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{{Short description|Indian playback singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Latha Hamsalekha
| image = Latha Hamsalekha image.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption =
| native_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|12|12}}
| birth_place = [[Basavanagudi]], [[Bangalore]], [[Mysore state]] ({{small|now [[Karnataka]]}})<ref name="Latha"/>
| occupations = {{hlist|Singer|performer}}
| years_active =
| module2=Awards: [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer]]
| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| background = solo_singer
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Filmi]]
* [[Folk music|Folk]]
* [[Bhajan]]
}}
| instruments = Vocals
| label = Independent Artist
}}
| =
}}

'''Latha''', commonly known as '''Latha Hamsalekha''', is an Indian playback singer in [[Kannada language|Kannada]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://egov.eletsonline.com/2020/03/bengaluru-gets-all-women-post-office-international-womens-day/|title=Bengaluru gets all women post office on International Women's Day|work=egov.eletsonline|date=11 March 2020|access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2018/dec/08/kannada-actors-singers-to-perform-at-eighth-edition-of-karunada-sambrama-1908683.html|title=Kannada actors, singers to perform at eighth edition of Karunada Sambrama|work=The New Indian Express|date=8 December 2018|access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref> She is married to composer [[Hamsalekha]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://vijaykarnataka.com/tv/news/music-director-nadabrahma-hamsalekha-and-his-wife-latha-song-about-coronavirus/articleshow/74898304.cms|title=ಕೊರೊನಾ ವೈರಸ್‌ನ್ನು ತರಾಟೆಗೆ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು, ಬೈ ಬೈ ಹೇಳಿದ್ರು 'ನಾದಬ್ರಹ್ಮ' ಹಂಸಲೇಖ|trans-title='Bye bye to Corona virus' awareness song by Hamsalekha and Latha Hamsalekha|work=Vijaya Karnataka|date=30 March 2020|access-date=5 March 2021|author=Padmashree Bhat}}</ref> For her song ''Aa Arunodaya Chanda'' in the movie ''Arunodaya'', Latha was awarded the [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] in 1999–2000.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/12/17/stories/2001121701550300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102014049/http://www.hindu.com/2001/12/17/stories/2001121701550300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-11-02 | location=Chennai, India | title=Shivaraj, Tara, Anu bag State film awards | date=2001-12-17| work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Latha was born in Bangalore to Mitrananda Kumar and Sharada. She married [[Hamsalekha]] and they have a son and two daughters.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/hamsalekha-i-learnt-my-art-from-folk-balladeers-906202.html|title=Hamsalekha: I learnt my art from folk balladeers|work=Deccan Herald|author=Jagadish Angadi|date=23 October 2020|access-date=6 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tollywoodcelebrities.com/2017/10/hamsalekha-family-marriage-wife-photos.html?m=1|title=Hamsalekha family|website=Tollywood celebrities|access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://gulabigangofficial.in/hamsalekha/amp/|title=Hamsalekha : Hits, Audio, Songs, Movies, Full Biography, Age, Family, Awards|website=Gulabigang official|access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://kannada.filmibeat.com/celebs/lata-hamsalekha/biography.html|title=ಲತಾ ಹಂಸಲೇಖ ಜೀವನಚರಿತ್ರೆ|trans-title=Latha Hamsalekha biography|language=Kannada|work=Filmibeat|date=6 March 2021}}</ref>

== Career ==
Latha first became an orchestra singer in ‛Gaana Sharada’ troupe, owned by Hamsalekha's elder brother G. Balakrishna.<ref name="Latha">{{Cite news|url=https://vijaykarnataka.com/lavalavk/weekly-magazine/music-is-my-life-hamsalekha/articleshow/49782257.cms|title=ಸಂಗೀತವೇ ನನ್ನ ಜೀವ, ಜೀವಾಳ|trans-title=Music is my life, force|language=Kannada|work=Vijaya Karnataka|date=15 November 2015|access-date=6 March 2021}}</ref> Then started her career as playback singer through the hit song ''Nodamma Hudugi'' in the movie [[Premaloka]] in 1987.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/how-spb-hamsalekha-and-ravichandran-created-a-trend-893096.html|title=How SPB, Hamsalekha and Ravichandran created a trend|work=Deccan Herald|author=Vivek M. V.|date= 26 September 2020|access-date=6 March 2021}}</ref> Most of her songs are recorded by Hamsalekha. Some of her hit songs including "Hasiru Gajina Balegale" ([[Avane Nanna Ganda]]), "Kaveri Theeradalli Mungarige" ([[Chaitrada Premanjali]]), "Akaradalli Gulabi Rangide" ([[Anjada Gandu]]), "Collegegu Thanks" (''Joot'') and many.

== Awards ==
* 2023 - ''Bidari cultural Award'' by [[Bidar District]] administration for lifetime achievement<ref>{{cite news|url=https://kannada.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bidar-news-renowned-sandalwood-singer-latha-hamsalekha-receiving-bidari-datti-award-on-november-5th-sbr-181699064093205.html|title= Bidari award is announced for famous playback singer Latha Hamsalekha|work=Hindustan Times Kannada|language=Kannada|date= 4 November 2023|access-date=2 March 2023}}</ref>
* 2017 - ''Dr. Rajkumar Award'' by Raghavendra Chitravani Institution<ref>{{cite news|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/photos-steal-the-show-at-chitravani-awards/articleshow/56860211.cms|title=PHOTOS STEAL THE SHOW AT CHITRAVANI AWARDS|work=Bangalore Mirror|date=30 January 2017|access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref>
* 1999-2000 - [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] - ''Aa Arunodaya Chanda'' (Arunodaya)

== Filmography ==
{{Main|List of songs recorded by Latha Hamsalekha}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|nm12658065}}

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[[Category:Indian women playback singers]]
[[Category:Kannada-language playback singers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Karnataka State Film Award winners]]

Latha Hamsalekha - Revision history

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