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Revathy Krishna ( Tamil: ரேவதி கிருஷ்ணா) is an Indian vainika [1] renowned for her proficiency in both carnatic classical as well as Light music and film music.
Revathy Krishna, born as Revathy Chelvakumar, was the daughter of Chelvakumar and Lakshmi. Revathy's brother, Chandran is now a retired cosmetic surgeon. Hailing from the disciple lineage of composer Thyagaraja, she is the great grand daughter of Thillaisthanam Rama Iyengar, the devoted disciple of saint Thyagaraja. After getting initial training in vocals from Therali Ramaswami Iyengar in Madurai, [2] she picked up veena at the age of 12, and spotting her keen interest, her mother put her under the watchful tutelage of Sundaram Iyer. She later on fine tuned her art under Sharada Shivanandam and K.P.Sivanandam. [3]
She also performs in films and film songs on stage, with many audio and video albums to her credit. Her rendition of Rajnikanth, Kamal Hassan and A. R. Rahman songs in veena are hit among the music fans. [4]
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Revathy Krishna ( Tamil: ரேவதி கிருஷ்ணா) is an Indian vainika [1] renowned for her proficiency in both carnatic classical as well as Light music and film music.
Revathy Krishna, born as Revathy Chelvakumar, was the daughter of Chelvakumar and Lakshmi. Revathy's brother, Chandran is now a retired cosmetic surgeon. Hailing from the disciple lineage of composer Thyagaraja, she is the great grand daughter of Thillaisthanam Rama Iyengar, the devoted disciple of saint Thyagaraja. After getting initial training in vocals from Therali Ramaswami Iyengar in Madurai, [2] she picked up veena at the age of 12, and spotting her keen interest, her mother put her under the watchful tutelage of Sundaram Iyer. She later on fine tuned her art under Sharada Shivanandam and K.P.Sivanandam. [3]
She also performs in films and film songs on stage, with many audio and video albums to her credit. Her rendition of Rajnikanth, Kamal Hassan and A. R. Rahman songs in veena are hit among the music fans. [4]