27 Facts About Anuradha Paudwal

Anuradha Paudwal was born on 27 October 1954 and is an Indian playback singer and politician who works predominantly in Hindi cinema.

Anuradha Paudwal is engaged in social work and had a foundation named Suryodaya Foundation.

Anuradha Paudwal has been awarded a doctorate in music by DY Patil University felicitated by the house of commons in England and awarded the Cultural ambassador to Indian devotional by the United Nations in New York.

Anuradha Paudwal started her political career by joining Bharatiya Janata Party on 16 March 2024 ahead of 2024 Indian general election.

Anuradha Paudwal has sung in films including Marathi, Odia, Nepali, Bengali and Kannada.

Anuradha Paudwal started her music journey in 1973 from film Abhiman where she sang a Sanskrit verse for Jaya Bhaduri.

Anuradha Paudwal obtained popularity from her song Tu Mera Janu Hai along with Manhar Udhas in film Hero.

Anuradha Paudwal had been asked to 'dub' this song for the actual singer - Lata Mangeshkar.

Anuradha Paudwal listened to some of their songs and asked them to compose music for her.

Anuradha Paudwal sang those bhajans and when these were released in market these sold immediately.

Anuradha Paudwal's Bhajans are extremely popular in India specially her Shiv and Durga bhajans.

In 1997 Gulshan Kumar got murdered and after that Anuradha Paudwal again started to sing songs for other music labels.

Anuradha Paudwal got some of the best songs and became popular again, but at that time Alka Yagnik was dominating the Industry and Anuradha Paudwal didn't receive much success which she achieved earlier.

Anuradha Paudwal continued to sing till 2006 and after that she quit Bollywood.

Anuradha Paudwal has worked with Kavita Krishnamurti, Alka Yagnik, Sadhana Sargam, Asha Bhosle and many other female singers.

Anuradha Paudwal sang her last song 'Palkein uthake Dekhiye' in film Jaane Hoga Kya.

All three films were blockbusters, and for the songs, Anuradha Paudwal won two Filmfare Awards.

Anuradha Paudwal has sung thousands of songs in several languages.

Anuradha Paudwal has won four Filmfare Awards out of eleven nominations.

Anuradha Paudwal is one among the most popular singers in India.

Anuradha Paudwal has appeared in popular singing show Indian Idol as a special guest where she share some of the memories of her career.

Anuradha Paudwal has appeared in Superstar Singer Season 2 singing reality show.

Anuradha Paudwal has appeared in many devotional albums like Shiv Amritwani, Mamta Ka Mandir, Hanuman Amritwani and has special appearances in various Bollywood Movies like Saathi, Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain, Jai Maa Vaishno Devi.

Anuradha Paudwal was born 27 October 1954 as Alka Nadkarni, in a Marathi speaking family in Karwar.

Anuradha Paudwal was married to Arun Paudwal, a music composer, with whom she had a son Aditya and a daughter Kavita, a singer by profession.

Anuradha Paudwal survived a helicopter crash in 2002 in Madhya Pradesh.

Anuradha Paudwal has been honoured with many awards including 4 Filmfare Awards, 1 National Film Award and Padma Shri by Government of India.