Happy birthday Anuradha Paudwal: Veteran singer Anuradha Paudwal, whose maternal name is Alka Nadkarni, celebrates her 69th birthday today. Best known for crooning bhajans, Paudwal has a vast amount of work in Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Odia, Nepali and Kannada industry.
Anuradha Paudwal has been working in the industry for over four decades, either in movies or simply lending her voice to a song or bhajan. She has also been involved in various humanitarian works – in helping the families of martyred soldiers, to provide electricity to families who cannot afford to pay the bills, and in solving the problem of malnutrition.
The singer’s career and her social work in the Parliament of England, was also recognized in the Indo-British All Party Parliamentary Group in England.
Needless to say, Anuradha Paudwal has been honoured and recognized by the Government of India more than once. She has also been recognized by the State Awards and received one of the highest awards in the country – the Padma Shri.
Here are the times when she had been recognized by the Government:
Padma Shri
Anuradha Paudwal was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2017.
Mohammed Rafi Award
Anuradha also received the Mohammed Rafi Award from the Government of India in 2013.
Lata Mangeshkar Award
She received the Lata Mangeshkar Award by the Madhya Pradesh Government back in 2010.
National Film Awards
Anuradha Paudwal was recognized as the best playback singer (female) by National Film Awards for her song ‘He Ek Reshami’ from the Marathi film ‘Kalat Nakalat’ in 1989.
Odisha State Film Award for Best Singer
Anuradha Paudwal received the Odisha State Film Award for Best Singer twice – once in 1987 for ‘Tunda Baida’ and in 1997 for ‘Khandaei Akhi Re Luha’.
As her voice is as good and sweet as honey, the love in the songs feels oozing. From the 70s to the 2000s, she had the most flourishing career and has to date sung more than 1500 songs. She was in full swing and gave some blockbuster romance filled hits for films.
Anuradha Paudwal has sung songs alongside several famous artists like Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, and more. But her duets with Kumar Sanu are most appreciated and famous. Together they were inseparable singing Jodi of the Bollywood music industry. They created some of the best romantic hits for numerous films, adding to Bollywood’s popularity being known for its love stories.
Not to forget, Anuradha Paudwal topped the list of golden singers during the 90s Golden era of music. She was the undisputed queen when it came to romantic tracks, and therefore let’s visit back to some of her most fantastic blockbuster songs:
- Maiya Yashoda
- Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi
- Hum Saath Saath Hain
- Main Duniya Bhula Dunga
- Dhak Dhak Karne Laga
