M. D. Pallavi

M.D. Pallavi, also known by her married name Pallavi Arun, is a singer from Karnataka, India.[1] She is a Kannada Sugama Sangeetha Singer, (Playback singer), actor and TV anchor. She is married to Arun, a musician and music director. She won the Karnataka State Film Awards for Best Playback Singer in 2006 and 2007 for her song "Nodayya Kwate Lingave" sung in the 2007 film Duniya.[2]

M.D. Pallavi Arun
Background information
GenresSugama Sangeetha
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2000–present

Music

Initial training

M. D. Pallavi started training in Hindustani classical music.

Later years

Pallavi continued classical music training in Bangalore under Pandit Rajbhau Sontakke, a disciple of musicologist Pandit Omkarnath Thakur of the Gwalior Gharana. Her training advanced through learning Sugama Sangeeth under late Mysore Ananthaswamy and later under late Sri Raju Ananthaswamy.

Acting

Theatre

Pallavi has been actively involved in the theater since her early years. She worked in the production of street plays and acted in stage plays, including Hamlet, Maanishaadha, Fire and Rain, Balidaana, My Fair Lady and Gaajina Gombegalu, Muktidham,Vakra, and Good Woman of Schezuan. She has been a faculty member for several theater workshops. Behind the curtain she worked on productions for her grandfather, A. S. Murthy.

Television and film

Pallavi worked behind the camera for single episodes of two television series. She acted in the television show Mayamruga and the popular television show Garva. She won the Aryabhatta "Best Actress" award. On the Indian English language film Stumble (National Award in the Best English Film category for the year 2003) she was a member of the cast as well as working on the script and direction. She also acted with Umashree in National award winning Kannada movie Gulabi Talkies.

Dubbing Artist

Pallavi worked behind the screen as dubbing artist also. Her notable movies includes Edegarike,Aa Dinagalu,Aishwarya, Meera Madhadava Raghava. She constantly worked as dubbing artist for Kannada actress Daisy Bopanna in movies including Aishwarya, Satyavan Savitri, Rama Shama Bhama, Bimba and others.

Film scores

YearFilmLanguage
2000Shriasthu ShubhamasthuKannada
2003ManiKannada
2003SingaravvaKannada
2005Samarasimha NaikaKannada
2005Boy FriendKannada
2006A Aa E EeKannada
2007DuniyaKannada
2009Venkata in SankataKannada
2009Eddelu ManjunathaKannada
2009JungleeKannada
2010Crazy KutumbaKannada
2010HoliKannada
2010Nooru JanmakuKannada
2010BanniKannada
2010DildarKannada
2010IjjoduKannada
2011ThaareKannada

References

  1. "Play it again, Pallavi". The Hindu. 29 June 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  2. "State cine awards: Mungaru Male sweeps six awards". Deccan Herald. 20 July 2007. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2010.


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