Kavita Krishnamurti
Indian singer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Indian name, the name Krishnamurthy is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Kavita.
Sharada Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Kavita Krishnamurthy or Kavita Subramaniam, is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded numerous songs in various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Telugu, Odia, Marathi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Nepali, Assamese, Konkani, Punjabi and other languages.[3][4] She is the recipient of four Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Awards (winning consecutively during 1995–1997), and the Padmashri which she received in 2005.[5] She was awarded a Doctorate (Honoris Causa) for her contributions to Indian music by Bangalore-based Jain University in 2015.[6][7] In 1999, she married noted violinist L. Subramaniam and resides in Bengaluru.