Born in Delhi, she began her vocal training under Sr. Balram Puri, (a reputed teacher in the Hindustani style of music) at a very young age. Her incredible talent was evident by age eight.Kavita enrolled at St. Xaviers College, Bombay where she obtained an Honours Degree in Economics. Kavita started singing professionally on stage with the great music directors and singer Hemant Kumar, and Manna Dey. Later, she started dubbing for Lata Mangeshkar in Hindi films. Kavita began her recording career singing for commercial advertisements like Amul, Complan and Nirma in the early stages of her career. Initially, Kavita's exemplary voice took her to the UK, the US, Middle East, the West Indies, South Africa and Australia. This was later followed by several international concert tours.
Her first recording for a Bengali film song was done with Lata Mangeshkar. "Maang Bharo Sajna" was her first Hindi film under Laxmikant Pyarelal followed by "Pyar Jhukta Nahin". Since then, she has sung for many more films like Mr. India, Karma, Saudagar, Khuda Gawah, Chaalbaaz, 1942 - A Love Story, Yaarana, Mohara, Bombay, Saaz, Khamoshi, Pardesh, Bhairavi, Agnisakshi, Prem Agan, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan, Wajood, Hum Dil de Chuke Sanam, Taal, Hum Saath Saath Hain, Vastav, Khoobsurat, Gaja Gamini, Pukar, Dil Chahta Hai, Devdas, Dil Vil Pyar Vyar and Jeena Sirf Tere Liye.
She has sung for regional films in many Indian languages such as Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. Kavita has sung more than 1500 songs in several languages.
Apart from films, she has to her credit many non-films albums such as Koi Akela Kahan (Plus Music), Meera Ka Ram (BMG), Pop Time (Magna Sound) and Devotional Melodies (HMV).
Kavita Subramaniam's undaunted efforts to exce
l in the field of singing have brought her several accolades, and a large fan following the world over. Prestigious awards include three Film Fare awards, in 1995 for the film "1942 - A Love Story", in 1996 for the film "Yaarana" and in 1997 for "Khamoshi".
The 1997 Screen Award for "Khamoshi" and the 1998 Sansui Viewers Choice Award were won by her. She also won the 1999 Screen Videocon Award for "Hum Dil de Chuke Sanam" and 1999 Lux Zee Cine Award for "Hum Dil de Chuke Sanam". She is the recipient of the Priyadarshini Award, the Lion's Club Awards - Kala Sangam, the Lion's Award!
She won the "Best singer" award at the Stardust Millennium 2000 Awards … and the list continues! She was twice the recipient of the Bollywood Award, once in 2000 and 2002, held in New York. She also won the Kishore Kumar Journalists'/Critics' Award for the 2002 in Kolkata.
Following her wedding to Dr. L. Subramaniam, Kavita has been working on new fusion projects and exploring new avenues in music. Her husband, apart from being a serious classical musician, is also a maestro of global fusion music and western orchestral compositions. She has been featured as a Soloist in the latest Global Fusion album of Dr. L. Subramaniam, distributed by Warner Bros. The husband and wife team performed their fusion concert in Hyderabad on 31 December 1999 at the start of the annual Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival, which was attended by close to 200,000 people.
They have been touring and collaborating on a joint album to be released soon.
To commemorate 100 years of the Nobel Peace Prize, an album has been released bringing together the best from music and excerpts from speeches of Nobel laureates. For this project featuring artists from all around the world, Dr. Subramaniam and Kavita Krishnamurti Subramaniam were chosen to represent the Asian continent. Their composition, Trancedental Peace features Dr. Subramaniam on the violin, Mrs. Subramaniam singing and the words of Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela. This historical compact disc also features the music of Kris Kristofferson, Sinead O'Conner Brilliant and Knut Reiersrud and the words of, Matrin Luther King Jr, Dalai Lama, Kofi Annan, Yitzhak Rabin and Yaseer Arafat among others.
She has sung for regional films in many Indian languages such as Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. Kavita has sung more than 1500 songs in several languages.
Apart from films, she has to her credit many non-films albums such as Koi Akela Kahan (Plus Music), Meera Ka Ram (BMG), Pop Time (Magna Sound) and Devotional Melodies (HMV).
Kavita Subramaniam's undaunted efforts to exce
l in the field of singing have brought her several accolades, and a large fan following the world over. Prestigious awards include three Film Fare awards, in 1995 for the film "1942 - A Love Story", in 1996 for the film "Yaarana" and in 1997 for "Khamoshi". The 1997 Screen Award for "Khamoshi" and the 1998 Sansui Viewers Choice Award were won by her. She also won the 1999 Screen Videocon Award for "Hum Dil de Chuke Sanam" and 1999 Lux Zee Cine Award for "Hum Dil de Chuke Sanam". She is the recipient of the Priyadarshini Award, the Lion's Club Awards - Kala Sangam, the Lion's Award!
She won the "Best singer" award at the Stardust Millennium 2000 Awards … and the list continues! She was twice the recipient of the Bollywood Award, once in 2000 and 2002, held in New York. She also won the Kishore Kumar Journalists'/Critics' Award for the 2002 in Kolkata.
Following her wedding to Dr. L. Subramaniam, Kavita has been working on new fusion projects and exploring new avenues in music. Her husband, apart from being a serious classical musician, is also a maestro of global fusion music and western orchestral compositions. She has been featured as a Soloist in the latest Global Fusion album of Dr. L. Subramaniam, distributed by Warner Bros. The husband and wife team performed their fusion concert in Hyderabad on 31 December 1999 at the start of the annual Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival, which was attended by close to 200,000 people.
They have been touring and collaborating on a joint album to be released soon.
To commemorate 100 years of the Nobel Peace Prize, an album has been released bringing together the best from music and excerpts from speeches of Nobel laureates. For this project featuring artists from all around the world, Dr. Subramaniam and Kavita Krishnamurti Subramaniam were chosen to represent the Asian continent. Their composition, Trancedental Peace features Dr. Subramaniam on the violin, Mrs. Subramaniam singing and the words of Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela. This historical compact disc also features the music of Kris Kristofferson, Sinead O'Conner Brilliant and Knut Reiersrud and the words of, Matrin Luther King Jr, Dalai Lama, Kofi Annan, Yitzhak Rabin and Yaseer Arafat among others.
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