Guru Parampara
Vakkalanka Sarala
Carnatic Music
No students recorded yet.
Click any dancer to recenter the tree on their lineage
Lineage Stats
0
Generations
0
Total Descendants
0
Direct Shishyas
0
Countries Reached
Lineage Overview
- ✦Carnatic Music is the primary style.
- ✦No further generations recorded yet — be the first to link a shishya's own students.
🪔 About
Vakkalanka Sarala was a playback singer in Telugu cinema. She is renowned for singing the song "Kaadu Suma Kala Kaadu Suma" in the movie Keelugurram. During the 1940s, she worked as an assistant music director in the Hindi department of Gemini Studios. Her ancestors were Brahmins from Amalapuram, but the family settled in Madras. Sarala's father, Gopal Rao, was the brother of Chalam. Sarala was born on 8 August 1927, in Madras to Sundaramma and Gopal Rao. Her mother, Sundaramma, was also a classical singer.
Are you a student of Vakkalanka Sarala?
Claim your profile and link to your guru to add yourself to this lineage.
Claim Your Profile