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Pragathi Guruprasad

Pragathi Guruprasad

Musical artist


Pragathy Guruprasad is a Singaporean-American playback singer who has worked in Tamil language films. Brought up in Fremont, California, she finished as a runner-up in the Airtel Super Singer Junior 3 show, which aired from October 17, 2011 to October 26, 2012.

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Personal life

Pragathi Guruprasad was born to Guruprasad and Kanaka on 14 September 1997 in Singapore, and she has an elder sister, Saiprithvi. In Singapore, her father taught Carnatic lessons, and since at the age of five, Pragathi had also begun training in carnatic music. Her family subsequently relocated to Fremont, California where she continued learning Carnatic and Hindustani music from both her father at first and then from a teacher, Sangeetha Swaminathan, a disciple of Sudha Raghunathan.

Career

In July 2014, she signed on to make her acting debut by portraying a supporting role in Bala's Tharai Thappattai (2016), but later opted out owing to her college commitments.[1] In September 2016, Bala later announced that she would portray the lead role in his next project starring actor Yuvan. However the film was eventually shelved before production began.[2]

In 2020, she made an appearance in a small role in the American comedy drama Never Have I Ever.[3] Pragathi sang the popular Tamil Sangam poetry 'Yayum Ngayum' for the album Sandham: Symphony Meets Classical Tamil by Composer Rajan Somasundaram, which in July 2020, was featured in Amazon's Top#10 International Music albums.

Discography

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Television

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References

  1. "Pragathi's role will add weight to the film: Bala". The Hindu. 14 July 2014.
  2. "Audio Beat: Paradesi". The Hindu. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  3. "Paradesi track list goes live ahead of launch". Times of India. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  4. 360 Degrees Entertainment (11 May 2017), Usuraiya Tholaichaen - Stephen Zechariah | Pragathi Guruprasad | Suriavelan | Rupini Anbalagan, retrieved 14 May 2017{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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