Saandip is an Indian singer and actor. He has given playback to Tollywood and

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movies. He has acted in "Premayanamaha" and "

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". He was the first

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to participate in the Popular TV Show ZEE SAREGAMAPA (Revived from Zee SAREGAMA) anchored by Shaan in 2003 and won many accolades from the musical geniuses of

Early life and education

Saandip was born to B. Swami Nath and B. Janaki Nath in

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. He is the younger son in the family. He spent his childhood in Maharashtra (Wardha, Sholapur) and

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(Bhopal). He attended school in

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until 1991, and then until 1997 in

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, up to 12th standard. He moved to Bangalore to pursue his graduation and gained a BE in

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at the

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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 (

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, Sholapur) and stayed in

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, Madhya Pradesh from 1981 to 1991. He moved to

in 1991, and joined the tutelage of Dr.

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in 1994.

TV shows

In 1998, Saandip gained recognition – and managed to precede to the final – through the Telugu show, " Padutha Teeyaga", which broadcast on

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and was hosted by

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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 *2010 – ''

'' *2003 – '' Premayanamaha'' *2015 – ''

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Early life and education

TV shows

Actor

Anchor

Movies

Discography

References

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