Film musicians from Karnataka

The list Film musicians from Karnataka includes Nanditha (singer), Poornachandra Tejaswi, Hamsalekha, Chaitra H. G. and Sangeetha Katti. The list consists of 55 members and 2 sublists.

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Karnataka

State in southern India

Kannada film composers
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Kannada playback singers
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Poornachandra Tejaswi

Kannada writer and novelist

Overview: Kuppali Puttappa Poornachandra Tejaswi (8 September 1938 – 5 April 2007) was a prominent Indian writer and novelist in Kannada. He also worked as a photographer, publisher, painter, naturalist, and ...

Date of birth: 18 September 1938

Date of death: 5 April 2007

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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20th-century male musicians 12,801T

Novelists from Karnataka 51T

20th-century Indian male writers 1,202T
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Vijay Prakash

Indian singer

Overview: Vijay Prakash is an Indian singer and music composer. He has given his voice for Hindi films such as Blue, Yuvvraaj, Swades, Kaal, Lakshya, Matrubhoomi, Tere Naam, Cheeni Kum, Raavan and Force. He has ...

Date of birth: 21 February 1976

Age: 49

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

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21st-century male singers 6,386T

Male actors in Kannada television 27T

Singers from Karnataka 51T
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Nanditha

Indian singer

Overview: Nanditha (born 28 February 1978) is an Indian singer. Best known as a playback singer in the Kannada film industry, she sings in other languages such as Tamil and Telugu. Nanditha began her playback career ...

Date of birth: 28 February 1978

Age: 47

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Women musicians from Karnataka 45T

21st-century Indian women singers 487T

Singers from Karnataka 66T
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Hamsalekha

Indian musician

Overview: Hamsalekha (born Govindaraju Gangaraju on 23 June 1951) is an Indian film composer and a songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He ...

Date of birth: 23 June 1951

Age: 73

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2006 12T

21st-century male musicians 9,676T

20th-century male musicians 12,801T
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S. Ballesh

Indian musician

Overview: Pandit S. Ballesh (born Ballappa Sanna Bharamappa Bhajantri on 1 April 1958) is an Indian shehnai player.

Date of birth: 1 April 1958

Age: 67

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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Musicians from Karnataka 41T

Indian male classical musicians 138T

People from Belgaum district 45T
6.

Mohammad Irfan Ali

Singer (Playback)

Overview: Mohammed Irfan is an Indian playback singer who sings predominantly in Hindi. He has also sung in Tamil, Odia, Telugu, Bengali and Marathi.

Date of birth: 1 July 1984

Age: 40

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

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21st-century male singers 6,386T

Singers from Karnataka 51T

Singers from Hyderabad, India 18T
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Chaitra H. G.

Hindustani classical singer

Overview: Chaitra H. G. (born 18 June 1984) is an Indian playback singer who has sung for Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. She is the daughter of H. S. Gopinath, a tabla player and a renowned Hindustani ...

Date of birth: 18 June 1984

Age: 40

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Bigg Boss Kannada contestants 24T

Bigg Boss contestants 353T

Women musicians from Karnataka 29T
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Sowmya Raoh

Indian playback singer (born 1983)

Overview: Sowmya Raoh is an Indian playback singer who has performed in Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu languages.

Date of birth: 18 April 1979

Age: 46

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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21st-century women singers 8,493T

Singers from Bangalore 33T

Film people from Karnataka 38T
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Sangeetha Katti

Indian singer

Overview: Sangeeta Katti Kulkarni, (Kannada: ಸಂಗೀತ ಕಟ್ಟಿ ಕುಲಕರ್ಣಿ) her married name, Sangeeta Manmohan Kulkarni, is an Indian playback singer, Hindustani classical vocalist, musician, music composer from K ...

Date of birth: 7 October 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2006 12T

Women musicians from Karnataka 29T

21st-century Indian women singers 346T
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The Raghu Dixit Project

Indian singer, composer, and producer

Overview: Raghupati Dwarakanath Dixit (born 11 November 1974) is an Indian singer-composer, producer, and film score composer who is the frontman for the Raghu Dixit Project, a multilingual folk music band.

