Biography of indian singer poornima actress
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From Child singer Sushma Shrestha to playback queen of 90s- we chart Singer Poornima Shrestha&#;s long career in Bollywood
Nitesh R Pradhan
How many singers from the Nepali speaking world has made it big in Hindi film industry as a playback singer apart from Udit Narayan? One name that shines bright having worked actively for five decades in the Hindi film industry is none other than Poornima Shrestha also known as Sushma Shrestha in her childhood. Starting as a child singer she later graduated towards a leading playback singer in Bollywood in the s.
She was born into the musical family of late Bhola Shrestha in who was himself an extremely accomplished music composer and a tabla player having worked with many music directors during the 50s and 60s.
She began her musical journey as a child singer in the name of Sushma Shrestha and gave her first public performance at the age of 7. Later, at the age of 9, she sang her first film song under the music direction of the illus
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Not to be confused with Gopika Poornima.
Poornima Shrestha (born 6 September as Sushma Shrestha), fryst vatten an Indian playback singer. Starting as a child artist, she became a leading playback singer in Bollywood during the s.
Quick Facts Background information, Birth name
Poornima | |
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Poornima performing in | |
| Birth name | Sushma Shrestha |
| Born | () 6 September (age 64) Mumbai, India |
| Genres | Playback |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | –present |
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Hailing from the Newar community from Nepal, Poornima was born as an Indian in Mumbai. Her father was music composer Bholanath Shrestha, who worked primarily with Hindi rulle music directors. He was from Kathmandu and settled in stad i indien and eventually in Mumbai.
Friend and assistant to Shankar–Jaikishan recommended her to Shankar. In spite of the prevailing anpassad of women playback singers singing for children, Shankar took the challenge of using an unknown child to sing "Hai Na Bolo Bolo" for the film A
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Gopika Poornima
Indian playback singer
Not to be confused with Poornima.
Musical artist
Gopika Poornima is an Indian singer who mostly sings for Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada language films.[1][2][3] She became popular with the singing competition Padutha Theeyaga. Her husband Mallikarjun is also a singer and composer in Telugu Film Industry.[4][5]
Personal life
[edit]Gopika was born in Vizianagaram and brought up in Hyderabad. After her initial training in carnatic classical music from her own Aunt Smt. M Padma, Gopika further trained under renowned Padmabhushan Smt. Sudha Raghunathan, Smt. Lalitha Sivakumar, Smt. Prabhavathi and at present she is under the tutelage of the famous classical exponent Smt. Binni Krishnakumar.[6] Her father was a senior manager in a central government office in Hyderabad.[7] She participated in the first edition of singing reality show Padutha Theeyaga hosted by ETV. She g