Anuradha Paudwal's Tragic Life - Lost Her Husband, BF & Now Her Son

The famous singer Anuradha Paudwal is known for her melodious voice. The playback singer made millions of people go insane with her voice. She has sung many devotional songs apart from Bollywood hits. Born on 27 October 1952 in Karwar, Karnataka, Anuradha was amongst the most successful singers during the 1990s.

Anuradha Paudwal made her singing debut at the age of 19 by singing a Sanskrit shloka in the movie Abhimaan in 1973. She got her first major break as a playback singer with the song Aap Beati of the movie titled Kalicharan in 1976. Anuradha Paudwal was usually called “The Next Lata Mangeshkar”. The famous music composer of that time, O.P.Nayyar said that Lata was over and Anuradha had kind of replaced her.

Anuradha fell in love with Arun Paudwal when she was a teenager. Her father however, did not agree with their marriage in the beginning because of Arun’s connection with the music industry, as show business was considered as a taboo back then. She finally got married to Arun Paudwal at the age of 17 and Arun was almost 10 years elder to her. The duo had a son named Aditya Paudwal and a daughter named Kavita Paudwal, who is also a singer.

Arun assisted musician SD Burman. Anuradha Paudwal was at the peak of her career in the nineties, around the same time that her husband Arun died during an accident. Now, the son, Aditya Paudwal, who also sang bhajan like his mother, lost his life. Reports suggest, Aditya had been suffering from certain kidney disease. His demise had left her in a state of shock.

Anuradha Paudwal’s career has not at all been as easy as it seems. She went through a lot of ups and downs throughout her career. The singer chose to quit bollywood songs and moved to singing devotional songs. Her decision to quit singing for movies came as a surprise for many but Anuradha says nobody was privy to her idea. The National Award-winning singer has been conferred with Padma Shri as well.

She stated that she has been devotionally oriented right from the beginning and she feels a lot of peace when she starts singing bhajans. It has to do something with her temperament.

It was the founder of T-Series, Gulshan Kumar,, who gave her first break in Bollywood and he wanted her to be the next Lata Mangeshkar in the music industry. While Anuradha had reached the peak by singing some chartbuster songs, her alleged affair with Gulshan had caught everyone’s eye. The news of their affair spread across the industry like wildfire.

While every music composer and director had wanted to work with Anuradha Paudwal back in the days, she announced her decision of working with only Gulshan Kumar i.e., T-Series in the media. Whilst Gulshan supported Anuradha in her career, she had developed a soft corner for him in her heart. In 1997, Gulshan was assassinated outside Jeeteshwar Mahadev Mandir, Mumbai after he was shot for 16 times. The tragic death of Gulshan had shattered Anuradha.