Malini Awasthi Birthday: Her melodious voice introduces us to indian folk, her writing career also started with 'Chandan Kiwad'
Malini Awasthi Birthday: Famous folk singer Malini Awasthi is celebrating her birthday today on 11 February. The world is familiar with her melodious voice, now her words are also spreading through her first book 'Chandan Kiwad'.
Daughter of Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh! Malini Awasthi, her name does not require any introduction. She has brought the colours of indian folk to the masses with her music and melodious voice. Be it Sohar, Kajri songs or wedding songs and bhajans, the way Malini Awasthi presents them reflects her culture and civilization. Today we are talking about Malini Awasthi because today, 11 february is her birthday. Let's know...
Malini Awasthi was born on 11 february 1967 in Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh. Apart from hindi and Awadhi songs, Malini Awasthi also performs Thumri and Kajri. The folk singer is a post graduate in Hindustani classical music from Bhatkhande University, Lucknow. Malini Awasthi has been very smart in studies. She is also a gold medalist in Hindustani classical music.
Apart from this, Malini Awasthi also did an MA in Modern history from lucknow University and again won a gold medal. She was a disciple of Padma Vibhushan Vidushi girija Devi, the great Hindustani classical singer of Banaras Gharana. Apart from Bhojpuri, Malini also sings in Awadhi and hindi languages. For her best performance in the field of singing, the government of india honored her with the country's biggest civilian honor Padma Shri in the year 2016. She has been awarded many other awards including Sahara Awadh Samman (2003), yash Bharti UP government (2006), Nari Gaurav (2000), and Kalidas Samman.
Talking about Malini Awasthi's personal life, she is married to IAS Avnish Kumar Awasthi, who retired as the Principal Secretary of the UP government. Malini Awasthi has two children - son Adwitya and daughter Ananya.
Malina Awasthi has also sung songs for many films. Malini Awasthi sang her first song as a playback singer in the film 'Bhole Shankar'. She was given this first break in playback singing by the film's director Pankaj Shukla. Apart from this, she sang the beautiful Sushil song from the film 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha', in which anu malik gave music. Apart from this, she has also sung songs for bollywood films like 'Bum Bum Bole', 'Agent Vinod', and 'Ishq'. Malini Awasthi has started her journey as a writer. Her first book is 'Chandan Kiwad'. The book was released at the jaipur Literature festival on 02 February.
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