

She has directed a short film (not her first) titled Playgrounds along with her friend Shamik Sen Gupta, which is “about an auto driver based in Bengaluru who suddenly discovers a child in the auto’s back seat.

The actor also believes that standing behind a camera is equally dramatic. Pallavi the actor’s latest mantle is of a mother to a 10-year-old boy in a film directed by Nandita Das, which also casts actors Prakash Raj and Prakash Belawadi. My mother is the principal of that theatre school. He founded the institution Abhinaya Taranga, a Sunday school of drama for people who have day jobs, but like to pursue theatre. My grandfather was a journalist, film critic and street theatre activist. She recalls, “My great grandfather, A N Subbarao, was a painter and the founder of Kalamandir School of Fine Arts, which is very much alive and kicking. Her penchant for adventure in front of the camera has grown from the days of being in a family of artistes. Pallavi holds a META Award (Mahindra Excellency in Theatre Awards, 2014) for her performances of the play. The play is the creation of German director Sophia Stepf and “is a witty, humorous and satirical interrogation of what it is like being a woman in the entertainment industry today,” according to the website. It is by invitation that she has had to perform in South Africa. (She was among the team that paid musical tribute to film composer Illaiyaraja.) “I’m on my way to South Africa to perform C Sharp, C Blunt,” she said a few days ago, in her soft-spoken voice, after a press conference that launched the Ganesha Utsava 2015. But her creative parallels are just as fascinating. Pallavi is the singer (playback singer) whose musical pitches, especially of bhaavageethe (emotional poetry), are one of Karnataka’s favourite staples, sure. She is an app with a difference because she sings in the flesh and is brought to life by M D Pallavi during the solo performance that is the play C Sharp, C Blunt. The chances of meeting ‘Shilpa’ are more on a stage. She does not feature among the barrage of applications in the mobile phone’s expanding space. The singer already has over 80 songs to his credit, most of which were for films.Have you interacted with the music app ‘Shilpa’? She’s been around since 2013. Sanjith has also sang in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi song, and has performed in multiple locations across the globe. Hegde delivered the chartbuster song ‘Gunu Gunuguva’ from the 2017 film Dalapathi. Since then, he has been growing in popularity as both a playback and independent artist. The multilingual playback singer shot to fame after participating in the Kannada version of the popular musical talent show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and later participated in the Tamil version of the show as well. The recently released acoustic version of his song ‘Nadiyolage’ has become a fan favourite on YouTube. He’s also a graphic designer and a filmmaker he has also conducted workshops around music production, singing and songwriting. His scope is not limited to being a musician, though.
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During the COVID-19-induced lockdown last year, Vasu Dixit with his partner Bindhumalini released a short series of quirky comedy sketches called ‘Gyan Mandali’. Apart from playing with his folk/fusion band, the musician has also recorded Kannada film songs and his own album, titled ‘Vasu Dixit’. Vasu Dixit, the vocalist and guitarist of the band Swarathma, is known for his unconventional methods in his music and performance.

Watch her perform ‘Deepavu Ninnade’, a Bhavageete, here: She has also adapted famous works such as Arthur Miller’s The Crucible into plays. She was a part of many musicals and plays like Taayavva and worked behind the curtains for her grandfather AS Murthy’s theatre group Abhinayataranga. The singer has not only worked in theatre, but has also acted and directed films. Her collaborative project, ‘The Threshold’ which she spearheaded with Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy, was very well received by audiences. She has performed with many bigwigs and contemporary artistes like Shilpa Mudbi Kothakoda as well. Pallavi MD is a Kannada Sugama Sangeetha and playback singer who has also won Karnataka State Film Awards for her song ‘Nodayya Kwate Lingave’ (from the 2007 film Duniya). She trained in Hindustani classical music and continued her musical education under late Mysore Ananthaswamy who taught her the Sugama Sangeetha style. Watch her version of a folk song from north Karnataka here: Many accolades for her pop songs and has received an equal number of praises for her folk songs. The artist has won equal praise for her pop as well as folk songs. Trained in Hindustani and Carnatic classical music, the singer has noted that her mother M K Sharadamba, a Carnatic musician, is her inspiration.
