B. Vasantha

Boduppalli Vasantha is a South Indian playback singer. She has received two state level awards, the Kalaimamani and the Ugadi Award.

Early life

B. Vasantha was born on 1944 March 29 in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh 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.

Career

Vasantha has sung in many Indian languages such as Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, Sanskrit and Hindi and has recorded over 4,000 songs. 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.

Awards

Kalaimamani
The Ugadi Award
G Devarajan Shakthigada Award