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{{short description|Indian singer}}
 
 
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Vandana Srinivasan
| image = File:Vandana MM Photo.jpg
| image_sizecaption =
| image_size =
| birth_name = Vandana Srinivasan
| birth_name = Vandana Srinivasan
| birth_date = 22/05/1988
| birth_date = 22/05/1988
| death_date =
| instrumentdeath_date = Vocals
| genre instrument = [[Carnatic music]] and Vocals
| genre = [[Carnatic music]] and [[Hindustani classical music]]
| occupation = [[Playback singer]] & [[Ghazal|Ghazal artiste]]
| years_active = 2011–present
| website = https://www.facebook.com/Vandanasrinivasanmusic
}}
'''Vandana Srinivasan''' is an Indian [[playback singer]], working mainly as an independent singer and for the [[South Indian film industry]] especially [[kollywood]]in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada. She is also an independent singer and a Ghazal, Sufi, devotional and semi-classical artiste in Hindi, Urdu, Bangla, Malayalam, Tamil and other Indian languages.
 
== Biography ==
 
Vandana began training in the [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] Classical music at an early age from her Guru, Mrs. Seetha Krishnan till she finished high school. She moved to Madras, India, in 2006 to major in Psychology at Women's Christian College (University of Madras). Here, she trained in the Hindustani Classical music under her Guru, Mrs. Tanushree Saha. She moved to London in 2009 to pursue a postgraduate degree in Organizational & Social Psychology from the [[London School of Economics|London School of Economics & Political Science]] (LSE). She was exposed to various musical influences in London and she particularly enjoyed exploring Bangla music. Following her return to Madras in early 2011, she established herself as an independent musician and playback singer. Vandana continues to learn [[Hindustani classical music]] under the tutilage of Sri Koushik Aithal, based in Bengaluru.
Vandana is married to Anand Pattathil,<ref name=Ex1>{{cite news | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2014/jul/08/vandana-busy-tuning-to-wedding-bells-633407.html | title=Vandana Busy Tuning to Wedding Bells | date=8 July 2014 | first=Sonali | last=Shenoy | newspaper=The New Indian Express | access-date=7 July 2020 }}</ref> a business man, and is settled in Chennai.
<ref name=toi1>{{cite news|last=Kurian|first=Shiba|title=It was an experience of a lifetime: Vandana|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-07/news-and-interviews/33651148_1_band-members-music-videos-playback-singer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202190257/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-07/news-and-interviews/33651148_1_band-members-music-videos-playback-singer|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2014|access-date=19 June 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=7 September 2012}}</ref>
<ref name=toi1>{{cite news|last=Kurian|first=Shiba|title=It was an experience of a lifetime: Vandana|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-07/news-and-interviews/33651148_1_band-members-music-videos-playback-singer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202190257/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-07/news-and-interviews/33651148_1_band-members-music-videos-playback-singer|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2014|access-date=19 June 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=7 September 2012}}</ref>
<ref name=IT1>{{cite news|last=Sibal|first=Prachi|title=Women in Power|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20190325-women-in-power-1477840-2019-03-14|access-date=22 March 2021|newspaper=India Today|date=14 March 2019}}</ref>
<ref name=IT1>{{cite news|last=Sibal|first=Prachi|title=Women in Power|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20190325-women-in-power-1477840-2019-03-14|access-date=22 March 2021|newspaper=India Today|date=14 March 2019}}</ref>
 
Vandana Srinivasan was a fellow at [[Lakshmi Pratury|INK Talks]] 2013 edition that was held at Kochi, Kerala.
In 2017 she gave a TEDx talk on the Life of a Musician. <ref name=tedx>{{cite news|title=Life of a Musician|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fPiDEUingw|access-date=22 March 2021|newspaper=YouTube}}</ref>
 
In 2017 she gave a [[TED (conference)|TEDx]] talk on the Life of a Musician.<ref name=tedx>{{cite news|title=Life of a Musician|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fPiDEUingw|access-date=22 March 2021|newspaper=YouTube}}</ref>
She runs a collaboration initiative - Musicalorie Pruductions - and is actively involved in working with different artists. Vandana is married to Anand Pattathil,<ref name=Ex1>{{cite news | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2014/jul/08/Vandana-Busy-Tuning-to-Wedding-Bells-633407.html | title=Vandana Busy Tuning to Wedding Bells | date=8 July 2014 | first=Sonali | last=Shenoy | newspaper=The New Indian Express | access-date=7 July 2020 }}</ref> a business man, and is settled in Chennai. Vandana and Anand also run an online boutique called anastoriesonline on Instagram.
 
Vandana and Anand run a collective called [https://youtube.com/@vandanasrinivasanmusic?si=yb3Q23K8UnX91foV Madras Mehfil] aka Mehfil aur Mulaqaat which is a unique musical act founded in Chennai/ Madras under their banner Musicalorie Productions. This team specializes in the genres of Ghazal, Sufi, Devotional, Semi- Classical, Timeless Film Classics & Retro gems across all Indian languages. The band is composed of individually established musicians who command respect through their sheer expertise & talent.
Madras Mehfil is not simply a concept. It is a multi-sensory experience, hosted in a custom designed ambience that enables audiences to transcend their surroundings and connect with the soul and emotion of music.
 
