Ananya Bhat is an Indian

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who primarily sings in

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and

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. Through her singing career, she is the recipient of

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for the song "Namma Kaayo Devan", of the film '' Rama Rama Re...'' at

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in 2017.

Early life and career

Born in Ankali, Belagavi district, she was raised in

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. She is currently residing in Bengaluru. Bhat is the singer in songs ''Garbadhi (solo), Sidila Bharava, Dheera Dheera and Koti Kanasugalu'', of the multi-lingual film ''

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''. 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 Dev ...

''. Out of two the former song "Hold On" gave her the

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2019 for best female playback singer -Kannada and a Best Playback Singer – Female Nomination at

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. She also did her Telugu debut singing for "Yettagayya shiva" in ''

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'' which also garnered her Best Playback Singer – Female Nomination at

. 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 '' Kannadathi'', a Kannada daily soap, as herself.

As singer

Music video

Television

References

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