Bengaluru Ramamurthy Chaya, known as B. R. Chaya, is an Indian, Kannada playback singer, stage performer and a popular Sugama Sangeetha singer from Karnataka state. She has performed pop, folk, devotional and bhavageethe (light music). She is recipient of Rajyotsava Prashasti from the State Government of Karnataka and also Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer . Early days and debut Chaya was born to Ramamurthy and S. G. Janaki. she worked as a watch mechanic for a few years in HMT after doing a course in horology at RV College, and later represented Karnataka at a Doordarshan national competition in madras. She is currently a judge on Gaana Chandana and has been doing virtual concerts since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chaya is the first singer to receive the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Ruthumana samputadi" from the movie "Kaadina Benki" in 1988. filmography 1980s Awards and recognitions 2010 – Karnataka Rajyotsava Prashasti 1988 – Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Song: Ruthumana samputadi from Kaadina Benki 1995 – Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Song: Ibbani tabbida ileyali from Rashmi See also Bangalore Latha B. K. Sumitra Rathnamala Prakash Chandrika Gururaj References External links Living people Singers from Bangalore Kannada playback singers Indian women playback singers Indian women pop singers Kannada people Film musicians from Karnataka Women musicians from Karnataka 20th-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian women singers 20th-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian singers Singers from Karnataka Women artists from Karnataka Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2010 1967 births