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{{short description|Indian playback singer}}
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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Manjula Gururaj
| native_name =
| image = Manjula Gururaj.jpg
| caption = Manjula in 2020
| image_size =
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Manjula R.
| birth_place = [[Mysore, Karnataka]], India
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|06|10|}}
| death_date =
| instrument = [[Vocals]]
| genre = [[Playback singer|Playback singing]], [[Indian classical music|Indian classical]]
| occupation = {{hlist|singer|dubbing artist|}}
| years_active = 1983–present
| Children =
| website = {{url|www.manjulagururajsadhana.org}}
}}
'''Manjula Gururaj''' ({{lang-kn|ಮಂಜುಳಾ ಗುರುರಾಜ್}}) is an Indian female [[playback singer]] and a voice-over artist who has primarily worked in [[Kannada cinema]]. She has, to her credit, many thousands of songs for successful soundtracks and many hundreds of Kannada light music songs. She is a recipient of [[Karnataka State Film Awards]] for her contribution in film songs and considered one of the most prominent playback singers during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s.

Manjula Gururaj runs a music school named as "Sadhana Music School" which trains many youngsters in the field of music<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www1.manjulagururajsadhana.org/?tm=1&subid4=1594499691.0026558005&kw=music&KW1=Keyboard%20Learning%20Management%20System&KW2=Carnatic%20Online%20Learning%20Courses&KW3=Online%20College%20Courses%20for%20Music%20Production&KW4=Searchable%20MP3%20Database%20Software&searchbox=0&domainname=0&backfill=0|title=manjulagururajsadhana.org|website=www1.manjulagururajsadhana.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/metrolife/metrolife-cityscape/heres-where-you-can-learn-non-classical-music-742300.html|title=Here's where you can learn non-classical music|date=23 June 2019|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>

==Early life==
Manjula Gururaj was born to G. Seetha Lakshmi and Dr. M. N. Ramanna on 10 June, in Mysore.{{cn|date=February 2021}} She studied science at Bangalore University. She got trained in both Carnatic, Hindustani styles of classical music.{{cn|date=February 2021}}

==Career==

===Playback singer===
She entered the Kannada film industry as a playback singer in November 1983 for the Kannada movie ''Rowdi Raaja''. She gained popularity for the song "Olage Seridhare Gundu" from the movie [[Nanjundi Kalyana]]. After ''Olage Seridare'' song, Manjula became the voice of the star actress [[Malashree]] in most of her movies. She has sung more than 2,000 film songs in seven languages. In addition, she has sung more than 12,500 other songs including devotional, folk, Indi pop, semi-classical songs in 9 languages.
Manjula has lent her voice for heroines including [[Sudha Rani]], [[Radhika Sarathkumar]], [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]], [[Chippy (actress)|Shilpa]], [[Khushbu Sundar|Khushboo]], [[Poonam Dhillon]], [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]], [[Prema (Kannada actress)|Prema]], [[Nirosha]], [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]], [[Seetha (actress)|Seetha]], [[Vinaya Prasad]], [[Anu Prabhakar]] and many others.

Manjula Gururaj has recorded her duets with many leading singers including [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam|SPB]], [[Dr. Rajkumar]], [[Rajesh Krishnan]], [[K. J. Yesudas]], [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Udit Narayan]] and many others.

===Dubbing artist===
She started as a dubbing artist in 1982 for the movie ‘Ahuthi’ directed by [[T. S. Nagabharana]]. She led a successful career in dubbing since then. She was awarded by a special jury from Karnataka State Government as the Best Voice for the film ''[[Beladingala Baale]]'', in which she lent her voice for the heroine who was heard, but not seen.

===News anchor===
She has been a news anchor for Bangalore [[Doordarshan]] for 14 years from 1983 to 1998 and Akashvani since 1981–1983.

===Sadhana Music School===
Manjula Gururaj started "Sadhana Music School" on 21 June 1991, in Basavanagudi, Bangalore, inaugurated by the famed playback singer, [[S. Janaki]]. It has since made its presence felt all over Karnataka. Now Manjula Gururaj is the sole owner proprietress of the School. As of 2020, there are 2 branches in Jayanagar and Gandhibazaar.

==Awards==
* 2019 - ''Kempegowda Award'' by [[BBMP]].<ref>https://www.chitraloka.com/component/tags/tag/3262-manjula-gururaj.html</ref>
* 2010 - [[Rajyotsava Awards (2010)|Karnataka Rajyotsava Award]] by the [[Government of Karnataka]]
* 1993-94 - [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] for the song ''"Myale kavkonda mungara moda"'' from the movie [[Chinnari Mutha]].

==Personal life==
She married Gururaj in 1979 and has two children Sangeetha and Sagar.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.manjulagururajsadhana.org/manjula.html manjulagururajsadhana.org] [''[[wikipedia:Link rot|permanent dead link]]'']
*[http://www.manjulagururajsadhana.org/masasinger.html manjulagururajsadhana.org] [''[[wikipedia:Link rot|permanent dead link]]'']
*[http://www.manjulagururajsadhana.org/sadhana.html manjulagururajsadhana.org] [''[[wikipedia:Link rot|permanent dead link]]'']
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