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Bindumalini was born in Chennai in a musical family. Her mother N. Vishalakshi is a graded Akasvani Carnatic singer and grandmother Seetha Doraiswamy was a known Jal Tarang instrumentalist. She holds a degree in Graphic design from the National Institute of Design. Bindumalini married Vasu Dixit, a vocalist from Bangalore, who runs a folk-rock fusion music band called Swarathma. Trained both in Carnatic and Hindustani music, Bindumalini was influenced by the poems of saint Kabir and the songs of Kumar Gandharva. Bindumalini's album ‛Suno Bhai’, a collection of Saint Kabir's poems, was a collaboration with Vedanth Bharadwaj. Bindumalini scored music for the 2016 Tamil movie Aruvi with Vedanth Bharadwaj.