Sweekar Agasthi is an Indian music composer,

playback singer A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not ap ...

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and audio engineer, who works predominantly in

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music. He is best known for composing score and soundtrack of '' C/o Kancharapalem'' (2018) and '' Middle Class Melodies'' (2020). He is married to architect, Lahari Pithani, who belongs to the family of politician, Pithani Sathyanarayana, from

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Early life and career

Sweekar was born in

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, India into a

-speaking family. He started his career as a vocalist in the ''Niraval'' band. In 2014, he started playback singing with the song "2010 Summerlo" from the film ''

Doosukeltha ''Doosukeltha'' () is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Veeru Potla. It stars Manchu Vishnu and Lavanya Tripathi. Mani Sharma composed the music for the film. Mohan Babu produced the film under the banner of 24 Fra ...

''. Before making debut in playback singing, he has worked as an audio engineer. '' C/o Kancharapalem'' (2018) was his breakthrough film. Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of '' The Hindu'' quoted, "Sweekar Agasthi’s music stayed with me long after the film was over". "Asha Pasham" song from the soundtrack of the film received wide response.

Discography

As composer

Feature films

Other works

As playback singer

Other credited works

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Agasthi, Sweekar Telugu film score composers 21st-century Indian composers Indian guitarists Indian audio engineers Musicians from Vijayawada People from Krishna district Living people Telugu playback singers Indian male playback singers 21st-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian male singers 1990 births