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{{short description|Indian musician}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{BLP sources|date = April 2015}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Anuradha Sriram
| image = Anuradha Sriram.jpg
| caption = Anuradha giving a special talk in [[Big FM (Indian radio station)|Big FM]] in 2014
| birth_name = Anuradha
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|07|09}}
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India
| instrument =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Carnatic music|Carnatic]]|[[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani Music]]}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|Television personality|[[Dubbing (filmmaking)|Dubbing artist]]}}
| years_active = 1995–present
| alma_mater = [[Queen Mary's College, Chennai|Queen Mary's College]]
| website = {{url|anuradhasriram.com}}
| Alias = Chella Kili of india
<br/> Queen of Pop in South India
}}

'''Anuradha Sriram''' (born 9 July 1970) is an Indian [[carnatic music|carnatic]] and playback singer who hails from the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. She has sung more than 4,000 songs in [[Tamil films|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]], [[Malayalam]], [[Kannada]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Hindi]] films. she is fondly called as Queen Of Pop in South India music and ChellaKili in indian cinema .

==Early life==
Anuradha was born in [[Chennai]] to playback singer Renuka Devi and Meenakshi Sundaram Mohan. She did her schooling (I and II standards) in [[Coimbatore]] at the [[St. Francis Anglo-Indian Girls School]], and later at the [[Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan]], Chennai.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Alumni-PSBB Schools|url = http://www.psbbschools.ac.in/alumni-2.html|website = psbbschools.ac.in|access-date = 16 February 2016}}</ref> She has a B.A and M.A in music from [[Queen Mary's College, Chennai|Queen Mary's College]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Queen-Marys-College-the-home-of-musicians-on-song/articleshow/45755468.cms | title=Queen Mary's College, the home of musicians, on song | work=B Sivakumar | date=5 January 2015 | access-date=26 April 2018}}</ref> in [[Madras University]] and secured the university gold medal in both the courses. She was given a fellowship to do her Master of Arts degree in Ethnomusicology from [[Wesleyan University|Wesleyan]] University, [[Connecticut]], US.

She was trained by many esteemed gurus like [[S. Kalyanaraman|Thanjavur S. Kalyanaraman]], Sangeetha Kalanidhi T. Brinda and [[T. Viswanathan]] in Carnatic music and has had intensive training under Pandit Mannikbua Thakurdas for Hindustani classical music. She is also an accomplished Western Classical opera singer, having undergone intensive training from Prof. Shirley Meier in New York City.

While in [[Wesleyan University|Wesleyan]], apart from learning and performing western opera and jazz, she also performed in many Indonesian and West African music concerts.

==Career==
Anuradha has performed extensively all over India and US, and has given many radio and TV programmes since the age of 12. Anuradha Sriram first entered the Tamil Cinema Industry as a child artist in the 1980 Tamil film [[Kaali (1980 film)|Kaali]].<ref name="Ramachandran2012">{{cite book|author=Naman Ramachandran|title=Rajinikanth: A Birthday Special|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YyFMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA65|date=12 December 2012|publisher=Kasturi & Sons Ltd|pages=65–|id=GGKEY:A78L0XB1B0X}}</ref> In 1995, she was introduced as a singer by [[A R Rahman]] for the song "Malarodu Malaringu" in the movie ''[[Bombay (film)|Bombay]]''. Her first solo was for A R Rahman in ''[[Indira (film)|Indira]]''.

She specialises in Carnatic music and has sung in over 1,000 concerts worldwide.

Anuradha has several chart-topping Devotional albums to her credit. She also collaborates with her husband [[Sriram Parasuram]] on their Classical Music Jugalbandhi concerts<ref>{{Cite web|title = rediff.com: Movies: A duet for life: Anuradha and Sriram Parasuram|url = http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/oct/05sri.htm|work = Rediff.com|access-date = 16 February 2016}}</ref> and their hit TV programme "Elaame Sangeetham Thaan". She has also presented many music programmes on TV.

Having sung more than 2,000 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam, and six north Indian languages, some of her hits are "Nalam Nalam Ariyaaval" (''Kaadal Kotai''), "Dilruba Dilruba" (''Priyam''), "Meenamma" (''[[Aasai]]''), "Acham Acham Illai" (''[[Indira (film)|Indira]]''), "Phenk Hawa" (''[[Ram Jaane]]'') and "Pehli Pehli" (''Zor'').