== Discography ==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Album
!Song
!Album
!
!Composer
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
|[[Madhubana Kadai]]
|"Polladha Kuthirai"
|''[[Madhubana Kadai]]''
|
|[[Ved Shankar]]
|-
|[[Thandavam]]
|"Oru Padhi Kadhavu"
|''[[Thandavam]]''
|
|[[G. V. Prakash Kumar]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
|[[Raja Rani (2013 film)|Raja Rani]]
|"Unnale"
|[[Raja Rani (2013 film)|''Raja Rani'']]
|
|[[G. V. Prakash Kumar]]
|-
|[[Paradesi (2013 film)|Paradesi]]
|"Avatha Paiya"
|[[Paradesi (2013 film)|''Paradesi'']]
|
|[[G. V. Prakash Kumar]]
|-
| rowspan="67" |2014
|''Ennathan Pesuvatho''
|"Sabke Vinathi (Female Version)"
|''Ennathan Pesuvatho''
|
|[[D. Imman]]
|-
|[[Kayal (film)|Kayal]]
|"Unna Ippo parkanum"
|[[Kayal (film)|''Kayal'']]
|
|[[D. Imman]]
|-
|[[Manja Pai]]
|"Pathu Pathu"
|''[[Manja Pai]]''
|
|[[N. R. Raghunanthan]]
|-
|[[Oru Oorla Rendu Raja]]
|"Mazhakaatha"
|''[[Oru Oorla Rendu Raja]]''
|
|[[D. Imman]]
|-
|[[Naan Sigappu Manithan (2014 film)|Naan Sigappu Manithan]]
|"Penne Oh Penne"
|[[Naan Sigappu Manithan (2014 film)|''Naan Sigappu Manithan'']]
|
|[[G. V. Prakash Kumar]]
|-
|[[Rummy (2014 film)|Rummy]]
|"Kooda Mela Kooda Vachu"
|[[Rummy (2014 film)|''Rummy'']]
|
|[[D. Imman]]
|-
|"Thikki Thenarudhu (Senior's Version)"
|[[Vu (film)|''Vu'']]
|Abijith Ramaswami
|-
| rowspan="2" |2015
|''Kamarakattu''
|"Erumamattu payale"
|''Kamarakattu''
|
|F.S.Faizal
|-
|"Undhan Mugam (Composer's Version)"
|[[Charles Shafiq Karthiga]]
|''[[Charles Shafiq Karthiga]]''
|Undhan Mugam (Composer's Version)
|
|[[Sidhartha Mohan]]
|-
| rowspan="6" |2016
|"Thiruda Thiruda"
|Aarambamey Attakaasam
|''Aarambamey Attakaasam''
|Thiruda Thiruda
|
|Jaya K Doss
|-
|"Sakhiya Sakhiya"
|Guppedantha Prema
|''Guppedantha Prema''
|Sakhiya Sakhiya
|
|Navneeth Sunder
|-
|[[Marudhu]]
|"Karuvakaatu karuvaaya"
|''[[Marudhu]]''
|
|[[D. Imman]]
|-
|[[Wagah]]
|"Aasai Kadhal Aruyirae"
|''[[Wagah]]''
|
|[[D. Imman]]
|-
|[[Thodari]]
|"Adada idhuyenna"
|''[[Thodari]]''
|
|[[D. Imman]]
|-
|[[Kavalai Vendam]]
|"Un Kadhal Irundhal Podhum (Reprise)"
|''[[Kavalai Vendam]]''
|
|[[Leon James (composer)|Leon James]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |2017
|"Idhukkuthaane"
|Adhaagapattadhu Mahajanangaley
|''Adhaagapattadhu Mahajanangaley''
|Idhukkuthaane
|
|[[D. Imman]]
|-
|"Nee Illai Endraal"
|8 Thottakkal
|''8 Thottakkal''
|Nee Illai Endraal
|
|Sundaramurthy KS
|-
|"Adi Podi Sandali"
|Pottu
|''Pottu''
|Adi Podi Sandali
|
|Amrish
|-
|2018
|"Sandakkari"
|Kadaikkutty Singam
|''Kadaikkutty Singam''
|Sandakkari
|
|[[D. Imman]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019
|"Talapu Talupu"
|[[Brochevarevarura]]
|''[[Brochevarevarura]]''
|Talapu Talupu
|
|[[Vivek Sagar]]
|-
|"Thaaja Samachara"
|[[Natasaarvabhowma]]
|''[[Natasaarvabhowma]]''
|Thaaja Samachara
|
|D. Imman
|-
| rowspan="2" |2021
|"Alangalankuruvi"
|[[Pulikkuthi Pandi]]
|''[[Pulikkuthi Pandi]]''
|Alangalankuruvi
|
|N. R. Ragunandhan
|-
|"Marudhaani"
|2021
|''[[Annaatthe]]''
|Marudhaani
|
|D.Imman
|-
| rowspan="4" |2022
|"Thaalaattu Paadum Saami"
|''[[Diary (2022 film)|Diary]]''
|[[Ron Ethan Yohann]]
|-
|"Ullam Urugudhaiya""
|''[[Etharkkum Thunindhavan]]''
|D.Imman
|-
|"Sooravali (Female Version)"
|''Regina''
|Sathish Nair
|-
|"Aathi En Mela"
|''Sembi''
|[[Nivas K. Prasanna|Nivas Prasanna]]
|-
|2023
|"Ennatha Naa"
|''Sembi''
|[[Nivas K. Prasanna|Nivas Prasanna]]
|-
|}
 
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
 
 
 
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/groove-to-ghazals-and-more/article19152578.ece
 
5. ^ Sonu M Kothari (4 April 2024) An experimental melange of arts. The New Indian Express
https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2024/Apr/04/an-experimental-melange-of-arts
 
== External links ==
 
* {{Facebook|MusicVandanam|Official page}}
* [https://soundcloud.com/vandanasrinivasan Vandana's Sound CloudSoundCloud Stream]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/MusicVandanam Vandana's YouTube Channel]
* [https://twitter.com/Vandanism Vandana's Twitter account]