- Darshana KT
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Darshana Born 6 November Origin Chennai, India Genres Playback singing
JinglesOccupations Singer Years active 2007 - present Darshana is a playback singer for films in India. She has over 200 stage shows to her credit. She is currently residing in Bay Area SFO and shuttles between India and USA for her music projects.
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Early career
Darshana did her schooling in Kuwait, Gulf. She moved to Chennai to continue her education and did her graduate program in Journalism & Media in M.O.P. Vaishnav College, Chennai and Masters in Media Presentation/Production in Loyola College, Chennai. During this period she got the opportunity to work as an intern in “The Hindu” and later worked for Mrs. Gauthami Tadimalla as her assistant for a year.
Singing
She started singing from an early age of 5. She started of as a singer and got to perform as a child artist in Kuwait. Some of the shows worth mentioning are the Ilayaraja Night in 2002 where she shared the stage with the Maestro and did 2 shows with Playback Singer Mano in 1999. Once she moved back to Chennai in 2003, she recorded many Jingles for leading companies. Between 2004 and 2006 she gave backup vocals for many television sops like Annamalai & Selvi. She also sang in many albums brought out by Mr. Manikanth Kadrigopalnath, the son of saxophone maestro Kadri Gopalnath and sang in Veena Maestro Mr. Rajesh Vaidya’s fusion Albums.
Her passion for music was very strong and hence chose for Music to be her career. Her first major break was for the Movie “Shivaji – The Boss” for which the music was scored by Oscar Winner Mr. A.R.Rahman. She was also the part of A.R.Rahman Times Now show held in Chennai during 2008. She has successfully completed her course work in Western Vocals from Berklee School of Music, U. S. A and has completed Level 2 in Jazz Vocals from Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago. She is also pursuing Carnatic & Hindustani Music.
She is actively performing in and around Chicago and also performs with a Local Band in Chicago called “The Bootilicious Movement Coalition (BMC)”.
She has won Several Awards at different levels. She was nominated for the 55th Filmfare (South) awards for her debut song “Maduraikki Pogathadi” for the film Azhagiya Thamizh Magan. She has also won the “My Tamizh Movie.com” award in the year 2007 for the same song.
# Year Movie Music Director Song Role 1 2007 Shivaji – The Boss (Tamil & Hindi) A.R.Rahman Ballelakha Backup Vocals 2 2007 Shivaji – The Boss (Tamil & Hindi) A.R.Rahman Vaaji Vaaji Backup Vocals 3 2007 Guru (Telugu & Hindi) A.R.Rahman Mayya Mayya Backup Vocals 4 2007 Guru (Telugu & Hindi) A.R.Rahman Bazee Laga Backup Vocals 5 2007 Azhagiya Thamizh Magan (Tamil) A.R.Rahman Maduraikki Pogathadi Lead Vocals 6 2007 Azhagiya Thamizh Magan(Tamil) A.R.Rahman Valayapatti Backup Vocals 7 2007 Athidhi (Telugu) Mani Sharma Valla Valla Lead Vocals 8 2008 Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (Hindi) A.R.Rahman Pappu Can't Dance Saala Lead Vocals 9 2008 Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (Hindi) A.R.Rahman Nazrein Milana Lead Vocals 10 2008 Yuvvraaj (Hindi) A.R.Rahman Backup Vocals 11 2008 Sakkarakatti (Tamil) A.R.Rahman Chinamma Chilakamma Backup Vocals 12 2008 Sakkarakatti (Tamil) A.R.Rahman Maruthani Backup Vocals 13 2009 Blue (Hindi) A.R.Rahman Backup Vocals 14 2009 Vedigundu Murugesan (Tamil) Dhina Kaapi kottai Lead Vocals 15 2011 Ponnar Shankar (Tamil) Ilaiyaraaja Malar Villale Lead Vocals 16 2011 Udhayan (Tamil) Manikanth Kadri Lakka Lakka Lead Vocals 17 2011 Kanchana: Muni 2 (Tamil) Thaman Karuppu Perazhaga Lead Vocals Awards and nominations
Darshana was nominated for the 55th Filmfare award south for the song Maduraikku Pogatheydi.
"2007 My Tamizh Movie.com" award for the song Maduraikku Pogatheydi.
References
Categories:- Living people
- Indian female singers
- Indian film singers
- Indian singer stubs
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