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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
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working predominantly in
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. He became popular with his independent songs on
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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
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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


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sipligunj, Rahul Living people Indian male playback singers Singers from Telangana Telugu playback singers 1989 births IIFA Utsavam winners Bigg Boss (Telugu TV series) winners