Inchara Rao is a Bengaluru-based

playback singer A playback singer, as they are usually known in South Asian cinema, or ghost singer in Western cinema, is a singer whose performance is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and the performers lip-sync the ...

and performer. She won the award for ''Best Female Playback Singer''

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in 2016, and the

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2016 as the

Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Kannada The Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback – Kannada is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Kannada films. The first Kannada award was given in 2007. Before that, since 1997 till 2005, a common aw ...

. She began her career as a contestant on the first season of the singing

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show,

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''Kannada.'' She won third place. Afterwards, she released her debut song, ''Nanna Stylu Berene,'' from the film ''

Geleya ''Geleya'' is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language crime film directed by A. Harsha, a popular choreographer making his debut in direction. The script is written by Preetham Gubbi and the cinematography is by Krishna; all of whom had worked previou ...

'', an item song. Rao was born in

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. She is best known for her song ''Kareyole'' from the film '' Rangitaranga,'' which won her several awards, including the

and the SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Kannada.Prakash Upadhyaya
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'', IST,19 June 2016.Retrieved on 4 July 2016. She sings ''Ayomaya'' from the movie Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, Inchara Living people Indian women playback singers Kannada playback singers Filmfare Awards South winners Singers from Karnataka 21st-century Indian singers Year of birth missing (living people) Film musicians from Karnataka 21st-century Indian women singers Women musicians from Karnataka IIFA Utsavam winners