Sriranjani Malavi

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