Over the next few years, she sang numerous popular songs for films like Apnapan (1977), Sajan Bina Suhagan (1978) and Jaani Dushman (1979). She sang her first solo song Hum toh gareeb hai, hum se gareeb tum ho, under the direction of Laxmikant-Pyarelal for Aap Beati (1976). Composed by Kalyanji-Anandji, the song was her career’s first massive hit. In the same year, she also sang Ek bata do, do bate char for Kalicharan (1976). Her performance was so finely tuned that offers to sing playback for various films started pouring in. He asked her to sing the title track for the film Laila Majnu (1976) along with Preeti Sagar and Raj Kumar Rizvi. Soon enough, Anuradha’s work caught the attention of the music director Jaidev. In the same year, her non-film record in Marathi, Bhav Geetan, was well received by audiences. Yashoda (1974) was the first Marathi film she sang in. Following this, she sang for a few Marathi films, but for the next two years, she was hardly mentioned in connection with the Hindi film industry. He was impressed with her talent for singing, and she sang a shloka from the Bhagawad Gita in the Amitabh Bachchan- Jaya Bhaduri starrer Abhimaan (1973). Through her husband, she met the legendary music composer S.D. According to Anuradha herself, a large part of her success is to be attributed to her in-laws who not only motivated her to seek a career in music, but also supported her by looking after her children. Her father was not very supportive of this idea either, but her mother always encouraged her.Īnuradha Paudwal got married to Arun Paudwal, a music director, part of the Anil-Arun composer duo. Though she had an interest in music since childhood, she did not plan to pursue it. Pandit Jasraj and Pandit Ramanarayan guided her on the basics of music. With no formal vocal training, she taught herself to sing listening to records of Lata Mangeshkar. Known for her particularly melodious voice, the singer Anuradha Paudwal was born in Bombay on 27 October 1954.