Every concert was worth its weight in gold. She found the experience of sharing the stage with her teacher inestimable. Sudha just strummed the tambura in her Guru’s performances for a year, before she graduated to being her second voice. You have to be sharp and grasp whatever you can when I sing.” MLV was very matter of fact in her approach.

The decisive turn happened, however, with Sudha winning the Central Government Scholarship for music in 1977 and subsequently, MLV’s consent to teach her.Ĭommenting on that crucial period in her life Sudha says, “Realising that I wasn’t in control of what was happening, I took a crucial decision - to make it big, irrespective of what I did.” This fire in her set the pace of her career graph. She enrolled Sudha in every possible competition and zealously sourced teachers who would teach her daughter the stipulated songs. With impressive perspicacity, she decided that participation in music competitions would benefit her daughter hugely. Choodamani willed to hone that talent and entreated the Supreme Grace of Sai.Ĭhoodamani put Sudha under the tutelage of vidwan T.V. The way the three-year-old repeated Sai bhajans after her was enough and more indication of the child’s inherent musicality. Circumstances stood in the way of her becoming a professional, but the tenacious lady moulded her unfulfilled aspirations into a dream that she dreamt for her second daughter, Sudha. Sudha’s mother Choodamani was a trained musician blessed with a strikingly beautiful voice. “I dedicate this award to my Mata, Pita, Guru and Devah.

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