Arjun Janya (born Lokesh Kumar) is an Indian film score soundtrack composer and singer. Arjun made his film debut in the 2006 Kannada film ''Autograph Please''. Since then he has composed and scored music for successful films such as ''

Birugaali ''Birugaali'' ( kn, ಬಿರುಗಾಳಿ) is a 2009 Indian Kannada language action film written and directed by Harsha making his second directorial after ''Geleya''. The film stars Chetan Kumar of ''Aa Dinagalu'' fame along with Sithara V ...

'' (2009), ''Sanchari'' (2010), ''

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'' (2011), '' Varadanayaka'' (2012), ''

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'' (2013), ''

Vajrakaya ''Vajrakaya'' is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by Harsha (director), Harsha. It stars Shiva Rajkumar, Nabha Natesh and Karunya Ram in the lead roles, with Avinash, Ravi Kale and Suman (actor), Suman as supporting cast. Plo ...

'' (2015), ''

Mukunda Murari ''Mukunda Murari'' is a 2016 Indian Kannada-language devotional satirical comedy drama film directed by Nanda Kishore. The film stars Upendra in an atheist role and Sudeepa playing the role of Lord Krishna, teaming up for the first time. The fil ...

'' (2016). His 100th film as music director is '' 99 '' (2019 film). Arjun Janya won the

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for the film ''

Alemaari ''Alemari'' ( kn, ಅಲೆಮಾರಿ) is a 2012 Indian Kannada romantic action drama film starring Yogesh and Radhika Pandit in the lead roles. The story, screenplay, lyrics and direction is by Hari Santhosh. The music of the film was compos ...

'' (2012), the SIIMA Award for Best Music Director for the film ''

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'' (2012) and the Filmfare Best Music Director award for the film ''

Bhajarangi ''Bhajarangi'' is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language fantasy action film starring Shiva Rajkumar and Aindrita Ray. Directed by choreographer-turned-director Harsha, the film was released on 12 December 2013 and received positive response from critic ...

'' (2013).

Career

Arjun started his career by assisting composers such as V. Manohar and

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. He worked as a keyboard player for around 30 films. His first release as a music director was ''Autograph Please'' (2006) starring

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and Dilip Raj. Since then, he composed for various films but with little success until he scored the music for the film ''

'' in 2009. All the songs of this film were noticed and appreciated. Following this, he tasted success by scoring for the film ''Sanchari'' in 2010. Arjun's biggest breakthrough came with the

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vehicle ''

Kempe Gowda Kempe Gowda I, locally venerated as Nadaprabhu Kempe Gowda, or commonly known as Kempe Gowda, was a chieftain under the Vijayanagara Empire in early-modern India. He is famous for founding the present-day southern Indian city of Bangalore. E ...

'' in 2011, a remake of the Tamil blockbuster ''

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''. During this time, he changed his name from Arjun to Arjun Janya upon his astrologer's suggestion and Sudeep's recommendation. Some articles report that a meeting between Arjun and Oscar-winning composer

A. R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in int ...

changed his fortunes in the music industry. The song "Khaali Quarter" composed for the 2013 film ''

'' became popular and was on top of the charts for many weeks. He scored for his 50th film composition for ''

'' which released in April 2015 which received rave reviews. Arjun is currently judging the Kannada version of the reality singing show, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa in

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channel along with singer

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and music composer

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Discography

As a composer

As a singer

;Cameo appearance *''

'' (2013) ;Television *Weekend with ramesh season 3

References

External links

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Arjun Janya hits 25

Tunes 'Gods Gift' – Arjun Janya
Living people Kannada film score composers Filmfare Awards South winners Kannada playback singers Indian male playback singers 1980 births Indian male film score composers {{India-composer-stub