Anuradha Paudwal is an Indian playback singer, known for her melodious and melodious tunes that resonate with the heart beats. He made his peak in the romantic genre and later strengthened the roots of his sound in the spiritual genre of music.
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Anuradha Paudwal was born as Alka Nadkarni on 27 October 1954 (age 66 years; as in 2018) in Karwar, Bombay State (now Karnataka), India. He did his graduation from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. He claims to have never had any musical training; Her mother sent her to a local music school where she learned valuable singing lessons. She also received training at various places but was unsuccessful in the process. She made Lata Mangeshkar her guru and started practicing for hours following Lata ji’s notes. Her zodiac/sun sign is Scorpio.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 5”
Eye colour: dark brown
Hair Color: Black
Family, Caste and Husband
Anuradha Paudwal with her family
He was born in a Konkani family in Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, India, but brought up in Mumbai. She belonged to a family where singing was considered taboo. His father was completely against his singing. However, his mother supported his talent and sent him to a local music school to learn singing. She is married to the late Arun Paudwal, who was a musician.
Anuradha Paudwal with her husband Arun Paudwal
They had a son named Aditya Paudwal, who died on 12 September 2020 at the age of 35.
Anuradha Paudwal with her son Aditya Paudwal
And they have a daughter named Kavita Paudwal, who is also a singer.
Anuradha Paudwal with her daughter Kavita Paudwal
They had another daughter who died just a month after birth.
livelihood
SD Burman offered him a song in the 1973 Hindi film ‘Abhiman’, which was a Shiva shloka.
In the same year, she made her film debut with ‘Yashoda’. In 1974, he released a record of the Marathi song “Bhav Geetan” which became very popular. He got his first success from the film Kalicharan (1976).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyogYP5PU-k
His first solo film was in Aap Beeti. He also sang for various composers like Rajesh Roshan, Jai-Dev, Kalyanji-Anandji and others. She is known for her songs in Bollywood films Hero (1983), Meri Jung (1985), Batwara (1989), Nagina (1986) and Ram Lakhan (1989). After reaching the peak of her career in Bollywood, she announced that she would sing only for T-Series. She then started her career as a devotional singer; Earned a lot of fame and popularity. She returned to sing for Bollywood again, but her comeback received only a small audience. He continued singing devotional songs and released several music albums, which have become his speciality. He has also sung songs in other languages which include Kannada, Marwari, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Punjabi and many more.
controversies
- She once challenged legendary playback singer Lata Mangeshkar and claimed to record the most number of songs in a single day. She also challenged the monopoly of the Mangeshkar sisters in the film industry.
- She dubbed Alka Yagnik’s songs and later dubbed Lata Mangeshkar’s songs and claimed that her voice suited the film’s actress better.
- In January 2020, a 45-year-old woman named Karmala Modex from Kerala claimed that she was the daughter of Anuradha Paudwal. She told media persons that the singer had left her with her foster parents Ponnachan and Agnes; Soon after his birth in 1974. Karmala also revealed that she had filed a petition before the district family court in Thiruvananthapuram to establish the fact that she is Paudwal’s legal daughter.
Awards and honors
- Maharashtra Gaurav Award By Maharashtra Government in the year 2018
- Cultural Ambassador of Bhakti Sangeet in the year 2018 by UNO
- Padmashree in the year 2017 by the Government of India
Anuradha Paudwal receiving Padma Shri
- D Litt. Awards in the year 2016
- Mohammed Rafi Award by the Government of Maharashtra in the year 2013
- Mother Teresa Award in the year 2011
- Lata Mangeshkar Award by Madhya Pradesh Government in the year 2010
- Mahakal Award by Madhya Pradesh Government in the year 2004
national award
- Best Playback Singer (Female) for Marathi song “Hey Ek Reshmi” in the year 1989
filmfare awards
- Best Female Playback Singer for the song “Mere Man Bajo Mridang” from the film “Utsav” in the year 1986
- Best Female Playback Singer for the song “Nazar Ke Samne” from the film “Nazar Ke Samne” in the year 1991
- Best Female Playback Singer for the song “Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahi” from the film “Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahi” in the year 1992
- Best Female Playback Singer for the song “Dhak Dhak Karne Laga” from the film “Beta” in the year 1993
Favourite Things
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- She says that her interest in music started when she heard a song by Lata Mangeshkar.
