Chintan Vikas (born 1989) is an Indian playback singer, keyboard programmer, percussionist, vocal arranger, dubbing artiste and theatre activist, known for his works in

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

. For his song ''Saahore Saahore'' in the film

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, Vikas won the

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), origi ...

in 2014.

Early life

Chintan Vikas was born in Mysore to theatre personalities H. Janardhan and Sumathi. His father, known as Janny, served as the director of the

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Career

Chintan entered the theatre as a street play artist at the age of four. He learnt

Hindustani Classical Music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...

from musician Veerabhadraiah Hiremath and became an assistant to the composer V. Manohar. He has worked with many composers in the industry including

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, V. Manohar,

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, Charan Raj and others. Hamsalekha and Chintan Vikas

Awards

Discography

Selected film songs, recorded by Chintan Vikas, are listed here. * ''All songs are in Kannada, unless otherwise noted''

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vikas, Chintan Kannada playback singers Kannada people 21st-century Indian singers People from Mysore district Living people Indian theatre people Male actors in Kannada theatre 1989 births