L. V. Revanth (born 10 February 1990), is an Indian

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who primarily records songs for Telugu films. He has sung around 200 songs for Telugu films. His notable works include "Vey Vey Debbaku Debba" (from '' Rajanna''), "Ruler" (from '' Dammu''), " Manohari" (from ''Baahubali: The Beginning'') and "Telisiney Na Nuvvey" (from '' Arjun Reddy''). He is the recipient of an IIFA Utsavam Award and a Santosham Award. Before gaining success in his singing career, Revanth had earlier participated in television singing shows, including ''Super Singer'', ''Indian Idol'' and ''Saptaswaralu.'' He is the winner of the reality show ''Bigg Boss 6''.

Early and personal life

Revanth was born in Srikakulam to Seetha Subbalaxmi. His father died before he was born. He grew up in

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and did his schooling at Bala Bhanu Vidyalayam in Srikakulam and his bachelor's degree at Dr. V. S. Krishna Government College in Visakhapatnam. He has an elder brother, Santosh Kumar. He and his elder brother were raised by their mother. Revanth married Anvitha Gangaraju in February 2022.

Career

Before gaining recognition as a singer, Revanth participated in several television singing shows. One of his first shows was ''Sapthaswaralu'', which aired on

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. After being runner-up in ''Super Singer 5'' and ''Super Singer 7''. he was the mentor in the ''Super Singer 8''. Revanth won the Hindi reality singing show ''Indian Idol 9''. He also won ''Rock Star'', ''Spicy Singer'' on

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and ''Superstar of the South''. In 2008, he sang his first film song, "Jhalak Dikhlaja" in ''Maha Yagnam'', composed by Vandemataram Srinivas. He sang two songs "Telisiney Na Nuvvey" and "Oopiri Aaguthunnadey" in the 2017 film '' Arjun Reddy''. He considers M. M. Keeravani as his mentor. Revanth sang his first Kannada song in the 2013 film '' Coffee with My Wife'' and the first Hindi song for the 2017 reality show '' Sabse Bada Kalakar.'' In 2019, he composed and sang the title track of the TV series '' Radhamma Kuthuru''. His first Tamil song was "Vithi Nathiye", from the 2019 film '' Thadam''.

Discography

Film songs

Non-film songs

Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

References

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