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About Vandana
am Vandana Srinivasan, am a playback
singer. Born and brought up in the middle east,
it was the place I did my schoolings and learnt
my Carnatic music under Mrs. Sita Krishnan
who is my first Guru. I moved to Chennai in
2006 to study Psychology and during this time
I learnt Hindustani music under Mrs. Anushri
Saaha. In 2009-2011 I did my masters in London
and returned by 2011. By 2012 my debut song
got released, “ORU PADHI KADAVU” from
Thandavam and no looking back since then.
MM: Do you have different
music. So, we try to keep in
standards when you perform line with those performances
Carnatic, Hindustani and
because we don’t want
Film Music? Yes or No and
to offend anyone. I think
Why?
according to standards, the
flavours of the styles we
perform and then we try to
Vandana: First of
keep our self in those limits
all, I don’t do Carnatic
or broad guidelines.
performances so to speak,
we try to rearrange and do
MM: In terms of learning,
like a fusion. But standards,
what is the difference and
I suppose that there are some
where is the difference as well
unspoken guidelines when
as Carnatic and Hindustani
you perform certain styles of
are concerned.
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Vandana: According
to my perspective, the
approaches are different
with their styles of music. I
think the kind of liberty or
creative freedom a person
can take in Carnatic and
Hindustani Music. Even
during a performance there
are certain guidelines that
you need to follow and
it also depends upon the
kind of training you’ve had
and the Gurus that you’ve
learnt under as I think they