Sowmya Raoh
| Sowmya Raoh | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Sowmya Raoh |
| Born | 18 April[1] |
| Genres | Playback singing |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Website |
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Sowmya Raoh is an Indian playback singer who has performed in Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu languages.[2][3]
Early life and career
Sowmya was born in a Kannada speaking family to veteran singer B. K. Sumitra and Sudhakar in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.[3][4][5] Sowmya has a brother named Sunil Raoh, who is an actor in the Kannada film industry.[6] Her mother was popular playback and devotional singer in Kannada.[4] As a child, Sowmya would accompany her mother to the studios for recording.[4] She then slowly graduated to become a child singer. Sowmya's father worked in Reserve Bank of India.[4]
Sowmya started singing at the age of seven.[5] She took a break from singing while she was in school as she thought that would affect her studies.[2] After a period of five to six years, she gradually turned her attention towards singing by learning Carnatic music.[4] However, she ended up becoming a voice actor before venturing into films.[2] She claims that, "I wanted to train for singing for heroines, not children".[2]
Musical career
Sowmya started her career as a singer in south Indian films in 1993, and got a break in Bollywood nine years later.[5] Her major breakthrough happened when composer Sandeep Chowta was looking for a singer who could sing well in Hindi.[4] He chose Sowmya for a song ("Greekuveerudu") in the Telugu film Ninne Pelladata. The song gave her a much needed breakthrough.[4] She went on to record the song in the Tamil and Hindi versions too.[4]
Sowmya started her career in Bollywood in 2000. Her first assignment was for the song "Soul of Jungle", followed by a background track for the film Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya.[5] Company was her first as a singer in Hindi.[5] By this time she also sang for other Hindi films such as Dum and Bunty Aur Babli.[5]
Having worked with composers such as Ilaiyaraaja and A. R. Rahman, she recorded over 200 songs in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, as of 2006.[5]
Selected Discography
| Year | Film | Language | Song | Co-singers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Ninne Pelladata | Telugu | ||
| 2001 | Friends | Tamil | "Rukku Rukku" | Yuvan Shankar Raja, Vijay Yesudas |
| 2001 | Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya | Hindi | "Roundhe" | |
| 2002 | Company | Hindi | "Ankhon Mein" | |
| 2002 | Bollywood Hollywood | Hindi | ||
| 2002 | Dhool | Tamil | "Ithunundu Muthatthile" | Udit Narayan, Premgi Amaren |
| 2003 | Dum | Hindi | "Dil Hi Dil Mein" | Sonu Nigam |
| 2003 | Raktha Kanneeru | Kannada | "Baa baaro rasika " | |
| 2003 | Samay: When Time Strikes | Hindi | "Zindagi" | |
| 2003 | Ek Aur Ek Gyaarah | Hindi | "O Dushmana" | Sonu Nigam |
| 2005 | Bunty Aur Babli | Hindi | "Nach Baliye" | Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa |
| 2005 | Super (2005 film) | Telugu | "Gichhi Gichhi" | Sandeep Chowta |
| 2006 | Khosla Ka Ghosla | Hindi | "Intezaar Aitbaar Tumse Pyar" | Qadar Niazi Qawwal |
| 2006 | Varalaru - History of Godfather | Tamil | "Kama Karaiyil" | Naresh Iyer |
| 2006 | Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu | Tamil | "Nerupae" | Franko, Solar Sai |
| 2006 | Suntara gaali | Kannada | "Shame shame" | |
| 2006 | Family | Hindi | "Qatra qatra" | |
| 2006 | Family | Hindi | "Janam Janam" | |
| 2007 | Guru | Hindi | "Shauk Hai" | |
| 2007 | Tara Rum Pum | Hindi | "◦Nach le ve" | |
| 2007 | Welcome | Hindi | "Welcome" | Shaan, Wajid |
| 2007 | Bheema | Tamil | "Enadhuyire" | Nikhil Mathew, Chinmayi, Sadhana Sargam |
| 2007 | Pachaikili Muthucharam | Tamil | "Un Sirippinil" | Raphi |
| 2008 | Krazzy 4 | Hindi | "O re lakad " | |
| 2008 | Bindaas | Kannada | "Gubbachi goodinalli" | |
| 2009 | Raam | Kannada | "Nanna Tutiyalli" | Udit Narayan |
| 2009 | Vamanan | Tamil | "Aedho Saigirai" | Javed Ali |
| 2009 | Wanted | Hindi | "Le le mazaa le" | Hrishikesh Lamrekar, Nikita Nigam, Suzanne D'Mello |
| 2009 | Jungle | Kannada | "Hale Patre" | Kailash Kher |
| 2009 | Josh | Telugu | "Awara Hawa" | Sandeep Chowta |
| 2011 | Vishnuvardhana | Kannada | "Yede olage" | |
| 2012 | Aiyyaa | Hindi | "Dreamum wakeupumm" | Amit Trivedi |
| 2013 | Baadshah | Telugu | "Welcome Kanakam" | Thaman |
| 2013 | Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns | Hindi | "Idhar Gire" | |
| 2013 | Simple Agi Ondh Love Story | Kannada | "Karagida Baaninalli" | |
Accolades
Filmfare Awards
- 2013 – Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Kannada for "Karagida Baaninalli" from Simple Agi Ondh Love Story
Stardust Awards
- Stardust Award for Best New Singer for " Laila Laila" from Samay: When Time Strikes (2003).[3]
References
- ↑ "About Me". sowmyaraoh.com. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "If you sing Hindi songs, you are have a wider audience". Rediff. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- 1 2 3 Sowmya Raoh Profile, Sowmya Rao, retrieved 11 November 2008
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "A chit chat with Sowmya Raoh". Oneindia.in. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Steadfast support". The Telegraph (India). 15 April 2006. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ↑ "For the record". The Times of India. 16 April 2006. Retrieved 28 August 2012.