Anitha Kuppusamy

Anitha Kuppusamy

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Anitha Kuppusamy Profile

  • Name:
  • Anitha Kuppusamy
  • Spouse:
  • Pushpavanam Kuppusamy

Anitha Kuppusamy Biography

Anitha Kuppusamy is a very popular Tamil folk singer. She is a Carnatic singer too. Anitha is the wife of Pushpavanam Kuppusamy is a Tamil folk singer, also known as a lyricist, writer and music composer of Tamil folk art. This renowned artist is credited for reviving the Naatupura Paatu - a Tamil folk art. In fact the duo has successfully collaborated for many of their folk works together and brought out several albums of authentic Tamil folk music. They have rendered their voices together for many folk duets for Tamil movies, and worked with legendary composers like Ilaiyaraaja. She also appears as a celebrity judge in reality shows, and has wrote some books on cookery.

 

Anitha Kuppusamy’s hometown is Bangalore. She was brought up at Mettupalayam, where she completed her education. Since young she was interested in music. She had to convince her parents to pursue a career in music field. She graduated in music and also took master’s in Carnatic music from University of Madras. She met her fellow student Pushpavanam Kuppusamy while studying at college and they started singing together for folk concerts. Their songs were well received by music lovers, and they got married as well.

 

Pushpavanam Kuppusamy - Anitha Kuppusamy couple had a very successful career in Tamil folk art, and they regularly appear together for their performances. Her husband is best known for reviving the folk traditional music, "Nattupura Pattu", and he taught her as well. Currently Anitha mainly focuses on "Nattupura Pattu". The power couple has performed around 3,000 concerts in India and overseas, and through their folk songs they deal with social issues too. Initially Anitha wanted to become a mainstream playback singer. But because of her frequent concerts, she is a seasonal playback singer. Yet her songs are included in Tamil films such as Karisakattu Poove, Arasiyal, Valli Vara Pora etc.

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Updated: February 20, 2019

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