Pragathi Guruprasad

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Pragathi Guruprasad

| image = ILLam thulir 2017 Live In Concert In Australia,Melbourne (PIC) singerpragathi (AN)(sivappiriyan).jpg

| birth_name = Pragathi Guruprasath

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|09|14}}

| birth_place =Queenstown, Singapore

| alias = Pragathi

| origin = Fremont, California, US

| instrument = Vocalist

| genre = Carnatic and Western music

| occupation = Playback singer

| years_active = 2012–present

| website = {{URL|singerpragathi.com}}

}}

Pragathy Guruprasad is a Singaporean-American playback singer who has worked in Indian Tamil-language films. Brought up in Fremont, California, she finished as a runner-up in the Airtel Super Singer Junior 3 show, which aired from October 17, 2011 to October 26, 2012.

Personal life

Pragathi Guruprasad was born to Guruprasad and Kanaka on 14 September 1997 in an Indian Singaporean family, and she has an elder sister, Saiprithvi. In Singapore, her father taught Carnatic lessons, and since at the age of five, Pragathi had also begun training in carnatic music. Her family subsequently relocated to Fremont, California where she continued learning Carnatic and Hindustani music from both her father at first and then from a teacher, Sangeetha Swaminathan, a disciple of Sudha Raghunathan.

Career

In July 2014, she signed on to make her acting debut by portraying a supporting role in Bala's Tharai Thappattai (2016), but later opted out owing to her college commitments.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/pragathis-role-will-add-weight-to-the-film-bala/article6209021.ece|title = Pragathi's role will add weight to the film: Bala|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 14 July 2014}} In September 2016, Bala later announced that she would portray the lead role in his next project starring actor Yuvan. However the film was eventually shelved before production began.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/yuvan-pragathi-guru-in-bala-next-new-movie-tamil-news-166844.html|title = Bala finalizes his next hero and heroine|date = 8 September 2016}}

In 2020, she made an appearance in a small role in the American comedy drama Never Have I Ever.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/after-never-have-i-ever-pragathi-guruprasad-has-hollywood-firmly-on-her-mind/article31463236.ece|title = After 'Never Have I Ever', Pragathi Guruprasad has Hollywood firmly on her mind|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 29 April 2020|last1 = Sunder|first1 = Gautam}}

Pragathi sang the popular Tamil Sangam poetry 'Yayum Ngayum' for the album Sandham: Symphony Meets Classical Tamil by Composer Rajan Somasundaram, which in July 2020, was featured in Amazon's Top#10 International Music albums.

