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Mohana Bhogaraju 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 app ...
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
Telugu Cinema
Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, Hy ...
.
Early life
Bhogaraju was born in
Eluru
Eluru is a city and the district headquarters of Eluru district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the 14 municipal corporations in the state and the mandal headquarters of Eluru mandal in the Eluru revenue division. The city ...
,
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
but her family is settled in
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
.
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
D. Sripada Rao
Duddilla Sripada Rao (2 March 1935 – 13 April 1999) was an Indian politician and was a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing the Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Con ...
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
Radio Mirchi
Radio Mirchi (also known as 98.3 Mirchi) is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the ENIL, EntertainmentNetwork India Ltd (ENIL), which is one of the subsidiaries of The Times Group. ''Mirchi'' is Hindi f ...
.
She has given her voice in more than 100
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
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 ''
Size Zero
Size zero or size 0 is a women's clothing size in the US catalog sizes system. Size 0 and 00 were invented due to the changing of clothing sizes over time (referred to as vanity sizing or size inflation), which has caused the adoption of lower nu ...
'' (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
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 "Redamma Thalli" 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 ...
'' (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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Living people
Indian women singers
People from Eluru
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Indian women singers
Telugu playback singers
Tamil playback singers
Kannada playback singers
Indian pop singers
21st-century Indian singers
Singers from Andhra Pradesh
Film musicians from Andhra Pradesh
Punjabi singers
Indian women pop singers
Indian folk-pop singers
Indian women playback singers
Indian women folk singers
Indian women classical singers
21st-century Indian classical singers