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Wednesday 28 December 2011

Young artists 1 - Deepika Varadarajan

Deepika.V
Disciple of Sudha Ragunathan
Debut Performance
Sang a classical song for the 64th Birth Anniversary of Dr.M.L.Vasantakumari at
the age of 3.
Gurus
Initial Training
  • Geetha Varadarajan
  • Vittal Ramamurthy
  • O.S.Thiagarajan
  • Vairamangalam Lakshmi Narayanan
  • Since 1997 Deepika learns from Padmashri Sudha Ragunathan.
Achievements
  • Direct B High Grade artiste in the AIR
  • Won a lot of prizes and has performed in various Sabhas and Temples.
  • Was selected by the Govt.of United States of America for an Arts Exchange Programme on Music Composition and Performance.
  • She was one of the 20 musicians from 6 different countries, India, U.S.A, Brazil, South Africa ,Ireland and Mali and presented a South Indian classical piece in collaboration with them.
Deepika’s versatility
As a Playback Singer
Sung in 6 languages for leading music directors like Ilayaraja, A.R.Rahman, M.S.Visvanathan, Deva, Vidyasagar etc.
As an actor
Acted in a lead role and also sang Krithis in a tele serial “Kaiyalvu Manasu” and its Hindi remake “Chhoti Si Asha” and a tele film “Kaadhal Vangi Vanden” directed by K.Balachander.
Acted and sang in a telugu movie “Amma Ammanu Chudalani Vundhi” with Ramya Krishna.
As a dubbing artiste
Lent her voice in the movies ‘Avvai Shanmugi”, “Soorya vamsham”, “The Lion King”, “Ennavale” etc.
As a model
Appeared in commercials like “Sakthi Masala”, “Dukes biscuits”, “Jayam foods”, “Karur Vysya Bank”, “Henko”, etc.
Albums
  • “Chinnanchiru Kiliye” – released at the age of 8
  • “Kandha Shashti Kavasam”
  • “Thiru malaivasa”
  • “Samarpanam” – a work of Chitraveena N.Ravikiran
  • “Shirdi Baba” etc.
Major Venues that hosted Deepika
  • Music Academy-Spirit of Youth Festival
  • Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
  • Mylapore Fine Arts Club
  • Karthik Fine Arts
  • Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha
  • Brahma Gana Sabha
  • Bharath Kalachar
  • Thyaga Bramha Gana Sabha(Vani Mahal)
  • Nungambakkam Cultural Academy
  • The Indian Fine Arts Society
  • Sangeetha Parishath, Mangalore
  • R.R.Sabha, Mumbai
  • Rajalakshmi Fine Arts, Coimbatore etc.
Qualification
In pursuit of
  • M.A.Sanskrit, Rashtriya Sanskrit University
  • B.Tech. Information Technolody, Easwari Engineering College
For more details:
Website – www.deepikav.com