Chaitra H. G

Chaitra H. G

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Chaitra H. G Profile

  • Name:
  • Chaitra H. G
  • Born:
  • June 18, 1984
  • Father:
  • H. S. Gopinath

Chaitra H. G Biography

Chaitra H. G is a successful playback singer who sings in all the four major south Indian languages. She predominantly sings in Kannada movies. In 2005 she won Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her song, "Huduga Huduga" from Amrithadhare. Same song also helped her to bag awards at Udaya Film Awards for best female playback, and also to establish herself as a leading young vocalist. Till now she has sung more than 600 songs belonging to different south Indian languages. She collaborated with Ricky Kej and Wouter Kellerman for the album, Winds of Samsara, which has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best New Age Album category.

 

She was born in Bangalore on 18 June 1984 into a musical family. Her father H. S. Gopinath is a tabla player and a renowned Hindustani classical vocalist. She started singing at the age of two when she used to watch TV and jingles. Whether it was Washing Powder Nirma ad or Vikram Betal TV series, she loved to sing with its tunes since young. She learnt Hindustani music for long 16 years. She learnt first from Dr Nagaraja Rao Havaldar, followed by Nandakumar Kurudi. Hariharan is her idol in playback singing.

 

Kogileye for Beda Krishna Ranganata composed by V Manohar marked her debut as a playback singer as a child artist at the age of 8. The singer says, someone promised her a candy and that’s how she recorded that song without nervousness. Once she accompanied her father for a song recording at a college, where she happened to hear western music on radio and got interested. In the year 2000 she started her career as a chorus singer and three years later she recorded her first song. Huccha composed by Rajesh Ramnath was her first break. "Huduga Huduga" from Amrithadhare was her real break.

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Updated: March 12, 2016

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