Sangeetha Rajeev

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Sangeetha Rajeev
Sangeetha Rajeev Photo Shoot
Background information
Born	23 October Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Origin	India
Genres	ಕ Pop, Pop, Bollywood, Electronic dance music (EDM) Indian folk music
Occupation(s)	Singer, Composer, Actress
Years active	2010 – present
Labels	Independent Musician

Sangeetha Rajeev, also known as SaRa is an Indian singer, stage performer and composer. She won the Best International Pop Singer of the year at the VIMA Music Awards 2019 in Malaysia.^[1] She is the first Independent Artist from Karnataka to collaborate with Sonu Nigam for a Kannada Track called "Neene Neene" ^[2] which was also released in Hindi as "Tuhi Tuhi". Her track "Nee Hinga Nodabyada" which was sung, composed and performed by Sangeetha Rajeev remains one of the biggest viral Kannada Independent tracks ^[3] She introduced the genre ಕ Pop and is setting examples to many upcoming artists in Karnataka. Her independent tracks are featured in MTV (Indian TV channel) and BBC Asian Network United Kingdom.

Singing and Composing Work[]

Sangeetha started her career from Kannada films. She was introduced to this industry by the music composer Dharma Vish. She sang a song in the film Aane Pataaki for which she also won the best playback singer award the same year. She was then introduced to the Tollywood industry by the Kshanam music composer Sricharan Pakala and director Shreeranjani through actor/producer Nagarjuna's home production Annapurna Studios. She started her Telugu film career with the film Rangula Ratnam where she sang the Birthday (Tic Toc) song and became the voice of Sithara (actress). She has also sung in the Bollywood film Simply Ek Love Story.

She has also produced and composed many independent singles in the Kannada and Hindi languages, including "Nee Hinga Nodabyada".^[3] Her single "Neene Neene" was a collaboration with Sonu Nigam^[4]

Sangeetha performing at Pro Kabbadi

Early life[]

Sangeetha Rajeev was born Bangalore to a musical family. Her father S Rajeev was a bank manager, who had to move to Mumbai on an official transfer. She along with her family moved to Mumbai at the age of 6 where she spent most of her childhood. In Mumbai she was trained in Bharatnatyam and Carnatic classical music. She is also trained in Hindustani classical music.

Education[]

Sangeetha did most of her schooling in Mumbai. Sangeetha graduated in information science engineering. She then moved to England to work before returning to India to pursue music.^[5]

Sangeetha in London during her early days

Influences[]

One of SaRa's early musical influences was her mother herself, M K Sharadamba,^[6] 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.^[7] She considers herself to be one of the biggest admirers of Sunidhi Chauhan.

Sangeetha felicitated in London

Selected Film songs[]

Albums[]

Sangeetha Rajeev wins the Best Playback Singer at Kannada International Music Awards, KiMA

Awards[]

Sangeetha Rajeev wins the Best International Pop Song at Global VIMA, 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Judging[]

References[]

External links[]

• Sangeetha Rajeev's channel on YouTube