Vasundhara Das is the bright eyed youngster seen playing "Kamal Hasan's second wife in "Hey Ram" and the more recently released Mira Nair's "Monsoon Wedding". She is popularly known as the "Shakalaka Baby" of Chennai. Her father is the CEO of a MNC in Bangalore and mother is a scientist in the Indian Institute of Science. She has done her B.A. in Economics in the Mount Carmel College of Bangalore. Passionate, as she was about singing, she made up her mind to pursue singing as a career. She trained under Pandit Parameshwara Hegde of Keherwana Gharana, and carried her interest in singing to college, where she was a permanent and reassuring fixture on stage, and in choirs.

  
Her first celluloid break came with the Tamil film Mudhalvan, under the musical baton of A R Rahman. Meanwhile, she accepted few offers to act in film and made her debut appearance in Kamal Hasan's "Hey Ram". Therafter, she released her first private album "Meri Jaan".

Vasundhara then earned her place as a Rahman favourite, and sang in Rhythm. But he had more ambitious things in store for her. "Lagaan" was a monument in the Hindi music industry, and Vasundhara was given an opportunity to flex her vocals, this time in English, for British leading lady Rachel Shelley. This was the biggest turning point of her career.

Vasundhara now seems to have carved a definite path to success and it is certain that she will reach the peak soon.