indian celebrities: Padmini Kolhapure

Tuesday 3 July 2012

Padmini Kolhapure

Padmini Kolhapure is from a Maharashtrian family. Her father, Pandharinath Kolhapure, is a classical singer whose family was from Kolhapur and Goa. Her mother, whose family hailed from Mangalore, held a job working for the airlines. Her father's first cousin is Dinanath Mangeshkar, father of singers Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle.As a child, she sang in the chorus for songs in films like Yaadon Ki Baaraat, Kitab andDushman Dost with her sister Shivangi (married to Shakti Kapoor). Padmini later sang for her own films like Vidhaata ("Saat Saheliyan"), Hum Intezaar Karenge and Sadak Chaap(with Kishore Kumar). She released an album with Bhappi Lahri called Music Lovers. She performed for the Greater London Council at the Royal Albert Hall in London with Baapi Lahiri and his troupe in 1986.