Background
Her father Padma bhushan late sri R. K. Srikantan was a popular karnataka classical musician.
Her father Padma bhushan late sri R. K. Srikantan was a popular karnataka classical musician.
Ratnamala still popular in Karnataka for her soulful singing. She has magnetic voice with powerful high pitch shruthi. The late composer C. Ashwath"s first choice was always Ratnamala.
Apart from numerous Bhaavageethas she has sung many film songs.
Ratnamala"s first film song is Tangaaliyante baalalli bande a duet with Doctor.Rajkumar from the super hit movie Guri. Then she sang many songs for L. Vaidyanathan, C. Ashwath, M. Ranga rao, Vijaya bhaskar, Rajan–Nagendra, Hamsalekha and others
She is popularly known as Haadu hakki. Ratnakka sang many Bhaavageethas but the song Nanna iniyana neleya balleyene is the best among them.