M. L. Vasanthakumari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetM. L. Vasanthakumari
Indian musician
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Place of Birth: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
About M. L. Vasanthakumari
- Madras Lalitangi Vasanthakumari (popularly referred to as MLV) (3 July 1928 – 31 October 1990) was a Carnatic musician and playback singer for film songs in many Indian languages.
- MLV and her contemporaries D.
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- Pattammal and M.
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- Subbulakshmi were popularly referred to as the "female trinity of Carnatic Music.
- A prime disciple of G.
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- Balasubramaniam, she was the youngest among the established musicians of that era, and was the youngest female awardee of the Sangita Kalanidhi award.As well as being a much sought-after playback singer for films, MLV popularised unfamiliar ragas and her Ragam Thanam Pallavis were considered cerebral.
- Additionally, she popularised the compositions of the Haridasas.
- Her most famous disciples include Srividya (her daughter), Sudha Raghunathan, Charumathi Ramachandran, A.
- Kanyakumari, Yogam Santhanam, V.
- Kaveri, Rose Muralikrishnan, Meena Subramanian and Yamuna Arumugam.
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