21st-century Indian women composers

The list 21st-century Indian women composers includes Sneha Khanwalkar, Anwesha Datta Gupta, Reena Esmail, Runki Goswami and Lily Chakraborty. The list consists of 39 members.

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Lata Mangeshkar

Indian, Singer

Overview: Lata Mangeshkar (born Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential ...

Date of birth: 28 September 1929

Date of death: 6 February 2022

Age: 92 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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Gujarati singers 10T

20th-century Indian women composers 31T

Nepali-language singers from India 54T
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Falguni Pathak

Indian singer

Overview: Falguni Pathak (born 12 March 1964) is an Indian singer, performing artist, and composer based in Mumbai. Her music is based on traditional musical forms from the Indian state of Gujarat. Since her pr ...

Date of birth: 12 March 1964

Age: 61

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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21st-century women composers 620T

Women musicians from Maharashtra 77T

21st-century Indian women singers 346T
3.

Sneha Khanwalkar

Music composer

Overview: Sneha Khanwalkar is an Indian music director who works in Hindi films. She is best known for her score for the film, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, and also for Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1, Part 2. She had been ...

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Female

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21st-century women composers 620T

21st-century Indian women musicians 20T

Women musicians from Madhya Pradesh 13T
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S. Janaki

Indian singer

Overview: Sistla Janaki (born 23 April 1938), popularly known as S. Janaki, is an Indian playback singer and occasional music-composer from Andhra Pradesh. She is referred to respectfully as "Janakiamma" and is ...

Date of birth: 23 April 1938

Age: 87

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

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20th-century women composers 1,221T

21st-century women composers 620T

Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2014 12T
5.

Anwesha Datta Gupta

Indian singer

Overview: Anweshaa (born Anwesha Dattagupta; 15 December 1993, Changed Her artist name to Anwesshaa) is an Indian singer who made her presence felt in the Indian music scene at the age of 13 through the reality ...

Date of birth: 15 December 1993

Age: 31

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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21st-century Bengalis 30T

20th-century Bengalis 60T

Women musicians from West Bengal 59T
6.

Bombay Jayashri

Singer, music composer and teacher

Overview: "Bombay" Jayashri Ramnath is an Indian musician. Born into a family of musicians, Jayashri represents the fourth generation of music practitioners in her family. Trained by Lalgudi Jayaraman and T R B ...

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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20th-century women composers 1,221T

21st-century women composers 620T

Women musicians from West Bengal 59T
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Suchitra Mitra

Indian musical artist (1924–2011)

Overview: Suchitra Mitra (19 September 1924 – 3 January 2011) was an Indian singer, composer,artist exponent of Rabindra Sangeet or the songs of Bengal's poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore, professor, and the first ...

Date of birth: 19 September 1924

Date of death: 3 January 2011

Age: 86 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Indian women classical composers 10T

Indian women music educators 17T

20th-century women educators 776T
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Tarali Sarma

Musical artist

Overview: Tarali Sarma (Assamese: তৰালি শৰ্মা) is a singer from Assam, who won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer in the year 2003 for the Assamese film Akashitorar Kothare. Her father is Prabhat ...

Date of birth: 4 August 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Female

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Women musicians from Assam 14T

Best Female Playback Singer National Film Award winners 23T

21st-century Indian women singers 346T
9.

Sudha Ragunathan

Indian Carnatic classical vocalist

Overview: Sudha Ragunathan is a Carnatic vocalist, singer and composer from India. She was conferred the Kalaimamani award by the Government of Tamil Nadu in 1994, Padma Shri (2004) and Padma Bhushan (2015) by the ...

Date of birth: 30 April 1956

Age: 69

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Female

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20th-century women composers 1,281T

21st-century women composers 698T

21st-century Indian women musicians 29T
10.

Bhavatharani R.

Indian actress and singer (1976–2024)

Overview: Bhavatharini Raja (23 July 1976 – 25 January 2024) was an Indian actress and singer. She was the only daughter of noted film composer Ilaiyaraaja and sister of Yuvan Shankar Raja and Karthik Raja. Starting ...

