Closing stale October merge proposal; no case made; no support Mohana Bhogaraju is an Indian

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who has recorded songs in Telugu-language films. She gained recognition with the song " Manohari" from the film '' Baahubali: The Beginning'' for which she won the Radio Mirchi–Mirchi Music upcoming female vocalist 2015 award in

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Early life

Bhogaraju was born in

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but her family is settled in

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. She completed her bachelor's degree from Bhojreddy Engineering College and MBA from Osmania University. Since childhood, Bhogaraju has always had a fascination towards music and participated in many competitions held at schools and at various ethnic auditoriums such as Ravindra Bharati, Thyagaraja Ghana Sabha. She began singing at the age of 6. She received her first award from the former Assembly Speaker

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at the age of 8.

Musical career

Bhogaraju started her career in 2013. She has sung her first song "Sayyama Masam" in the 2013 Telugu film ''

Jai Sriram ''Jai Sriram'' is a 2013 Telugu, action film directed by Balaji N. Sai. The film had Uday Kiran and Reshma Rathore in lead roles with Adithya Menon as the villain. This film happened to be Uday Kiran's last proper film to date, just a year befor ...

''. She gained recognition by singing " Manohari" from. '' Baahubali: The Beginning''. Her song "Bhale Bhale Magadivoy" from the film ''

Bhale Bhale Magadivoy ''Bhale Bhale Magadivoy'' () is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Maruthi. Produced by Bunny Vasu under the production companies GA2 Pictures and UV Creations, ''Bhale Bhale Magadivoy'' stars Nani and La ...

'' was charted in

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. She has given her voice in more than 100

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films.

Awards and nominations

* Radio Mirchi Music - Upcoming Female Vocalist award for the song " Manohari" from the film '' Baahubali: The Beginning'' (2015). * Nominated for

Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu The Filmfare Best Female Playback Award - Telugu is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films. The first award in Telugu was given in 2006. However, since 1997 till 2005, a common award for ...

for the song "Size Sexy" from the film ''

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'' (2015) * TSR - TV9 Special Jury Award for the Song "Reddammathalli" from the film ''

Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava ''Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava'' () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Pooja Hegde and Jagapathi Babu. It revolves around Veera Raghava, a young ...

'' (2018). * Nominated for

for the song "Redamma Thalli" from the film ''

'' (2019) * Nominated for

SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for the best singing by a female playback singer/vocalist of a Telugu-language song. The awa ...

for the song "Oo Bava" from the film ''

Prati Roju Pandage ''Prati Roju Pandage'' () is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Maruthi. The film was produced by Bunny Vasu and Sreenivasa Kumar Naidu (SKN) under GA2 Pictures and UV Creations with Sai Tej, Raashii Khan ...

'' (2021)

Discography

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