Anurag Kulkarni

Anurag Kulkarni

Anurag Kulkarni at the Idea Super Singer Season 8
Background information
Born (1993-06-07) 7 June 1993.
Origin Hyderabad, India
Occupation(s) playback singer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Piano
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.

Anurag Kulkarni receiving 1st Prize from M. M. Keeravani and Padma Shri K. S. Chitra ji
Anurag Kulkarni winning the title of Idea Super Singer Season 8 of 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

References

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