Boduppalli Vasantha (born 29 March 1944) is a South Indian playback singer. She has received two state level awards, the Kalaimamani (Tamil Nadu) and the Ugadi Award (Andhra Pradesh).
Early life B. Vasantha was born on 29 March 1944 in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, to Kanaka Durga and Boddupalli Ravindranath. She was the eldest of five children. Her father was a musician, painter, and photographer.
Vasantha was raised in Guntur, where she developed an interest in music at an early age and began singing during her childhood.
Career Vasantha has recorded more than 4,000 songs in several Indian languages, including Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, Sanskrit, and Hindi.
Her first playback song in Malayalam cinema was for the 1965 film Muthalali, while her debut in Tamil cinema was with Konchum Kumari (1963). She collaborated extensively with singer K. J. Yesudas on Malayalam film songs and also performed playback singing for films in Kannada, Hindi, and Telugu.
Awards Kalaimamani (Tamil Nadu) The Ugadi Award (Andhra Pradesh) G Devarajan Shakthigada Award
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