Anurag Kulkarni
| Anurag Kulkarni | |
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 Anurag Kulkarni at the Idea Super Singer Season 8 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 7 June 1993. |
| Origin | Hyderabad, India |
| Occupation(s) | playback singer |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
Anurag Kulkarni is a playback singer from Hyderabad, who recently made his debut in Telugu Film Industry. He got into fame after winning first prize in Idea Super Singer Season 8 (2015) which is a popular show in MAA TV.
Personal life
He started learning Hindustani classical music with late Sri.Kakunoori jangaiah ji, a renowned Hindustani vocalist and guru in Hyderabad. He learnt for over 3 years where he was introduced to kirana gharana style of singing. His guru explained him about the importance of guru–shishya tradition and taught him in the same manner. After the demise of his guruji, he found difficulty in continuing as there were fewer people in Hyderabad back then to teach Hindustani classical music. After 3 years, he finally came to know about (Shrutinandan) conducted by Padma Shri Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty of patiala gharana and started learning with him and continuing. He aspires to become playback singer and pianist.
His Journey
On 24 January 2015, he won the biggest reality show in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states called Idea Super Singer Season 8. The chief judges for this show were shri M. M. Keeravani and Padma Shri K. S. Chitra ji.[1] The show also featured many telugu cinema musicians as guest judges.
After completing B.Tech in Computer Science, he worked for a software multinational company for six months. He resigned in October 2015 to pursue his interest in music.
Currently he is a playback singer in Telugu Film Industry. He is studying western classical music under Mr.Joseph thomas,a piano teacher based in hyderabad and doing piano grades from ABRSM, (Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music), London.
Discography
| Year | Album | Song | Co-Singer | Language | Music Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | LOL(Lacchimdeviki O Lekkundi) | Crazy | Damini Bhatla | Telugu | M. M. Keeravani |
| 2015 | Sankarabharanam | Banno rani | Rahul Sipligunj | Telugu | Praveen Lakkaraju |
| 2015 | Jagannatakam | Manasuna | Nitya Santhoshini | Telugu | Ajay Arasada |
| 2016 | Hyper | Baby Doll | Sahiti chaganti | Telugu | GIBRAN |
Achievements
- Runner-up of Gemini TV’s singing reality show Bol Baby Bol Gurukul in 2014.[2]
- Won competition held at Pandit Motiram Pandit Maniram Sangeet Samaroh and received scholarship from padma vibhushan shri pandit jasraj on 1 December 2013 at Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad and performed in the samaroh's evening concert.
- Performed at the great historic place, “Salar Jung Museum” in a concert named “Taskeen” and felicitated as outstanding emerging sufi singer by an N.G.O named “Young”, a youth organization.
- Runner-up of the competition “Idea Rocks India” Held by Idea cellular and was a Part of the concert of “Shankar Ehsaan Loy”, the Bollywood music trio.
- Won a competition Held at Pandit Motiram Pandit Maniram Sangeet Samaroh on 1 December 2012 at Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) ,Hyderabad and performed in the samaroh's evening concert.
- Took part in Telugu cinema vajrothsavalu (The 75th year/Diamond jubilee celebrations of telugu film industry) with the troupe of 'Little musicians academy’, Hyderabad.
- Participated and reached to top 9 in a reality show of ETV Telugu named 'Saptaswaralu ' in 2008.
References
- ↑ "Anurag Kulkarni Singing at Super Singer 8". Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ↑ "Participants of 'Bol Baby Bol' take a break before their shooting.". The Hindu.