Bhavatharini
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Bhavatharini Raja (23 July 1976 – 25 January 2024) was an Indian playback singer and composer. She was the only daughter of noted composer Ilaiyaraaja and sister of Yuvan Shankar Raja and Karthik Raja. Starting her career in the 1990s, she mostly sang songs under the direction of her father and brothers. She was awarded the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2000 for her rendition of the song "Mayil Pola Ponnu Onnu" from the film Bharathi, composed by her father.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Chennai
- Active from
- 1976
- Active to
- 2024
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- 1,745
- Total plays
- 9,910
Bhavatharini is an Indian Tamil singer and music director. She is the daughter of film composer Ilaiyaraaja and her brothers are the noted film composers Karthik Raja and Yuvan Shankar Raja. She has mostly sung songs under her father and her brothers' direction. She was awarded theNational Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2001 for her rendition of the song "Mayil Pola Ponnu Onnu" from the film Bharathi, composed by her father Ilaiyaraaja. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bhavathar
Key facts
- Person.birth_name
- Bhavatharini Raja
- Person.birth_place
- Madras (now Chennai),Tamil Nadu, India
- Person.death_place
- Colombo, Western Province,Sri Lanka
- Person.spouse
- Sabariraj
- Person.father
- Ilaiyaraaja
- Person.years_active
- 1984-2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Chennai
- Place of death
- Colombo
- Father
- Ilaiyaraaja
- Sibling
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Occupation
- singer
- Instrument
- voice
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1976-07-23
- date of death
- 2024-01-25
- name in native language
- பவதாரிணி
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Career
- Personal life and death
- Discography
- As playback singer
- Tamil
- Malayalam
- Kannada
- Telugu
- Hindi
- Non-film songs
- Television
- As composer
- Filmography
- Onscreen appearances
- References
- External links
Bhavatharini Raja (23 July 1976 – 25 January 2024) was an Indian playback singer and composer. She was the only daughter of noted composer Ilaiyaraaja and sister of Yuvan Shankar Raja and Karthik Raja. Starting her career in the 1990s, she mostly sang songs under the direction of her father and brothers. She was awarded the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2000 for her rendition of the song "Mayil Pola Ponnu Onnu" from the film Bharathi, composed by her father.
==Career== Bhavatharini Raja made her debut as a playback singer for My Dear Kuttichathan. From then onwards, she mostly sang on albums composed by her father and brothers.
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