Vandana Srinivasan is an Indian playback singer, working mainly for the South Indian film industry especially in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada. She is also an independent singer and a Ghazal, Sufi, devotional and semi-classical artiste in Hindi, Urdu, Bangla, Malayalam, Tamil and other Indian languages. Vandana is also the co founder of The Madras Mehfil Collective, a musical experience consisting of Ghazals, Sufi, Devotional, Retro etc.
Vandana began training in the Carnatic Classical music at an early age from her Guru, Mrs. Seetha Krishnan till she finished high school. She moved to Madras, India, in 2006 to major in Psychology at Women's Christian College (University of Madras). Here, she trained in the Hindustani Classical music under her Guru, Mrs. Tanushree Saha. She moved to London in 2009 to pursue a postgraduate degree in Organizational & Social Psychology from the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE). She was exposed to various musical influences in London and she particularly enjoyed exploring Bangla music. Following her return to Madras in early 2011, she established herself as an independent musician and playback singer. Vandana continues to learn Hindustani classical music under the tutelage of Sri Koushik Aithal, based in Bengaluru. Vandana is married to Anand Pattathil, a business man, and is settled in Chennai.
Vandana Srinivasan was a fellow at INK Talks 2013 edition that was held at Kochi, Kerala.
In 2017 she gave a TEDx talk on the Life of a Musician.
Vandana Srinivasan and Anand Pattathil run a collective called The Madras Mehfil Collective aka Mehfil aur Mulaqaat which is a unique musical act founded in Chennai/ Madras under their banner Musicalorie Productions. This team specializes in the genres of Ghazal, Sufi, Devotional, Semi- Classical, Timeless Film Classics & Retro gems across all Indian languages. The band is composed of individually established musicians who command respect through their sheer expertise & talent. The Madras Mehfil Collective is not simply a concept. It is a multi-sensory experience, hosted in a custom designed ambience that enables audiences to transcend their surroundings and connect with the soul and emotion of music.
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