Vasundhara Das (born 27 October 1977 family in Bangalore, Karnataka, to Kishen Das and Nirmala Das. She was educated at Cluny Convent High School and at Sri Vidya Mandir in Bangalore. She thereafter studied at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, where she graduated in Mathematics, Economics, and Statistics. She speaks Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, English, Hindi, Malayalam, and Spanish.

In 2012, Vasundhara married her long-time friend, Roberto Narain, a drummer and percussionist.

Career

Acting

thumb|Das in a concert

In 1999, Vasundhara debuted as an actor with Kamal Haasan in the film Hey Ram though she started her career industry as a playback singer. She also starred in Mira Nair's movie Monsoon Wedding (2001).

Music

She worked with playback singing career with A. R. Rahman's Tamil film Mudhalvan, for which she sang the song "Shakalaka Baby",

Later she worked with composers such as Vijaya Bhaskar, Yuvan Shankar Raja and G. V. Prakash Kumar.

Her first film as a music composer was Paranthe Wali Gali (2014) along with Vikram Khajuria. She has also been involved in several independent projects such as Channel V Jammin', BBC's HIV awareness anthem for India "Har Kadam", Mission Ustaad, Global Rhythms, Nylon Soundz, and The Shah Hussain Project, a collaborative album with Sufi singer Mir Mukhtiyar Ali.

She has a French single out in France called "L'ete Indien" in collaboration with Paris-based Agrumes Studio. a Western music company she co-founded and is running with her husband.

They have conducted drum-jam programs at educational institutions and for communities of different age groups including children at risk, elderly with dementia and terminally-ill cancer patients.

Filmography

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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Language || Notes

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| 2000 || Hey Ram || Mythili Iyengar || Tamil/ Hindi || Debut feature film

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| rowspan="3"|2001 || Monsoon Wedding || Aditi Verma || Hindi/English||

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Discography

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!Year

!Movie

! Song Title

! Composer

!Language

!Co-singer

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|1999

|Mudhalvan<br />Oke Okkadu

|"Shakalaka Baby"