Sangeetha Rajeev

Sangeetha Rajeev

Sangeetha Rajeev at a Photoshoot
Background information
Born October 23rd
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Origin India
Genres Bollywood, Pop
Occupation(s) Singer, Composer, Actor
Years active 2012–Present
Website www.sangeetharajeev.com

Sangeetha Rajeev also known as SaRa is a singer, composer and performer from India. She is a Playback singer [1] in Indian films. Besides being a performer, she is also an Independent musician who released her latest Hindi single Chan Se Udi in 2016 which was featured in BBC Asian Network,[2] Pepsi MTV Indies [3] and Radio City (Freedom Radio).[4] Known for her electrifying yet graceful presence, she is credited with over 1000 live performances worldwide so far and is a very popular singer in the performance space [5]

Currently Sangeetha Rajeev is a Jury on Zee SaReGaMaPa Little Champs Season 12, a Kannada singing reality show aired on Zee Kannada.

Sangeetha performaning at Pro Kabbadi

Early life

Sangeetha Rajeev was born in the Silicon Valley of India, Bangalore to a musical family. She moved to Mumbai at a young age where she got trained in Bharatnatyam by Alpa Pandey and Carnatic classical music from her mother M K Sharadamba.[6] She is also extensively trained in Hindustani classical music by Sri Ananth Bhagwath.

Education

Sangeetha did most of her schooling in Mumbai. Sangeetha is an Information Science Engineering Graduate from Bangalore and worked with a top IT giant. She then moved to England for working there with another UK based company before returning to India to pursue music.[7]

Sangeetha in London during her early days

Influences

One of SaRa's early musical influences was her mother herself, M K Sharadamba,[8] who is a Carnatic classical musician. SaRa is highly influenced by western music and considers Mariah Carey & the late great Michael Jackson to be her western influences.[9] Having lived most of her life in Mumbai, she considers herself to be one of the biggest admirers of the Bollywood sensation Sunidhi Chauhan.

Top Hits

Year Title Film / Album Composer Source
2013 "Yentane taragathi" Aane Pataaki Dharma Vish [10]
2013 "Thinbedakami 2" Lucia (2013 film) Poornachandra Tejasvi [11]
2015 "Ali Baba" Rebel Jassie Gift
2015 "Namma ee aata" Aadhya Jeevan Reddy
2016 "Bijili Krishna" I dash you Adil Nadaf
2016 "Hero cylce nalli nanu" Bhujanga Poornachandra Tejasvi [12]
2016 "Khushi" "Looty" Dharma Vish [13]

Albums

Year Album Name Composer
2013 "Sarvasva" [14] Sangeetha Rajeev
2016 "Chan Se Udi" [15] Sangeetha Rajeev

Awards

Year Award Title
2014 Kannada International Music Awards Best Playback Singer
2012 Radio City (Indian Radio Station) Super Singer Runner Up
2008 Star India Asianet Suvarna Confident Star Singer

References


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