Discography

width=5%\| Year ! style="width:25%;"\| Song ! style="width:25%;"\| Film/Album ! style="width:25%;"\| Music Director ! style="width:25%;"\| Language ! style="width:5% ;"\| Ref
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style="text-align:center;" \| rowspan="4"\| 2012	Kalakku	Panithuli	Agnel Roman, Faizan Hussain	Tamil \| style="text-align:center;" \|
style="text-align:center;" \| Sengaade \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| Paradesi \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| G. V. Prakash Kumar \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| Tamil \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/audio-beat-paradesi/article4178338.ece\|title=Audio Beat: Paradesi\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2012-12-26\|date=2011-12-08}}
style="text-align:center;" \| Or Mirugam \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Paradesi-track-list-goes-live-ahead-of-launch/articleshow/17114866.cms\|title=Paradesi track list goes live ahead of launch\|publisher=Times of India\|access-date=2012-12-26\|date=2011-11-06}}
style="text-align:center;"	Naan Naana	Life	Sri Vijay	Tamil \| style="text-align:center;" \|
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" \| 2013 \| style="text-align:center;" \| Tamarai Kanna \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| Jaya Jagannath \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| Jayakumar \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| Tamil \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite web\|url=http://www.saavn.com/s/album/tamil/Jaya+Jagannath-2013/oIB3zfrKIYw_ \|title=Listen to full songs - latest Hindi release - Jaya Jagannath songs- 2013 - Jaya Jagannath 3gp songs \|publisher=Saavn.com \|access-date=2013-10-01}}
style="text-align:center;"	Hari Hareye Namah
style="text-align:center;"	Pada Pada Pattampoochi	Pattampoochi Single	Kowtham Mohanarajan	Tamil
style="text-align:center;"	Osaka Osaka	Vanakkam Chennai	Anirudh Ravichander	Tamil \| style="text-align:center;" \|
style="text-align:center;"	Aasai	Vaanavil- The Quest	Vernon G Segaram	Tamil \| style="text-align:center;" \|
style="text-align:center;" \| Yaedho \| style="text-align:center;" \| Yeadho - Single \| style="text-align:center;" \| Swamy Kitcha \| style="text-align:center;" \| Tamil \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite web\|url=https://soundcloud.com/prohomestudio/yaedho-ft-pragathi-guruprasad \|title=Yaedho - ft. Pragathi Guruprasad, Swamy Kitcha by Swamy Kitcha on SoundCloud - Hear the world's sounds \|publisher=Soundcloud.com \|access-date=2013-10-01}}
style="text-align:center;"	2015	Thean Kudika	Maze In Idhayam	Steve Cliff	Tamil
style="text-align:center;" \| rowspan="2"\| 2016	Paravai Parandhuchu	Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum	Santhosh Narayanan	Tamil \| style="text-align:center;" \|
style="text-align:center;" \| Kadavulae Vidai \| style="text-align:center;" \| Rum \| style="text-align:center;" \| Anirudh Ravichander \| style="text-align:center;" \| Tamil \| style="text-align:center;" \|
style="text-align:center;" \| rowspan="3"\| 2017	Uyire Oru Kadhal	Uyire Oru Kadhal	Chris G	Tamil
style="text-align:center;" \| Usuraiya Tholaichaen \| style="text-align:center;" \| Usuraiya Tholaichaen - Single \| style="text-align:center;" \| Stephen Zechariah \| style="text-align:center;" \| Tamil \|{{Citation\|last=360 Degrees Entertainment\|title=Usuraiya Tholaichaen - Stephen Zechariah {{!}} Pragathi Guruprasad {{!}} Suriavelan {{!}} Rupini Anbalagan\|date=2017-05-11\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auCAzRGAJbM\|access-date=2017-05-14}}
style="text-align:center;"\|Laali Laali \| style="text-align:center;"\|Theeran Adhigaram Ondru \| style="text-align:center;"\|Ghibran \| style="text-align:center;"\|Tamil \|
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \|2018 \| style="text-align:center;"\|Bittersweet \| style="text-align:center;"\|Cherie \| style="text-align:center;"\|Kevin Anthony \| style="text-align:center;"\|English \|
style="text-align:center;"\|Piriyame Piriyame \| style="text-align:center;"\|Ratsasan \| style="text-align:center;"\|Ghibran \| style="text-align:center;"\|Tamil \|
style="text-align:center;" \| rowspan="4"\|2019	Gokka Makka	Titanic Kadhalum Kavundhu Pogum	Nivas K. Prasanna	Tamil \|
style="text-align:center;"	Sevvandhi Poove	Kanne Kalaimaane	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Tamil \|
style="text-align:center;"\|Yayum Nyayum \| style="text-align:center;"\|Sandham- Symphony Meets Classical Tamil \| style="text-align:center;"\|Rajan Somasundaram \| style="text-align:center;"\|Tamil \|
style="text-align:center;"\|Poraali Penne \| style="text-align:center;"\|Madras Gig \| style="text-align:center;"\|Keba Jeremiah \| style="text-align:center;"\|Tamil
rowspan=2\| 2025 \|style="text-align:center;"\|Adada \|style="text-align:center;"\|Adada - Single \| style="text-align:center;"\|Pragathi Guruprasad \| style="text-align:center;"\|Tamil \|
style="text-align:center;" \|Kathiri Veliyil \|Sumo \|Nivas K. Prasanna \|Tamil