Saandip | |
|---|---|
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| Background information | |
| Origin | India |
| Genres | Playback singing |
| Occupation(s) | Singer (Tenor, Baritone), actor, dubbing artist, anchor |
| Years active | 2000 – present |
Saandip is an Indian singer and actor.[1] He has given playback to Tollywood and Bollywood movies. He has acted in "Premayanamaha" and "Inkosaari". He was the first South Indian to participate in the Popular TV Show ZEE SAREGAMAPA[2] (Revived from Zee SAREGAMA) anchored by Shaan in 2003 and won many accolades from the musical geniuses of Bollywood.
Early life and education
Saandip was born to B. Swami Nath and B. Janaki Nath in Vijayawada,[3] Andhra Pradesh.[4] He is the younger son in the family.
He spent his childhood in Maharashtra (Wardha, Sholapur) and Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal). He attended school in Kendriya Vidyalaya until 1991, and then until 1997 in Hyderabad, up to 12th standard. He moved to Bangalore to pursue his graduation and gained a BE in Telecommunications at the Bangalore Institute of Technology from 1997 to 2000.
Saandip took to singing as a hobby during his childhood. He developed an interest in music very early in his life, while listening to his elder brother Sirish. Because of his father's railway job, he was brought up in Maharashtra (Wardha, Sholapur) and stayed in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh from 1981 to 1991.
He moved to Hyderabad in 1991, and joined the tutelage of Dr. Shobha Raju in 1994.[5]
TV shows
In 1998, Saandip gained recognition – and managed to precede to the final – through the Telugu show, "Padutha Teeyaga", which broadcast on ETV Telugu and was hosted by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam.[6]
Actor
Saandip acted in Premayanamaha – Love is God. The song "America America" was received with widespread acclamation. More recently, he acted in the movie Inkosari, which is produced by "Bay Movies".
Anchor
He has anchored Popular Musical TV show "Sing a Song" on Maa TV and a special musical-lyrical Ugadi episode in ETV.
Movies
As an actor
Discography
| Year | Movie title |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Chitram |
| 2001 | Family Circus |
| Nuvvu Nenu | |
| Ramma Chilakamma[8] | |
| 2002 | Hai |
| NinneNinne Premincha | |
| Nuvve Nenu Nene Nuvvu | |
| Sandade Sandadi | |
| Toli Parichayam | |
| Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaru! | |
| June July | |
| Manamiddaram | |
| Thotti Gang | |
| 2003 | Kalyanam |
| Neetho Cheppalani | |
| Priya Nuvvenakishtam | |
| Aadanthe Ado Type | |
| Neeto Vastha | |
| Ottu Ee Amayevaro Teleedu | |
| Premayanamaha | |
| Tooniga | |
| 2004 | Preminchanamma |
| Gowri | |
| No | |
| Yagnam | |
| 2005 | 123 From Amalapuram |
| Avunanna Kaadanna | |
| A Film by Aravind | |
| Dhairyam | |
| Kanchanamala Cable TV | |
| Manasa | |
| Nikki & Neeraj | |
| Meenakshi | |
| 2006 | Bala |
| Premante Inthe | |
| Pulakintha | |
| 2007 | Nyayam Kavali |
| Classmates | |
| Kalyanam | |
| 2008 | Black & White |
| 2009 | Arundhati |
| 2013 | Aravind 2 |
References
- ↑ Archived 6 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Rediff Blogs". Zeesaregamapa.rediffiland.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ↑ "GUNTUR.IN (Making Life Easy) – Only Guntur District specific ads/classifieds accepted – Real estate, education, cinema tickets and many more". Vijayawada.net.in. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ↑ Rao, C. Narayana (13 March 2004). "Rice-rich but no major industry". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ↑ Archived 5 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ sales@andhravilas.net (20 October 2009). "SPB for comeback through Padutha Theeyaga – Andhravilas.com -Telugu Cinema, Telugu Movies, India News & World News , Bollywood , Songs". Andhravilas.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ↑ "Inkosari". IMDb. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ↑ "Focus Light: Saandip - Telugu cinema news".