Rahul Sipligunj (born 22 August 1989) is an Indian
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
songwriter
A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...
working predominantly in
Telugu cinema
Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to the production of Film, motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Based in Film N ...
. He became popular with his independent songs on
YouTube
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.
Career
As independent artist
He started his career with online music videos on YouTube. He co-produced, wrote and sang songs like "Magajaathi", "Em Maayaloo", "Mangamma", "Makikirikiri", "Poor boy", "Daawath", "Galli Ka Ganesh", "Doorame", "Jai Bajrang", "Hijra". Most of his music videos were hits but among these videos, "Makikirikiri" & "Galli ka Ganesh" were Huge hits songs.
Tollywood
His first song was "College bulloda" in the movie ''
Josh'' at the age of 20 in 2009. He became popular in
Tollywood with his songs like "Vaastu Bagunde" in ''
Dammu'', "Singareni Undi" in ''
Racha''. He also sang Spanish part in the song "Melikalu" in ''
Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu'', "Prema Katha Chitram Title song" in ''
Prema Katha Chitram'', "You are My Darlingo" in ''
Jakkana'', "O Alekhya O Alekhya" in ''
Doosukeltha'', "Peddha Puli" in ''
Chal Mohan Ranga''. He sang the most popular song "Ranga Ranga Rangasthalana" from the movie ''
Rangasthalam''. He sang another popular song "Bonalu" from the movie ''
iSmart Shankar''.
He is best known for his work with
M.M. Keeravani on the
soundtrack
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for the 2022 film ''
RRR''. Sipligunj and
Kaala Bhairava
Koduri Kaala Bhairava is an Indian playback singer and music director, who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has sung songs in Tamil, Hindi and Kannada in addition to Telugu. He was the composer of the films '' Mathu Vadalara, Kart ...
performed the Oscar-winning song "
Naatu Naatu" at the
95th Academy Awards in March 2023.
He was nominated for
SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu for the song.
Television
Filmography
Discography
Non-film songs
Music videos
Singles
Film songs
References
External links
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Living people
Indian male playback singers
Singers from Telangana
Telugu playback singers
1989 births
IIFA Utsavam winners
Bigg Boss (Telugu TV series) winners