Krishna Kalle

Krishna Kalle

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Krishna Kalle Profile

  • Name:
  • Krishna Kalle
  • Born:
  • December 18, 1940
  • Died:
  • March 15, 2015

Krishna Kalle Biography

Krishna Kalle was a playback singer associated with Bollywood in the classic era, who was most active in the era of 1960s. She also sang for Marathi films and her mother tongue, Kannada. She began singing for All India Radio at the age of 16. Hume Toh Maar Diya from Hum Kahan Ja Rahe Hain (Parody song), Pyar Ne Di Sada Tumko from Raaz, Phir Se Wahi Rangeen Sama from Shanker Khan are some of her popular Hindi songs. A less-known singer of Bollywood, she was honoured with Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement by Maharashtra government in 2014. He passed away the following year.

 

Krishna Kalle was born in Karwar, Uttara Kannada in Karnataka. She grew up in Kanpur, where her father was employed. She started singing for AIR at the age of 16. Since then she started singing for musical shows in Kanpur, where AIR was located. Her visit to Mumbai changed her life forever. She came to visit her relatives in the city when she was spotted by singer Arun Date who introduced her to music director Yashwant Deo. Deo was then working with AIR, Mumbai. He gave her the first break to playback singing through a Marathi song, Man pisaaT majhe. The song became a hit and Krishna had a successful beginning in playback singing.

 

Later she got opportunity from Hindi and Kannada film industries as well. She was mostly active in the 1960s and 1970s before she vanished from the scene. When Mangeshkar sisters were most sought in Hindi and Marathi film industries for female voices, she got only fewer opportunities from both these industries. Yet she sang around 200 Bollywood songs, 100 Marathi movie songs, 2 Kannada film songs, and more than a hundred devotional songs and ghazals. K. L. Saigal Memorial Award in 1958, National Youth Singing Award in 1957, All India Sugam Sangeet Award in 1958 (Winner), Golden Voice of India prize in 1965 are some of the major awards received by her.

Published: January 22, 2019

Updated: January 22, 2019

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