Kasturi Shankar

Kasturi Shankar (Kannada:ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ ಶಂಕರ್) is an Indian singer who sings mainly in Kannada language.She has recorded few films songs in Malayalam and Tulu languages and many non-film songs in Konkani, Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu and Hindi.Shankar has sung different kind of songs like film, devotional, Bhaavageethe, classical and folk songs.In her 30 years singing career, Kasturi has worked with a variety of music composers, including T. G. Lingappa, M. Ranga Rao, Vijaya Bhaskar, Rajan-Nagendra, Gunasingh, G. K. Venkatesh and others.She has sung many duets with Dr. Rajkumar, Vani Jairam, Dr. Vishnu Vardhan, Dr. P.B. Srinivas, T. M. Soundararajan, KJY and with SPB.Kasturi Shankar's popular film songs like Sooryana kanthige (for Padmapriya), Sri tulasi daye thoramma (for Jayanthi), Rangena halliyage (for Aarathi), Sri rama bandavne, Raamanu baralilla made her name household in Karnataka.Kasturi Shankar is a compulsory name in the history of Kannada cinema.Kasturi shankar was the big supporter and mentor of Sadhu Kokila at his initial stage as he said in his Weekend with Ramesh episode.