Date of birth: 23 July 1976

Date of death: 25 January 2024

Age: 47 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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2024 deaths 1,390T

21st-century women composers 719T

21st-century Indian women musicians 32T
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S. J. Jananiy

Musical artist

Overview: Subramanian Jaya Jananiy, also known as Cuddalore Janani and S. J. Janani, is an Indian Film Composer, Singer-Songwriter, Carnatic Classical Vocalist, Playback Singer, Hindustani & Western Classical ...

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21st-century women composers 620T

21st-century Indian women musicians 20T

Women musicians from Tamil Nadu 78T
12.

Amrutha Suresh

Indian singer (born 1988)

Overview: Amritha Suresh (born 2 August 1990) is an Indian singer, composer, songwriter, and radio jockey. She attained popularity after her stint at the reality television singing competition Idea Star Singer on ...

Date of birth: 2 August 1990

Age: 34

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Female

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Bigg Boss (Malayalam TV series) contestants 32T

Bigg Boss contestants 348T

21st-century Indian women singers 487T
13.

Nisa Azeezi

Indian singer

Overview: Nisa Azeezi (നിസ അസീസി) is a Ghazal and Qawwali singer from Kerala, India,

Date of birth: 16 April 1970

Age: 55

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Women musicians from Kerala 52T

21st-century Indian women singers 346T

20th-century Indian women singers 308T
14.

Shila Mehta

dancer

Overview: Shila Mehta is an Indian Classical dance artist, choreographer, teacher, and composer. Her background is firmly rooted in the North Indian form of Kathak, which she has taken to audiences across the globe ...

Date of birth: 1 January 1960

Age: 65

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Dancer

Gender: Female

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Dancers from West Bengal 17T

Women artists from West Bengal 44T

Indian women choreographers 65T
15.

Gayatri Asokan

Indian singer

Overview: Gayatri Asokan is a playback singer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. She started her playback career with the song "Deena Dayalo Rama" for the film Arayannagalude Veedu under music director Raveendran ...

Date of birth: 3 March 1978

Age: 47

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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21st-century women composers 620T

Women musicians from Kerala 52T

21st-century Indian women singers 346T
16.

Parvathy Baul

Indian singer

Overview: Parvathy Baul (born 1976) is a Baul folk singer, musician and storyteller from Bengal and one of the leading Baul musicians in India. Trained under Baul gurus, Sanatan Das Baul, Shashanko Goshai Baul in ...

Date of birth: 1976

Age: 49

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Female

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19th-century women composers 341T

20th-century women composers 1,221T

19th-century women musicians 415T
17.

Satarupa Sanyal

Indian actor

Overview: Satarupa Sanyal is a Bengali Indian independent or parallel cinema film director, producer, actress, poet and social activist, based in Kolkata, India. She is well known for her feminist social stances ...

Date of birth: 12 November 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Female

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21st-century women composers 620T

21st-century Indian women musicians 20T

Indian women documentary filmmakers 19T
18.

Reena Esmail

COmposer

Overview: Reena Esmail (born 11 February 1983) is an American pianist and composer.

Date of birth: 11 February 1983

Age: 42

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Female

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20th-century women composers 1,221T

21st-century women composers 620T

20th-century American women musicians 816T
19.

Vidya Shah

Musical artist

Overview: Vidya Shah is an Indian singer, musician, social activist and writer.

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Female

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20th-century women educators 680T

Social workers from Madhya Pradesh 12T

Women musicians from Madhya Pradesh 13T
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Rimi Basu Sinha

Musical artist

Overview: Rimi Basu Sinha (born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India) is one of the very few female music composers in India. She is a trained musician and started training at the age of six. She has done her masters ...

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Female

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20th-century women composers 1,246T

Women musicians from Uttar Pradesh 26T

Musicians from Allahabad 11T