Ramesh Chandra ( kn, ರಮೇಶ್ ಚಂದ್ರ) is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in the

Kannada film industry Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film '' Sati Sulochana'' directe ...

. He is the recipient of

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 ...

twice.

Personal life

Ramesh Chandra was born as K. Ramesh in

Mangalore Mangalore (), officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 20 km north of Karnataka–Ker ...

and raised in

Kasargod Kasaragod () is a municipal town and administrative headquarters of Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. Established in 1966, Kasaragod was the first municipal town in the district. It is the northernmost district of Kerala and ...

. He grew up listening to K. J. Yesudas songs on radio. He went to Kalmady Sadashiva Achar for music classes, the only known Carnatic musician in Kasargod at the time. Ramesh married to Chandra Jyothi. They have a son.

Career

Ramesh's passion for music brought him to Bangalore and he landed up in Sadhana school of music as a worker under the principalship of

G. V. Atri G.V. Atri (born G. Vijayakumar Atri, 21 May 1964, died - 30 April 2000) was an Indian singer in the Kannada language (spoken in the state of Karnataka of India). Early years He was born in Kanakapura and raised in Bangalore Bangalor ...

. Ramesh started performing in stage shows and became a track singer for

Dr. Rajkumar Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj (24 April 1929 – 12 April 2006), better known by his stage name Dr. Rajkumar, was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Kannada cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of Indian ci ...

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), also referred to as SPB or SP Balu or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He is wi ...

and K. J. Yesudas. One of his track songs "O mallige Ninnondige" for the composer V. Manohar got retained in the 1995 film '' Anuraga Sangama'' and became his first film song. He received his first State award for the same song as well. Some of his hit songs including "Malagu Malagu Charulathe" (''

O Mallige ''O Mallige'' is a 1997 Indian Kannada-language romance drama film directed by V. Manohar and written by K. Ananthu. Besides direction for the first time, Manohar has composed the music and also enacted in a supporting role. The film mainly st ...

''), "Karyeshu Dasi" (''

Mangalyam Tantunanena ''Mangalyam Tantunanena'' ( kn, ಮಾಂಗಲ್ಯಂ ತಂತುನಾನೇನ) is a 1998 Indian Kannada language romantic drama film directed by V. S. Reddy and produced by Allu Aravind. The film stars Ravichandran along with Ramya Krish ...

''), "Hoovantha Henne" (''Premachari''), "Brahma Murari" ( ''Sri Manjunatha''). In his career as a playback singer, Ramesh has worked with V. Manohar,

Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and a songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, di ...

Guru Kiran Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie '' A'', directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next movie '' Upendra'' fu ...

Mano Murthy Mano Murthy is an Indian musician and composer in the Kannada film industry. His is best known for his songs in '' Mungaru Male'', one of the biggest hits in the Kannada industry. Before moving onto becoming a composer, he was an entrepreneur, ...

and others.

Awards

#1995–96 – "O Mallige Ninnondige" ('' Anuraga Sangama'') #2000–01 – "Kadala Theregalu" (''

Munnudi '' Munnudi '' ( kn, ಮುನ್ನುಡಿ, ''The Preface'') is a 2000 Indian Kannada language film directed by P. Sheshadri, based on Bolwar Mahammad Kunhi's short story ''Muthucchera'', and starring Tara, H. G. Dattatreya, Shashikumar a ...

'') *Other awards # 2013 – ''Karnataka Kalashree Award'' by Karnataka Sangeetha Nrithya Academy

Notable songs

Ramesh Chandra has sung for more than 100 movies in Kannada. Some of his songs include: * "O Mallige Ninnondige" (''Anuraga Sangama'') * "Malagu Malagu Charulathe" (''O Mallige'') * "Bul Bulla Hey" (''Chandrodaya'') * "Enaitho Antharaladage" (''Kaurava'') * "Hoovantha Henne" (''Premachari'') * "Baanadi Hadali Thangali Beesali" (''Megha Bantu Megha'') * "Hegide Nam Desha" (''America America'') * "Pade Pade Nenapade" (''

Rama Shama Bhama ''Rama Shama Bhama'' is a 2005 Indian Kannada language comedy film directed by Ramesh Aravind making his directorial debut and the film stars himself in lead role with Kamal Haasan, Urvashi, Daisy Bopanna and Shruthi portraying supporting r ...

'')

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chandra, Ramesh 1963 births Living people People from Karnataka Indian male singers Kannada playback singers Malayalam playback singers