N J Nandini won an award named after what Carnatic music singer from Palakkad?
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N. J. Nandini N J Nandini (born 5 August 1991) is a young Carnatic music vocalist from Trivandrum. 2014 was a high note for Nandini, who has become the young face of classical music in the city. who was awarded the Chembai Puraskaram, followed by the Isai Chudai title and the M S Subbalakshmi fellowship. Hailing from a family of rich musical heritage, she has been nurtured over the years, by her eminent gurus, Prof Parassala Ponnammal, Prof P R Kumarakerala Varma, Dr S Bhagyalakshmi and Dr M N Moorthy. She has performed over 700 concerts within India and abroad.
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Chembai Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar a.k.a. Vaidyanatha Iyer (Malayalam:ചെമ്പൈ വൈദ്യനാഥ ഭാഗവതർ, b. 1 September 1896, d. 16 October 1974) was a Carnatic music singer from Palakkad (state of Kerala, India). Known by his village name "Chembai", or simply as "Bhagavatar", he was born to Anantha Bhagavatar and Parvati Ammal in 1896, into a Tamil Brahmin family at Kottayi-I/II near Palakkad on Janmashtami day. Chembai was noted for his powerful voice and majestic style of singing. His first public performance was in 1904, when he was nine. A recipient of several titles and honours, he was known for his encouragement of upcoming musicians and ability to spot new talent. He was responsible for popularising compositions like "Rakshamam" and "Pavana Guru", among others. The music critic 'Aeolus' described him as "the musician who has meant the most to Carnatic Music in the first fifty years of the 20th century." His prominent disciples include Chembai Narayana Bhagavathar, Mangu Thampuran, Guruvayur Ponnammal, T. V. Gopalakrishnan, V. V. Subramaniam, P. Leela, Jayan and Vijayan, K. J. Yesudas and Babu Parameswaran, among others. He also mentored and lot of young accompanists, including Palghat Mani Iyer, Lalgudi Jayaraman, M. S. Gopalakrishnan, T. N. Krishnan, Palani Subramaniam Pillai and L. Subramaniam. Memorial music festivals have been held in his honour annually since his death in 1974, the most important being the annually celebrated Chembai Sangeetholsavam.
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Nanditha Nanditha (born February 28, 1978) is an Indian singer. Best known as a playback singer in the Kannada film industry, she sings in other languages such as Tamil and Telugu. Nanditha began her playback career from the film "Habba" (1998). Since then, she has won numerous awards including the Karnataka State Film Awards and Filmfare Awards South for her singing.
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T. S. Nandakumar T. S. Nandakumar (born on 17 March 1958) is a well known Indian versatile carnatic music percussionist. He is primarily adept in playing the mridangam.
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Papanasam Sivan Papanasam Sivan (26 September 1890 – 1 October 1973) was a prominent composer of Carnatic music and a singer. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1970. He was also the foremost film score composer in Kannada cinema as well as Tamil cinema in 1930s and 1940s.
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Nandini Srikar Nandini Srikar (born 10 August 1969) is an Indian singer, composer and guitarist.
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Palnati Pourusham Palnaati Pourusham (Telugu: పల్నాటి పౌరుషం ) is a 1994 Telugu film directed by Muthyala Subbaiah. It is a remake of the 1993 Tamil film "Kizhakku Cheemayile", which was directed by P. Bharathiraja. The film tells the story of a brother and a sister. Krishnam Raju and Radhika have been praised for their roles in the film. Raju won the Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu).
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Chinni Jayanth Chinni Jayanth (born Krishnamurthy Narayanan on 26 July 1960) is a Tamil director, producer, comedian, actor, and mimicry artist, who has appeared in many main, character and supporting roles in Tamil films. He is also a popular television personality having hosted innumerable hit shows like "Sagalai Vs Ragalai", "Kalakka Povathu Yaar" and the popular show "Asathapovathu Yaaru" on Sun TV in Chennai. He is also the recipient of the prestigious Kalaimamani award given by the Government of Tamil Nadu for excellence in the field of cinema. He received this award from the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu at a glittering function at Valluvar Kottam.
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Visalakshi Nityanand Visalakhi Nityanand is an Indian Carnatic music vocalist. She is the daughter and student of Trivandrum R. S. Mani.
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Rathnamala Prakash Ratnamala Prakash(Kannada:ರತ್ನಮಾಲಾ ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್) is an Indian singer who sings in Kannada language. Her father Padma bhushan late sri R. K. Srikantan was a popular karnataka classical musician. Ratnamala still popular in Karnataka for her soulful singing. She has magnetic voice with powerful high pitch shruthi. The late composer C. Ashwath's first choice was always Ratnamala.
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Sumitra Guha Sumitra Guha is an Indian classical singer, known for her expertise in the Carnatic and Hindustani schools of classical music. The Government of India honored her in 2010, with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri.
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Jhankaradhvani Jhankaradhvani or Jhankaradhwani (pronounced jhankāradhvani) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 19th "Melakarta" rāgam in the 72 "melakarta" rāgam system of Carnatic music.
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Gayatri Sankaran Dr. Gayatri Sankaran is a visually challenged Indian Carnatic musician and vocalist by nature specialising in Carnatic vocals and violin performances. She is a recipient of the Kalaimamani award from "Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Manram", a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Tamil Nadu. The Government of India honoured her in 2006, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to music, making her the first visually impaired woman to receive the award.
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Vijay Siva N. Vijay Siva (born 29 March 1967) is an eminent Carnatic music vocalist. He is a disciple of the late D. K. Jayaraman.
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Vinay Mandke Vinay Mandke (born 16 December 1952) is a Veteran Indian playback singer, Music Composer, Live Performer who primarily sings for Bollywood films. He has also sung in Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and various Indian languages.
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M. G. Radhakrishnan Malabar Gopalan Nair Radhakrishnan (Malayalam: എം. ജി. രാധാകൃഷ്ണന്‍ ; 29 July 1940 – 2 July 2010) was a senior music director and Carnatic vocalist from Kerala. He is highly regarded as one of the most successful light music and film music composer in Malayalam.
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Saisharan P. Sai Sharan (also known as Saisharan or Saicharan) is a Carnatic musician and Indian playback singer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He rose to prominence after winning the third season of the "Airtel Super Singer".
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Prasad Sawkar Pandit Prasad Sawkar (Devanagari: प्रसाद सावकार) is an Indian vocalist, and scholar of Indian classical, semi-classical, and devotional music. He received prestigious Padma Shri award in the year 2006 for his work in music and Sangeet Natak
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Mano (singer) Nagoor Babu, known by his stage name Mano, is an Indian playback singer, voice-over artist, actor, producer, television anchor and music composer. He is a recipient of several awards such as the Nandi Awards from the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Kalaimamani award from the Government of Tamil Nadu.
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Ranganayaki Rajagopalan Kalaimamani Ranganayaki Rajagopalan (born 3 May 1932) is an award-winning veena instrumentalist and winner of Presidential Award for Carnatic Instrumental Music.
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Karaikudi Mani Karaikudi Mani (born as Ganapathy Subramanyam on 11 September 1945 in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian percussionist, primarily adept in the mridangam. He is regarded by the vast majority of Carnatic connoisseurs and aficionados as one of the greatest mridangam players ever.
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Kausalya (actress) Kausalya (born Kavitha on 30 December 1979), also known as Nandini, is an Indian film actress and model, who has starred mainly in Tamil and Malayalam films.