Best Female Playback Singer National Film Award winners

The list Best Female Playback Singer National Film Award winners includes Lata Mangeshkar, Shreya Ghoshal, Alka Yagnik, Monali Thakur and Asha Bhosle. The list consists of 29 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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Nepali-language singers from India 52T

Lata Mangeshkar 2T

Goan people 99T
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Shreya Ghoshal

Indian singer

Overview: Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian playback singer. She has received four National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, seven Filmfare Awards and ...

Date of birth: 12 March 1984

Age: 40

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Partner: Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya (Married)

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Music of Bengal 19T

Women musicians from West Bengal 59T

Women musicians from Rajasthan 12T
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Alka Yagnik

Singer

Overview: Alka Yagnik (born 20 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer. She is noted in Indian cinema for a career spanning over three decades. She holds a record of being the only nominee in the category of Female ...

Date of birth: 20 March 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Women musicians from West Bengal 59T

21st-century Indian women singers 346T

20th-century Indian women singers 308T
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Monali Thakur

Indian singer

Overview: Monali Thakur (born 3 November 1985) is an Indian singer and actress. She is the recipient of several awards including a National Film Award for the song "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" from the film Dum Laga Ke Haisha ...

Date of birth: 3 November 1985

Age: 38

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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International Indian Film Academy Awards winners 146T

Filmi singers 11T

Women musicians from West Bengal 92T
5.

Asha Bhosle

Indian, Singer

Overview: Asha Bhosle (née Mangeshkar; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur, actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian cinema. Known for her versatility, she ...

Date of birth: 8 September 1933

Age: 91

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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Indian women guitarists 3T

Nepali-language singers from India 52T

International Indian Film Academy Awards winners 146T
6.

Bela Shende

Indian singer

Overview: Bela Shende is an Indian playback singer. She performed several songs in Bollywood and regional films. "Mann Mohana" from the film Jodhaa Akbar, "Su Che" from the film What's Your Raashee?, "Wajle Ki Baara" ...

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Women musicians from Maharashtra 77T

21st-century Indian women singers 346T

Singers from Pune 24T
7.

Sadhana Sargam

Indian singer

Overview: Sadhana Sargam (born 7 March 1969) is an Indian singer known for playback career in Indian cinema predominantly in Hindi and Tamil films. She is a recipient of the National Film Award and Filmfare Awards ...

Date of birth: 7 March 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Women musicians from Maharashtra 77T

21st-century Indian women singers 346T

20th-century Indian women singers 308T
8.

K.S. Chithra

Indian singer

Overview: Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra, often credited as K. S. Chithra or simply Chithra, is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician from Kerala. Chithra also sings Indian classical, devotional, and ...

Date of birth: 27 July 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Women musicians from Kerala 52T

21st-century Indian women singers 346T

Film musicians from Kerala 144T
9.

P. Susheela

Indian singer

Overview: Pulapaka Susheela (born 13 November 1935), popularly known as P. Susheela, is an Indian playback singer associated with the South Indian cinema primarily from Andhra Pradesh for over six decades. She ...

Date of birth: 13 November 1935

Age: 88

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Women musicians from Andhra Pradesh 40T

People from Uttarandhra 63T

Film musicians from Andhra Pradesh 73T
10.

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: 86

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
11.

Anuradha Paudwal

Indian singer

Overview: Anuradha Paudwal (born 27 October 1954) is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. She has been described in media as one of the most prominent Bhajan singer and also as one ...

Date of birth: 27 October 1954

Age: 69

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Nepali-language singers from India 52T

Odia playback singers 19T

21st-century Indian women singers 487T
12.

Roopa Ganguly

Indian actress and politician (born 1963)

Overview: Roopa Ganguly is an Indian actress, playback singer and politician. She is best known for her portrayal of Draupadi in B R Chopra's hit television series Mahabharat. Often promoted as the Tollywood's answer ...

Date of birth: 25 November 1966

Age: 57

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Rajya Sabha members from the Bharatiya Janata Party 62T

Women members of the Rajya Sabha 167T

Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal 164T
13.

Rekha Bhardwaj

Indian singer

Overview: Rekha Bhardwaj (born 24 January 1964) is an Indian singer and live performer. She has received two Filmfare and one National Awards. In addition to Hindi, she has also sung in Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi ...

Date of birth: 24 January 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Women musicians from Delhi 22T

21st-century Indian women singers 346T

20th-century Indian women singers 308T
14.

Vani Jairam

Indian singer

Overview: Vani Jairam (born Kalaivani; 30 November 1945 – 4 Feb 2023), also credited as Vani Jayaram, was an Indian playback singer in South Indian cinema. Vani's career started in 1971 and has spanned over five ...

Date of birth: 30 November 1945

Date of death: 4 February 2023

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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2023 deaths 739T

Women musicians from Tamil Nadu 96T

21st-century Indian women singers 483T
15.

Swarnalatha

Indian singer

Overview: Swarnalatha (29 April 1973 – 12 September 2010) was an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning almost 22 years (from 1987 till her death), she recorded over 10,000 songs in many languages, including ...

Date of birth: 29 April 1973

Date of death: 12 September 2010

Age: 37 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Female

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Women musicians from Kerala 52T

21st-century Indian women singers 346T

Film musicians from Kerala 144T
16.

Savani Ravindra

Indian, Singer

Overview: Savaniee Ravindrra, or Savani Ravindra, or Savani Ravindra Ghangurde Dhande (Marathi: सावनी रविंद्र; born 22 July 1989), is a singer in the Marathi music industry.

Date of birth: 22 July 1989

Age: 35

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Women musicians from Maharashtra 91T

21st-century Indian women singers 496T

Singers from Maharashtra 45T
17.

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

21st-century Indian women singers 346T

Singers from Assam 35T
18.

Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar

Indian singer

Overview: Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar (born January 27, 1963 in Vijayapura, Karnataka) is a two-time National Award-winning Indian classical singer who is active mostly in Marathi, Konkani and Hindi film Industry; known ...

Date of birth: 27 January 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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21st-century Indian women singers 346T

20th-century Indian women singers 308T

Singers from Karnataka 51T
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K. B. Sundarambal

Indian singer

Overview: Kodumudi Balambal Sundarambal (1908–1980) was an Indian theatre and film actress and singer from Erode district, Tamil Nadu. She performed in Tamil cinema and was referred to as the "Queen of the Indian ...

Date of birth: 11 October 1908

Date of death: 15 October 1980

Age: 72 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Female

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Women musicians from Tamil Nadu 78T

20th-century Indian women singers 308T

Singers from Tamil Nadu 72T
20.

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