- Her career with T-Series earned her the nickname “T-Series Queen”.
Anuradha Paudwal’s T-Series Album Aarti
- According to Anuradha Paudwal, in her childhood she often dreamed of seeing Lata Mangeshkar singing live.
- He once told that originally his voice was hoarse.
- She once suffered from an attack of pneumonia so severe that she almost completely lost her voice. After being bedridden for over a month, he found solace in the voice of Lata Mangeshkar.
- On the hospital bed, she used to listen to “Bhagwat Geeta” in Lata Mangeshkar’s voice which was gifted to her by one of her uncles. After recovery, his voice had completely changed. Later, he worked on toning his voice.
- She considered Lata ji as her guru and gave her all the credit for her success. He said that he was trained by many gurus, but Lata ji was his inspiration. “It’s like an institution,” she says.
Anuradha Paudwal considers Lata Mangeshkar as her guru.
- He participated in many events of his school and college and won many awards. First of all he won for Lata ji’s Meera Bhajan.
- He was even rejected at one such school festival, where the comment was made, “Voice unfit for smooth music.”
- She fell in love with Arun Paudwal when she was a teenager. Due to Arun’s association with the music industry, his father did not initially approve of their marriage, as show business was considered taboo.
- At the age of 17, she was married to Arun Paudwal, who was 10 years older than her.
- Arun Paudwal always encouraged him to sing. He was his close mentor and critic.
- She says that it was difficult for her to enter the industry even through connections. He was told that there was no room for devotional songs in the market. This inspired him to create his first Marathi devotional album.
- Once Arun got him a recording of Lataji. He listened to it very attentively and after that, sang the songs from the same recording in “Yuva Vani”, a very popular Gujarati program which was heard by many people. Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Hridaynath Mangeshkar and many top musicians began a quest to find the man behind the sound. It took them a while to figure out that it was Alka Nadkarni (Anuradha Paudwal’s maiden name). Ultimately, it was SD Burman who gave Anuradha her first break.
- When Abhimana released, around 25 to 30 members of Anuradha’s family went to the Plaza Theater to see Anuradha’s name in the credits.
- She won her first major film award for the song “Mera Mann Baje Mridang…”, however, she was expecting the award for the song “Tu Mera Jaanu Hai” from the film Hero.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DgzEe62c6Q
- “Tu Mera Jaanu Hai” from the film Hero was earlier assigned to Lata Mangeshkar. However, when Anuradha went to the studio to dub the song, the composers liked it so much that they kept her version of the track in the film.
- Anuradha Paudwal was the signature singer in most of Subhash Ghai’s films. The Gayatri Mantra sung by him is still a part of the Mukta Kala symbol.
- She has also sung the song “Gumsum Si Khoi Khoi” from the film Badalte Rishtey (1978) with legendary singer Kishore Kumar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTBNI_JY9kc
- In the 1990s, she became the voice of Madhuri Dixit. The song “Bahut Pyaar Karte Hain Tumko Sanam” struggled to remain in the charts for a long time.
- She had a very good bonding with T-Series king Gulshan Kumar. When he was shot dead in August 1997, his perspective on success changed. She says,
Today, when I get a hit, it feels good, but that’s it. ,
Anuradha Paudwal with Gulshan Kumar in the studio
- After her husband’s death, Anuradha’s son, Aditya, also entered the world of music and became one of the youngest composers in the Indian film industry. His daughter Kavita is also a playback singer.
- She runs the “Suryoday” Foundation in the memory of her late husband Arun.
- Along with Gulshan Kumar, he was instrumental in bringing forward many unknown playback singers including Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Kumar Sanu and Abhijeet.
- When she started her journey as a singer, people predicted that she would replace Lata Mangeshkar. Even veteran musician OP Nayyar had commented that Lata had finished and Anuradha had finished her. But he cleared it all by saying that he never wanted for the moon, he is satisfied with what his audience and the music industry has given him. He always felt that it was better to retire from the summit, “Vrana log darwaja dikha deta hain (Otherwise you are shown the doors)”
- She has deep faith in Baba Mahakal (Mahakaleshwar Temple, Ujjain) and often visits the temple.
- She has a desire to record poetry and wants to record the compositions of Shankaracharya.
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