Ananya Bhat is an Indian

playback singer A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not ap ...

who primarily sings in

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and

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. Through her singing career, she is the recipient of Filmfare Award for the song "Namma Kaayo Devan", of the film '' Rama Rama Re...'' at 64th Filmfare Awards South in 2017.

Early life and career

Born in

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, Belagavi district, she was raised in

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. She is currently residing in

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. Bhat is the singer in songs ''Garbadhi (solo), Sidila Bharava, Dheera Dheera and Koti Kanasugalu'', of the multi-lingual film '' KGF''. She has recorded songs in all four South-Indian languages and also in Hindi. Previously she worked for a playback "Namma Kaayo Devane" in '' Rama Rama Re...'' (2016). In 2018 she sang "Hold On" & "Mental Ho Jawa" songs in ''

Tagaru ''Tagaru'' () is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film directed by Duniya Soori and produced by K. P. Srikanth. It features Shiva Rajkumar, Bhavana and Manvitha in the lead roles along with Dhananjay, Vasishta N. Simha and Devar ...

''. Out of two the former song "Hold On" gave her the SIIMA 2019 for best female playback singer -Kannada and a Best Playback Singer – Female Nomination at 66th Filmfare Awards South. She also did her Telugu debut singing for "Yettagayya shiva" in '' Aatagadharaa Siva'' which also garnered her Best Playback Singer – Female Nomination at 66th Filmfare Awards South. She sang "Sojugada Sooju Mallige" a Kannada folk song live at the Mahashivaratri event held by Isha foundation in 2020. Ananya appeared in an episode of ''

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'', a Kannada daily soap, as herself.

As singer

Music video

Television

References

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