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Achievements / Events |
- Trained in classical music, she has sung a wide
range of classical-based songs.
- In her career, she has worked with a variety of music
composers, including R. D. Burman and A. R. Rahman.
- She is the recipient of four Filmfare Best Female
Playback Singer Awards, including 3 consecutive awards in
the period 1994–1996.
- She was also decorated with Padma Shri
which she received in 2006.
- She began her music training with her aunt, Mrs.
Bhattacharya, who taught her Rabindra Sangeet.
- She began her formal training in Hindustani classical
music under Balram Puri, a classical singer.
- At the young age of eight, Kavita won a gold medal at a
music competition.
- Subsequently, she kept winning many such gold medals as
she kept participating in the Inter-Ministry Classical
Competition in New Delhi in the mid 1960s.
- At the age of nine, she got an opportunity to record a
Tagore song in Bengali with the legendary Lata Mangeshkar
under the auspices of the music composer and singer Hemant
Kumar.
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