After that sisters performed in more than 300 music concerts before they started playback singing. She gave her first concert in 1995 in Gundlupet when she was at the age of 7, and she shared stage with her younger sister who was 5 year-old then. Her younger sister Indu Nagaraj too is a leading playback singer of Kannada cinema, and worked in a few Telugu films as well.īorn into a family of strong musical background, she along with her younger sister started musical lessons under the guidance of their father at a very young age of 3. Her father worked as a lecturer in English Department at Maharani's PU College. Nagaraj is a vocalist and flutist and her mother H. Lakshmi was born into a musical family from Chilkunda village. Lakshmi Nagaraj hails from Mysore, Karnataka. Lakshmi was the winner of Confident Star Singer contest organised by Suvarna Channel in 2009, which earned her quick recognition from public. Born into a musical family of Mysore, her younger sister Indu Nagaraj too is a leading playback singer of south Indian film industry and before they gained popularity in the film scene, siblings performed together music programme Ede Thumbi Haaduvenu aired on ETV in 2005 which earned them the nickname, Chilkunda Sisters.
Lakshmi is a recipient of State award in Best Playback Singer category for the song ' Omkara' in the film Aptharakshaka. Lakshmi Nagaraj is a noted playback singer associated with Kannada film industry.