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Name Geetha Madhuri
Born 24 August 1989 (age 25)
Occupation(s) Singer, composer,dubbingartist
Geeta Madhuri is a South Indian playback singer.
She has recorded several songs in Telugu including the soundtrack for O Manasa.
She was born on August 24, 1986 to Prabhakar Sastry and Lakshmi.
She is the only daughter of her parents who are from Godavari district and moved to Hyderabad when Geeta was very young.
Her father works for the State Bank of Hyderabad.
Early life:
She is the only daughter of her parents who are from Godavari districts and moved to Hyderabad when Geetha was very young. Her father Prabhakar Sastry works for the State Bank of Hyderabad. She initially trained under Smt. Kochharlakota Padmavati and Kiran Bedwa. She learnt light music from Ramachari, who was a finalist on a TV reality singing competition.
Career:
Geetha Madhuri's first recording was for Kulasekhar's film Premalekha Rasa, unfortunately the film has not been released. Although she sang for few movies before Chiruta, it was the song Chamka Chamka from Chiruta which got her recognition.
She completed her schooling in Loyola Model High School, Vanasthalipuram, Hyderabad.
She initially trained under Smt. Kochharlakota Padmavati and Kiran Bedwa.
She learnt light music from Ramachari. She was the finalist in S.P. Balu’s Padutha Theeyaga on ETV.
Her first song was Bakka Sikkina (folk song).
Her favourite singers are Shreya Ghoshal (Bollywood) and Sunitha (Tollywood).
Geeta Madhuri's first recording was for Kulasekhar's film Premalekha Rasa, unfortunately the film was not been released.
Although she sang for a few movies before Chiruta, it was the song Chamka Chamka from Chiruta which got her recognition.
She was suffering from a bad cold and sore throat during the recording of Chamka Chamka but it turned out to be the best song of her career.
Another super hit song from her is "Parvaledhu" from Manasara.
She was Nominated as Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Telugu - 2008 for "Ninne Ninne" from Nachavvule.
Nandi Award for Best Female Playback Singer - 2008 for "Ninne Ninne" from the film Nachavule.
