Vasundhara Das is a versatile singer cum actress. She was inducted in the field of acting with the Kamal Hasan film Hey Ram (released in 1999). Vasundhara started her singing career with veteran music composer A. R. Rahman. Her first film as a singer was a Tamil-language film Mudhalvan. She has also sung for an unreleased Tamil movie `Dhanush`, acted and directed by newcomer A M Gurumani under the music direction of maestro Ilaiyaraaja.
Vasundhara has received extensive training in Hindustani classical music. She was born in a Hebbar Iyengar family. When she was only six years old, she started receiving training in Hindustani classical music. She studied in Cluny Convent High school , Bangalore. Apart from being an accomplished singer, she is also an Economics and Maths graduate. During her college days she was part of an all-girl band. Vasundhara Das holds a unique quality of being a `polyglot` (A
polyglot is someone with a high degree of proficiency in several languages) who knows Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, English, a bit of Malayalam and Spanish as well.
