Sanjith Hegde

Sanjith Hegde
Hegde in 2018
Background information
Born	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Genres	Hindustani Classical, Pop, R&B, Blues & Rock
Occupations	Singer songwriter

Sanjith Hegde is an Indian playback singer.^[1] Hegde has sung songs in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. His rendition of "Gunu Gunuguva" from the film Dalapathi composed by Charan Raj topped the music charts for a year.^[2] Sanjith won the Mirchi Music Awards South Best Upcoming Male Vocalist for the song "Kush Kush" from the film Chamak.^[3][4]

Sanjith Hegde became popular after participating in the Kannada singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa – Season 13.^[3] Following which Sanjith also participated in the Tamil show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa – Seniors, which was broadcast on Zee Tamil.^[5]

Sanjith made his singing debut with the song "Gunu Gunuguva" from the film Dalapathi composed by Charan Raj in 2017. Sanjith made his Tamil debut in the film Kalakalappu 2 with the song "Thaarumaaru", and Telugu debut in the film Krishnarjuna Yudham with the song "I Wanna Fly",^[6] in 2018. Sanjith's popularity as an individual artist and as a playback singer grew after that juncture, with a number of popular new songs.^[7][8]

• 2018: Nominated for SIIMA Award for Best Playback Singer (Male) for "Kush Kush".^[9]
• 2018: Won the Mirchi Music Awards South Best Upcoming Male Vocalist.^{[10][non-primary source needed]}

  

• 2019: Won the Kannada International Music Academy Award for Best Playback Singer Male – Film Music.^{[11][non-primary source needed]}
• 2019: Nominated for SIIMA Award for Best Playback Singer (Male) for "Shaakuntle Sikkalu".^[9]
• 2019:Won - Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer (Male) - Kannada - "Shaakuntle Sikkalu"- Naduve Antaravirali
• 2021: Nominated for SIIMA Award for Best Playback Singer (Male) for "HanuManKind".^[9]

• Sanjith Hegde at IMDb