Date of birth: 11 November 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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21st-century male musicians 9,676T

20th-century male musicians 12,801T

Indian pop-folk singers 42T
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C. Aswath

Indian singer

Overview: C. Aswath (Kannada: ಸಿ. ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ; 29 December 1939 – 29 December 2009) was an Indian music composer and exponent of Bhavageete ("expressive poetry") in the Kannada language. He was also a singer ...

Date of birth: 29 December 1939

Date of death: 29 December 2009

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

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20th-century male singers 5,297T

Singers from Karnataka 51T

20th-century Indian composers 233T
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P. B. Sreenivas

Indian singer

Overview: Prathivadi Bhayankara Sreenivas (22 September 1930 – 14 April 2013), commonly known as P. B. Srinivas, was an Indian playback singer and lyricist. He has sung predominantly in Kannada and other languages ...

Date of birth: 22 September 1930

Date of death: 14 April 2013

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

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20th-century male singers 5,297T

Singers from Karnataka 51T

Film people from Karnataka 38T
13.

Jayanthi

Indian actress (1945–2021)

Overview: Kamala Kumari (born 6 January 1945 - died 26 July 2021), known by her mononymous stage name Jayanthi, was an Indian actress known for her work in Kannada cinema. She was noted for her contributions to ...

Date of birth: 6 January 1945

Date of death: 26 July 2021

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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2021 deaths 13,191T

Businesswomen from Karnataka 33T

21st-century Indian women singers 487T
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Shobha Gurtu

Indian singer

Overview: Shobha Gurtu (1925–2004) was an Indian singer in the light Hindustani classical style. Though she had equal command over pure classical style, it was with light classical music that she received her fame ...

Date of birth: 8 February 1925

Date of death: 27 September 2004

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Women musicians from Karnataka 29T

21st-century Indian women singers 346T

20th-century Indian women singers 308T
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M.V. Rajamma

Indian actress, producer

Overview: M. V. Rajamma (10 March 1921 – 23 April 1999) was an Indian actress, producer and playback singer of Indian films mostly in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu languages from the 1930s through 1970s. She has the ...

Date of birth: 1923

Date of death: 24 April 1999

Age: 75 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Songwriter

Gender: Female

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Businesswomen from Karnataka 29T

20th-century Indian businesswomen 83T

Women musicians from Karnataka 29T
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Shimoga Subbanna

Indian singer

Overview: Shimoga Subbanna (born as G. Subramanya, 14 December 1938 – 11 August 2022) was an Indian Sugama Sangeetha playback singer in the Kannada language. He received a national award for singing for the song ...

Date of birth: 14 December 1938

Date of death: 11 August 2022

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

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20th-century male singers 5,297T

21st-century male singers 6,386T

Best Male Playback Singer National Film Award winners 32T
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V. Harikrishna

Indian music composer (born 1974)

Overview: V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, playback singer and film producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada films. After his stint as a programmer and ...

Date of birth: 5 November 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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20th-century male singers 5,297T

21st-century male singers 6,386T

Singers from Bangalore 33T
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Gurukiran

Indian music composer, singer

Overview: Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is a music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie A, directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his ...

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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20th-century male singers 5,297T

Musicians from Mangalore 5T

20th-century Indian composers 233T
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Amirbai Karnataki

Indian actor

Overview: Amirbai Karnataki (c. 1906 – 3 March 1965) was a famous actress/singer and playback singer of the early Hindi cinema and was famous as Kannada Kokila. Mahatma Gandhi was an ardent fan of her song ...

Date of birth: 1906

Date of death: 3 March 1965

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Women musicians from Karnataka 29T

20th-century Indian women singers 308T

Singers from Karnataka 51T
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Manjula Gururaj

Indian playback singer

Overview: Manjula Gururaj (Kannada: ಮಂಜುಳಾ ಗುರುರಾಜ್) is an Indian female playback singer and a voice-over artist who has primarily worked in Kannada cinema. She has, to her credit, many thousands of songs for s ...

Date of birth: 10 June 1959

Age: 66

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2010 19T

Women musicians from Karnataka 29T

20th-century Indian women singers 308T