Bombay Sisters

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  • Years Active: 1990s

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The Bombay sisters, C. Saroja and C. Lalitha, are a Carnatic music singing duo.

Early life

Bombay Sisters were Keralites born in Bombay. They have been trained by H. A. S. Mani, Musiri Subramania Iyer and T. K. Govinda Rao.

Career

Part of the trend of duo singing in Carnatic music, which started in the 1950s, with performers like Radha Jayalakshmi, and Brinda Mukta, they have been singing since 1963 when they started with light classical music, subsequently progressing to classical music; they sing in multiple languages including Sanskrit, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Marathi. They have sung for almost all leading cassette companies , meeting records of sales.

Awards

Isai Peraringar Award, 2006; awarded by the Tamil Isai SangamKalaimamani for contributions to Carnatic music.First women to be conferred the status of Asthana Vidushi by the Kanchi matha.Sangitha Kalanidhi Award for the year 2010 from the Madras Music Academy.