Namaste.
For the eighth edition of my "Disney Multi-lingual singers", let me get you introduced to the thundering vocal powerhouse, Ms. Arunaja Nalinakshan (@arunajaism). Trained rigorously in Carnatic Classical music since her childhood, she took to western music once she reached college and under mentorship of Croatian vocal coach Branko Stark, she got introduced to English-language music and genres like Gospel and R&B. She then participated in India's only English language singing competition, The Stage, and ended up being a runner up to fellow Disney Princess alum Sharvi Yadav. Nevertheless it opened many doors for her and finally this year she became the voice of Ariel's live action form in Hindi (her third language!), thus becoming the first Dravidian girl to ever sing for a Disney princess in this language.

Throughout her career so far she has sung in numerous languages - some because of her Carnatic training, and others purely out of her own interest in diverse musical cultures. Here are ten of those which I could find online, which cover 5 language families.

DRAVIDIAN
Kannada
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu

INDO-ARYAN
Bengali (Sadhu Bhasha)
Hindi
Punjabi

OTHERS
English (Germanic)
French (Romance)
Turkish (Turkic)

So, which language did Arunaja surprise you the most with regards to her pronunciation and her singing? Do you think she can voice a disney princess in your language too? Feel free to let me know in the comments below and enjoy the video!

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