Anurag Kulkarni

Anurag Kulkarni
Anurag Kulkarni
	Anurag Kulkarni at the Idea Super Singer Season 8
Background information
Born	7 June 1993 (age 31).[citation needed]
Origin	Hyderabad, India
Occupation	playback singer
Instruments	Vocals; Piano;
Years active	2015–present

Anurag Kulkarni is a playback singer from Hyderabad,^{[citation needed]} who recently^[when?] 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.

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.^[1] The show also featured many telugu cinema musicians as guest judges.

After completing B.Tech in Computer Science from Vignan, Hyderabad, he worked for a software multinational company for six months. He left the job in October 2015 to pursue his interest in music.^{[citation needed]}
Currently^[when?] he is a playback singer in Telugu Film Industry.

Year	Album	Song	Co-Singer	Language	Music Director
2015	Sankarabharanam	Banno rani	Rahul Sipligunj	Telugu	Praveen Lakkaraju
2015	Jagannatakam	Manasuna	Nitya Santhoshini	Telugu	Ajay Arasada
2016	LOL(Lacchimdeviki O Lekkundi)	Crazy	Damini Bhatla	Telugu	M. M. Keeravani
2016	Hyper	Baby Doll	Sahithi chaganti	Telugu	GHIBRAN
2017	Shatamanam Bhavati	Mellaga tellarindoi	Ramya Behara, Mohana bhogaraju	Telugu	Mickey J Meyer
2017	Winner	Suya suya	Suma kanakala	Telugu	S S Thaman
2017	Aakatayi	Pranam paravana	Sahithi Chaganti	Telugu	Mani Sharma
2017	Kittu Unnadu Jagratha	Ardhamaindha	Anup Rubens	Telugu	Anup Rubens
2017	Katamarayudu	Mira Mira Meesam	-	Telugu	Anup Rubens
2017	Mister	Sayyori Sayyori	Ramya Behara	Telugu	Mickey J Meyer
2017	Mister	Jhoomore Jhoomore	Aditya Iyengar, Nakash Aziz, Mohana Bhogaraju	Telugu	Mickey J Meyer
2017	Fashion Designer s/o Ladies Tailor	Kanulemito	Amrutha Varishini	Telugu	Mani Sharma
2017	Luckunnodu	O Siri Malli	Bappi Lahiri	Telugu	Sony Music Entertainment
2017	Patel S.I.R	Manase Tholisari	Baby jyothirmayee, Baby Meghana Naidu	Telugu	DJ Vasanth
2017	Darshakudu	Anaganaga oka raju	-	Telugu	Sai Kartheek
2017	LIE	Miss Sunshine	Sinduri	Telugu	Mani Sharma
2017	LIE	Freedom	Ramya Behara	Telugu	Mani Sharma
2018	Chalo	Choosi Choodangane		Telugu	Saagar Mahati
2018	Mahanati	Mooga Manasulu	Shreya Ghoshal	Telugu

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.^{[citation needed]}
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.^{[citation needed]}
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.^{[citation needed]}
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.^{[citation needed]}
Took part in Telugu cinema vajrothsavalu (The 75th year/Diamond jubilee celebrations of telugu film industry) with the troupe of 'Little musicians academy’, Hyderabad.^{[citation needed]}
Participated and reached to top 9 in a reality show of ETV Telugu named 'Saptaswaralu ' in 2008.^{[citation needed]}