Bindhumalini | |
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| Born | (1981-11-20)20 November 1981 (age 43) Madras,Tamil Nadu, India |
| Alma mater | National Institute of Design |
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| Spouse | Vasu Dixit |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Labels | Independent Artist |
Musical artist | |
Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy or simplyBindhumalini is an Indian singer, composer, and graphic designer. She has receivedNational Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2018)[1][2] andFilmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Kannada (2019) for her songs in the movieNathicharami.[3] She has composed and recorded songs for films and albums inTamil,Hindi, andKannada languages.
Bindumalini was born in Chennai in a musical family. Her mother N. Vishalakshi is a graded Akasvani Carnatic singer and grandmother Seetha Doraiswamy was a knownJal Tarang instrumentalist.[4] She holds a degree in Graphic design from theNational Institute of Design.[5]
Bindumalini married Vasu Dixit, a vocalist fromBangalore, who runs a folk-rock fusion music band calledSwarathma.[6]
Trained both in Carnatic and Hindustani music, Bindumalini was influenced by the poems of saintKabir and the songs ofKumar Gandharva.[6]
Bindumalini's album‛Suno Bhai’, a collection of Saint Kabir's poems, was a collaboration withVedanth Bharadwaj.[6]
Bindumalini scored music for the 2016 Tamil movieAruvi with Vedanth Bharadwaj.[7] In Kannada, she first collaborated withAnanya Kasaravalli and scored music for the movie‛Harikatha Prasanga’[4] which wonBest Film award at the 9th edition ofBangalore International Film Festival, 2017.[8] In 2018, Bindumalini composed music for the movieNathicharami which brought her a National award.[2] Incidentally, most of her movies were women-centric.
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In her movies as composer, most of the songs sung by Bindumalini herself.
| Year | Film | Singer | Composer(s) | Language(s) |
| 2016 | Aruvi |  Y | Y (in collaboration with Vedanth Bharadwaj) | Tamil |
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| 2017 | Harikatha Prasanga | Y | Y | Kannada |
| 2018 | Y | Y | Kannada | |
| 2023 | Y | Y | Kannada |
| Year | Film | Language | Song | Music director | Co-singer |
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| 2012 | Cyber Yugadol Nava Yuva Madhura Prema Kavyam | Kannada | "Olavemba Nadiyagi" | Vasu Dixit | Harishchandra |
| 2016 | Aruvi | Tamil | "Kukkoti Kunnati" | Bindhumalini, Vedanth Bharadhwaj | Praneeti, Vedant |
| "Asaidam Venkata Kavimayil" | |||||
| "Cement Kaadu" | |||||
| "Uccham Thodum" | Vasu Dixit | ||||
| "Merku Karaiyil" | Vedanth Bharadhwaj | ||||
| "Aruvi" (Theme) | |||||
| 2016 | Harikatha Prasanga | Kannada | Bindumalini | ||
| 2018 | Nathicharami | Kannada | "Vasundhare" | Bindhumalini | |
| "Yariva" | |||||
| "Bhavalokada Bhrameya" | Sanchari Vijay | ||||
| "Mayavi Manave" | |||||
| "Dehavu Nane" | |||||
| 2023 | Achar & Co. | "Pickle Song" | Emmjee, Deepika Kumar, Preethi Bharadwaj |