vasundharadas singer
Fact file about Vasundhara Das:
Name Vasundhara Das
Alternative Names Vasundhra Das / Vasundara Das
Nick Name Shakalaka baby
Date of Birth May 30, 1905
Birth Place Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Nationality Indian
Height 5′6″
Eye colour Grey eyes
Hair colour Brown
Father CEO of a MNC, Bangalore
Mother Nirmala Das, Scientist
Music Teacher Pandit Parameshwara Hegde, Keherwana Gharana
Education B.A, Economics & Math
College Days
Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, Karnataka
Hobbies Travelling, Adventure Sports, Nature Sports, Camping
Mother tongue Kannada
Languages worked English, French, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi
Languages Known English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Spanish, Telugu
Genre Western and Hindustani classical
Instruments She plays Guitar
Her Musical band name “Arya” with Roberto Narain
Her band’s first performance Festival La Mar de Musicas, in Spain,2003
Favourite Actor Kamal Hassan
Favourite Music director A.R Rahman
Favourite singer “Aziza Mustafa Zadeh” Arabic singer
Dream person Ricky Martin
Favourite music Western, Hindustani Classical, Jazz, Pop
Favourite Book The Fountainhead
Favourite Dress Fusion clothes
Hindi Acting debut movie Hey Ram (1999)
Tamil Acting debut movie Hey Ram (1999)
Malayalam Acting debut movie Ravana Prabhu [2001]
Kannada Acting debut movie Lankesh Patrike [2002]
Singing Tamil debut Mudhalvan, 1999, [Shakalaka Baby]
Singing Hindi debut Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, 2001 [O Rey Chhori]
First Album “Meri Jaan”
Profession Indian actress, singer, Model
Brief Biography of Vasundhara Das:
Das was born in a Hebbar Iyengar family. Her pet name is Lovely. She studied at All Girls Convent High School , Bangalore and Mount Carmel College graduated in Economics and Math. She began training in Hindustani Classical music since the age of six. She used to run away from home to avoid taking music lessons. In her college days, she was part of an all-girl band. She can play some Flamenco strums on her guitar. She speaks Kannada, Hindi, Hebbar Tamil, English, and some Spanish.
Vasundhara Das - Career
Das began acting with the Kamal Hasan film Hey Ram (1999) and her playback singing career began when she worked with A. R. Rahman for the Tamil-language film Mudhalvan. She was considered for the role of heroine by Mani Ratnam in his movie 'Alaipayuthey' opposite R. Madhavan. She also played the female lead role opposite Ajith in the Tamil movie Citizen (film).
Das has also recorded her own album of non-film songs, and sung in French, English, Kannada , Tamil and Hindi. She shifted her base from Bangalore to Mumbai and founded a musical band named Arya with Roberto Narain. The band comprises musicians from various backgrounds in world music, ranging from Hindustani and Carnatic classical music to jazz, Latin, rock and pop. Arya’s music can be broadly classified as World Music. Arya’s first performance was at the prestigious festival La Mar de Musicas, in Spain in 2003. The band performed a tour in the US in September 2004. Roberto Narain plays the drums and she provides the western and the Indian vocals.
She has sung one song for maestro Ilaiyaraaja, pattu viral thottu vittadhaal, in the Tamil movie Dhanush directed by A M Gurumani. She has sung a song in 'Lagaan' for the British character played by Rachel Shelley. She is also renowned for Kattipudi, Kattipudi da from the movie Kushi. She often sings for the actress Preity Zinta among others.
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