She has composed music for the film ''[[Five Star (film)|Five Star]]'' and television series ''Sivamayam'' produced by Radaan for Sun TV along with her husband. She also worked as voice actor lending her voice for Kiran for the film ''Anbe Sivam'' (2003).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180108102952/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToPrintGifMSIE_PASTISSUES2&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH%2F2011%2F04%2F23&ChunkNum=0&ID=Ar03005</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
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* Dr. J. Jayalalitha Cine Award (1996)
* Ajanta Award for the best female playback singer (1996)
* Screen Videocon award for Best Pop Album (1998)
* [[Karnataka State Film Awards]] for best playback singer (1999)
* Vocational Excellence Award by the Rotary Club of Coimbatore Midtown (2002)
* [[International Tamil Film Awards]] (2003)
* West Bengal State award for best playback singer (2004)
* [[Filmfare Awards South|Filmfare]] award for the best playback singer (2004) - O Podu from [[Gemini (2002 film)|Gemini]]
* Tamil Nadu State KALAIMAMANI award for her significant contribution to the field of music (2006)
* Honorary Doctorate by the [[Sathyabama University]] for her accomplishments and contribution to the field of music (2012)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sathyabama.ac.in/sitepagetwo.php?mainref=0&firstref=100&secondref=25 |title=Honoris Causa |date=26 April 2012 |publisher=[[Sathyabama University]] |access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref>

== Albums ==
{{Main|List of songs recorded by Anuradha Sriram}}
* Chennai Girl (1997)

==Personal life==
Anuradha is married to singer [[Sriram Parasuram]] (whom she met at [[Wesleyan University]]).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/18/stories/2007021802750200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220090339/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/18/stories/2007021802750200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=20 February 2007 | title=Fusion is the forte of this music couple | date=18 February 2007 | work=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=31 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=M. V. Ramakrishnan |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/m_v_ramakrishnan/article2455735.ece |title=Columns / M.V. Ramakrishnan : Musicscan – Contrasting colours |work=The Hindu |date=15 September 2011 |access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref> They have two sons named Jayant and Lokesh.

Anuradha's brother Murugan is also a playback singer.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20011119164523/http://www.screenindia.com/20010511/rreview.html#news</ref>

== Television ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:60%;"
|-
! '''Year''' !! Program !! Channel !! Language !! Notes
|-
|1997|| Premi || [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] || Tamil || Title song (with [[Unnikrishnan]])
|-
|2001|| Soolam || [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] || Tamil || Title song
|-
|2006||[[Airtel Super Singer 2006]]||[[Vijay TV]]||Tamil||

|-
|2010||[[Super Singer Junior (season 2)]]||Vijay TV||Tamil||
|-
|2011–2012||[[Star Singer|Idea Star singer season 6]]||[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]|| Malayalam||
|-

|2013||[[Sun Singer]]||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]||Tamil||

|-

|2013||Surya Singer||[[Surya TV]]|| Malayalam||
|-
|2013||[[Sun Singer]]||Sun TV||Tamil||Season 2

|-
|2013||Surya Singer||[[Surya TV]]|| Malayalam||Season 2
|-
|2014|| [[Chandralekha (TV series)|Chandralekha]] ||Sun TV||Tamil||Title song

|-
|2014||[[Star Singer]] 7|| Asianet|| Malayalam||

|-
|2014–15||[[Sun Singer]]||Sun TV||Tamil||Season 3

|-
|2015||Surya Challenge||Surya TV||Malayalam||Team captain

|-
|2016||[[Sun Singer]]||Sun TV||Tamil||Season 4
|-
|2016–17||[[Sun Singer]]||Sun TV||Tamil||Season 5
|-
|2018||[[Super Singer 6]] ||[[Star Vijay]]|| Tamil||
|-
|2019–2020||[[Top Singer (TV series)|Top Singer]]||[[Flowers (TV channel)|Flowers]]||Malayalam||
|-
|2019-20 ||[[Super Singer 7]] ||[[Star Vijay]]|| Tamil||
|-
|2020–present||[[Top Singer (TV series)|Top Singer season 2]]||[[Flowers (TV channel)|Flowers]]||Malayalam||
|-
|2021-present ||[[Super Singer 8]] ||[[Star Vijay]]|| Tamil||
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0820268|Anuradha Sriram}}
* [http://music.yahoo.com/ar-9029181---Anuradha-Sriram Fans of Anuradha Sriram on Yahoo Music]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071201102337/http://www.screenindia.com/apr17/music3.htm Interview of Anuradha Sriram]
* [https://archive.today/20120912035859/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article397722.ece Not quite a jugalbandhi!]

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