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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = B. Vasantha<br />
| image = B vsantha.JPG<br />
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| birth_name =<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|3|20}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Machilipatnam]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| death_date =<br />
| instrument = Vocalist<br />
| voice_type =<br />
| genre = [[Playback singer|playback singing]], [[Indian classical music|Indian classical]]<br />
| occupation = Singer<br />
| years_active = 1962-present<br />
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'''B. Vasantha''' (born 29 March 1944) is an South Indian [[playback singer]].<ref name="weebly">{{Cite web | url=https://swaramaadhuri-annamayyasankeerthananidhi.weebly.com/bvasantha.html |title = B.Vasantha}} {{unreliable?|date=January 2020}}</ref> She has received two state level awards, the [[Kalaimamani]] (Tamil Nadu) and the Ugadi Award (Andhra Pradesh).<ref name=H1 /><br />
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==Early life==<br />
B. Vasantha was born on 1944 March 29 in [[Machilipatnam]], Andhra Pradesh<ref name=H1>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/b-vasantha-who-has-regaled-the-malayalam-music-industry-with-her-sonorous-voice-has-never-been-given-her-due-in-kerala/article26663908.ece | title= Music, her life | first=K. | last=Pradeep | date=28 March 2019 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=15 January 2020 }}</ref> to Smt Boddupalli Kanaka Durga and Shri Boddupalli Ravindranath. Her father was a Musician, Painter and Photographer. She was raised in Guntur along with 5 siblings. She is the eldest of them. She began singing at a very young age.<ref name="weebly"/><br />
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==Career==<br />
Vasantha has sung in many Indian languages such as [[Kannada]], [[Malayalam]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Tulu language|Tulu]], [[Sanskrit]] and [[Hindi]] and has recorded over 4,000 songs.<ref name=H1 /> The first Malayalam film she sang for was Muthalali and her first Tamil film was ''Konchum Kumari''. She has sung numerous film songs in Malayalam with [[K. J. Yesudas]]. She also sang in Kannada, Hindi and Telugu movies.<ref name="weebly"/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Kalaimamani]] (Tamil Nadu) <br />
* The Ugadi Award (Andhra Pradesh)<br />
* G Devarajan Shakthigada Award<ref>{{Cite web|title=G Devarajan Shakthigadha award for singer B Vasantha - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/kochi/g-devarajan-shakthigadha-award-for-singer-b-vasantha/articleshow/71761055.cms|access-date=2021-01-15|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{imdb name|0044603}}<br />
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[[Category:1944 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam playback singers]]<br />
[[Category:People from Machilipatnam]]<br />
[[Category:Singers from Andhra Pradesh]]</div>->Pachu Kannan