Sangeetha Rajeev
Sangeetha Rajeev Photo Shoot
Background information
Born	23 October Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Origin	India
Genres	Pop, ಕ pop, Electronic dance music (EDM), Indian folk music
Occupation(s)	Singer, composer, actress
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Sara Records

Sangeetha Rajeev, also known as SaRa is an Indian playback singer and composer. She won the Best International Pop Singer of the year 2019 at the VIMA Music Awards 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 is considered to be the first female independent artist in the Kannada music scene who also introduced the genre Ka pop (Kannada Pop, ಕ pop).

She entered the Telugu Independent music scene with her hit single "Naa Raju" which was supported by the Tollywood industry and launched by the legendary RP Patnaik, Sricharan Pakala, Noel Sean, Rahul Sipligunj and Rollrida. She has now entered the Punjabi Independent music scene with her first Punjabi EP "Rise" ^[4]

On account of world music day, YouTube featured Sangeetha Rajeev on the front page of major new paper publications^[5] making her the first and only artist from Karnataka to be featured by YouTube as a part of Creating for India^[6] campaign

She is now all set to make her acting debut in a Hindi feature film 'Red Collar' starring Kishore Kumar G in the lead.^[7]

She is also making her acting debut as the female lead actress in the South Indian film industry with the Kannada film "Nimitta Matra" directed by Roshan Dsouza ^[8]

Early life

Sangeetha in London during her early days

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.

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.

Career

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 Hindi 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^[9]

Sangeetha performing at Pro Kabbadi

Influences

One of SaRa's early musical influences was her mother herself, M K Sharadamba,^[10] who is a Carnatic classical musician. SaRa is highly influenced by western music and considers the late great Michael Jackson to be her western influences.^[11]

Sangeetha felicitated in London

Discography

As a playback singer

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

Year	Song	Film / Album	Composer	Language	Ref.
2013	"Yentane taragathi"	Aane Pataaki	Dharma Vish	Kannada	[12]
	"Thinbedakami 2"	Lucia	Poornachandra Tejaswi		[13]
2014	"Haule Haule"	Simply Ek Love Story	Karthik Vijay	Hindi	[14]
2015	"Ali Baba"	Rebel	Jassie Gift	Kannada	[15]
	"Namma ee aata"	Aadhya	Jeevan Reddy
2016	"Bijili Krishna"	I Dash You	Adil Nadaf
	"Hero cylce nalli nanu"	Bhujanga	Poornachandra Tejaswi (composer)		[16]
	"Khushi"	Looty	Dharma Vish	Tulu	[17]
2017	"Dhool Yebbussro"	Raj Vishnu	Arjun Janya	Kannada	[18]
2018	"Birthday"	Rangula Ratnam	Sricharan Pakala	Telugu	[19]
2018	"Namde Lifu"	Edakallu Guddada Mele	Ashic Arun	Kannada	[20]
2019	"Rum Rum Rurum (Psychedelic Song)"	Mataash	S.D. Aravinda		[21]
	"Heartalli"	Chanaksha	Abhimann Roy		[22]
	"Nadu Naachide"	Naguva Nayana	Karthik Pai		[23]
	"Payanava"	Premier Padmini	Arjun Janya		[24]
	"Taasha"	Kushka	Abhilash Gupta		[25]
	"Shaane Top Agavne"	Sinnga	Dharma Vish		[26]
	"Mussanje-EDM"	Paaravvana Kanasu	Tharun Symonds		[27]
2020	"Moodanada Surya"	Gule	Sangeetha Rajeev		[27]
	"Oora Bittu"	Gule	Sangeetha Rajeev		[27]
2021	"I Love You" Feat Puneeth Rajkumar	Namma Hudugaru	Abhimann Roy		[28]
	"Late Late"	Puncture	Manasa Holla
2022	"Coka 2.0"	Liger	Jaani, Lijo George-DJ Chetas		[29]
2023	"Yaaro Yaaro"	Yadha Yadha Hi	Sricharan Pakala

Independent Music

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

Year	Work	Composer	Language
2013	"Sarvasva"[30]	Sangeetha Rajeev	Kannada
2016	"Chan Se Udi"[31]		Hindi
2017	"Kare"[32]		Kannada
2018	"Tu Hi"[33]		Hindi
2018	"Ee Sala Cup Namde (RCB Anthem)"[34]		Kannada
2018	"Zindagi"[35]		Hindi
2018	"Nan E Life"[36]		Kannada
2019	"Hai Salaam"[37]		Hindi
2020	"YML"[37]		Kannada
2020	"Thank You Maa"[38]
	"Wedlock Down"[39]
	"Nee Hinga Nodabyada"[40]
	"Neene Neene"[41]
	"Tuhi Tuhi"[42]		Hindi
	"Ena Maadali"[43]		Kannada
2021	"Noda Noda"[44]
	"Appa"[45]
	"Nee Hinga Nodabyada 2"[46]
	"Nannatta Soodamaku"[47]		Telugu
	"Nannatta Soodamaku 2"[48]
	"Naa Muttidella Chinna"[49]		Kannada
2022	"Lovvu Lovvu"[50]
2022	"Naa Raju"[51]		Telugu
	"Nan Raja"[52]		Kannada
2022	"Neene Illade"[53]	Sangeetha Rajeev	Kannada
2022	"Tanha"[54]		Hindi
2023	"Aigiri Nandini"[55]		Kannada
2023	"Innu Yaaka Baralilla"[56]		Kannada
2023	"Rise"[57] [58]		Punjabi

Filmography (As Actor)

Awards

References

External links

• Sangeetha Rajeev's channel on YouTube