url=https://nettv4u.com/amp/celebrity/hindi/playback-singer/bindhu-malini|title=Playback singer Bindhu Malini|website=nettv4u.com}}
Bindumalini married Vasu Dixit, a vocalist from Bangalore, who runs a folk-rock fusion music band called Swarathma.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Confluence of Sound|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150804/entertainment-tvmusic/article/confluence-sound|access-date=|website=|publisher=Deccan Chronicle}}
Career
Trained both in Carnatic and Hindustani music, Bindumalini was influenced by the poems of saint Kabir and the songs of Kumar Gandharva.
Bindumalini's album ‛Suno Bhai’, a collection of Saint Kabir's poems, was a collaboration with Vedanth Bharadwaj.
;As composer
Bindumalini scored music for the 2016 Tamil movie Aruvi with Vedanth Bharadwaj.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sound-aruvi-meet-composers-behind-film-thats-got-everyone-raving-73563|title=Meet composers behind the film Aruvi| publisher=The NewsMinute.com|date=Dec 22, 2017}} In Kannada, she first collaborated with Ananya Kasaravalli and scored music for the movie ‛Harikatha Prasanga’ which won Best Film award at the 9th edition of Bangalore International Film Festival, 2017.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=Feb 10, 2017|title=Harikatha Prasanga bags top honour at BIIF|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/kannada-film-harikatha-prasanga-bags-top-honour-at-biffes/articleshow/57068463.cms|access-date=|website=|publisher=Bangalore Mirror}} In 2018, Bindumalini composed music for the movie Nathicharami which brought her a National award. Incidentally, most of her movies were women-centric.
Awards
- 2018 - National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - "Mayavi manave" - Nathicharami
- 2019 - Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Kannada - "Bhavalokada bhrameya" - Nathicharami
Filmography
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In her movies as composer, most of the songs sung by Bindumalini herself.
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| scope="col" style="width:5%;"| Year | scope="col" style="width:21%;"| Film | scope="col" style="width:23%;"|Singer | scope="col" style="width:20%;"|Composer(s) | scope="col" style="width:18%;"|Language(s) |
| rowspan="1"|2016
! scope="row" rowspan="1" | Aruvi | {{Y}} |rowspan="1"| {{Y}} (in collaboration with Vedanth Bharadwaj) |rowspan="1"|Tamil |
| rowspan="1"|2017
! scope="row" rowspan="1" | Harikatha Prasanga | {{Y}} |rowspan="1"|{{Y}} |rowspan="1"|Kannada |
| rowspan="1"|2018
! scope="row" rowspan="1" | | {{Y}} |rowspan="1"|{{Y}} |rowspan="1"|Kannada |
| rowspan="1"|2023
! scope="row" rowspan="1" | | {{Y}} |rowspan="1"|{{Y}} |rowspan="1"|Kannada |
= Discography =
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| Year | Film | Language | Song | Music director | Co-singer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Cyber Yugadol Nava Yuva Madhura Prema Kavyam | Kannada | "Olavemba Nadiyagi" | Vasu Dixit | Harishchandra |
| rowspan=6| 2016 | rowspan=6|Aruvi | rowspan=6| Tamil | "Kukkoti Kunnati" | rowspan=6| Bindhumalini, Vedanth Bharadhwaj | rowspan=| Praneeti, Vedant |
| "Asaidam Venkata Kavimayil"
| | |||||
| "Cement Kaadu"
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| "Uccham Thodum"
| Vasu Dixit | |||||
| "Merku Karaiyil"
| Vedanth Bharadhwaj | |||||
| "Aruvi" (Theme)
| | |||||
| 2016 | Harikatha Prasanga | Kannada | Bindumalini | ||
| rowspan=5| 2018 | rowspan=5| Nathicharami | rowspan=6| Kannada | "Vasundhare" | rowspan=6| Bindhumalini | rowspan=| |
| "Yariva"
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| "Bhavalokada Bhrameya" | |||||
| "Mayavi Manave"
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| "Dehavu Nane"
| | |||||
| 2023 | Achar & Co. | "Pickle Song" | Emmjee, Deepika Kumar, Preethi Bharadwaj |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|7314443}}
{{National Film Award Best Female Playback Singer}}
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Category:Kannada playback singers
Category:Kannada film score composers
Category:Tamil playback singers
Category:Best Female Playback Singer National Film Award winners