Vasundhara Das
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| Vasundhara Das | |
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| Born | 1977 Image:Flag of India.svg India |
| Genre(s) | Hindustani Classical & Western Music. |
| Occupation(s) | Movie Actress & Singer. |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar. |
| Years active | Since 1999. |
| Associated acts | Arya, World Music band with Roberto Narain on drums. |
Vasundhara Das (born 1977) is an Indian actress and singer. She began acting with the Kamal Hasan film Hey Ram (1999) and her playback singing career began when she worked with A. R. Rahman for the Tamil-language film Mudhalvan. She has also sung for Maestro Ilaiyaraaja in the unreleased Tamil movie 'Dhanush' acted and directed by newcomer A M Gurumani. Vasundhara Das has also recorded her own album of non-film songs, and sung in French, English, Kannada , Tamil and Hindi.
She has founded a musical band named Arya with Roberto Narain. The band comprises musicians from various backgrounds in music, ranging from Hindustani and Karnatic classical music to jazz, Latin, rock and pop. Arya’s music can be broadly classified as World Music. Arya’s first performance was at the prestigious festival La Mar de Musicas, in Spain in 2003. The band performed a tour in the United States of America in September 2004. Roberto Narain plays the drums and she provides the western and the Indian vocals.
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[edit] Filmography
- Eik Dastak [2005] Hindi.
- Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamaana [2005] Hindi.
- Pathar Bezubaan [2004] Hindi.
- Filmstar [2003] Hindi.
- Lankesh Patrike [2002] Kannada.
- Ravana Prabhu [2001] Malayalam.
- Citizen [2001] Tamil.
- Monsoon Wedding [2000] Hindi.
- Hey Ram [1999] Tamil & Hindi.
[edit] Music influences
- Hindustani Classical
- Ghazal
- Choral
- English
- Fusion
- Rock and Funk
- Spanish
[edit] Fact File
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- She often sings for the actress Preity Zinta.
- She began training in Hindustani Classical music since the age of six.
- Vasundhara is a polyglot who knows Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, English, a bit of Malayalam and Spanish.
- So far, the only song she has sung for Maestro Ilaiyaraaja is 'Pattu viral thottu vittadhaal' in the unreleased Tamil movie 'Dhanush' acted and directed by newcomer A M Gurumani.
- She is an Economics and Maths graduate.
- She has sung a song in Lagaan for the British character played by Rachel Shelley.
- She used to run away from home to avoid taking music lessons.
- In her college days, she was part of an all-girl band.
- She was almost chosen heroine by Mani Rathnam for 'Alaipayuthey' opposite R. Madhavan.
- She can do the Flamenco strums on her guitar.
- To her family, she is known as Lovely.
- She was born in a Hebbar Iyengar family.
- She studied in Cluny Convent High school , Bangalore
