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1 Early life and career  



1.1  Films  





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2 Discography  





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N. C. Karunya
Karunya's Single "O Priyathamaa" Poster.
Karunya's Single "O Priyathamaa" Poster.
Background information
Born (1986-03-01) 1 March 1986 (age 38)
OriginHyderabad, Telangana, India
Occupation(s)Singer, Songwriter, TV host
Years active2006 – present

N. C. Karunya is an Indian playback singer, stage performer, YouTuber, songwriter, and TV show host known for his works primarily in Telugu and Hindi films. He has won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu for the song "Sada Siva Sanyasi" from the 2010 film Khaleja

Early life and career

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Karunya with his Paaduthaa Theeyagaa trophy.
Karunya with his Paaduthaa Theeyagaa trophy

Nallan Chakravartula Karunya was born on 1 March 1986, to N. C. Madhu and P. Janaki in Hyderabad, India. He has been training in Carnatic classical under his Guru, "Vaaggeya Vidwanmani" Sri N.C. Murthy, since 2000.

He was the winner of the Padutha Theeyaga Junior series in 1998. Karunya was a participant in the second season of Indian Idol. He was runner-up to fellow contestant Sandeep Acharya. Karunya hosted the reality show Little ChampsonZee Telugu, Airtel "Saptaswaralu" on ETV, Vijetha-Voice of Andhra on local TV with M. M. Keeravani as the judge, and Super Singer 8 on Maa TV with M. M. Keeravani and Smt. K.S.Chitra as the judges.

Films

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Following Indian Idol 2, Karunya was called for an audition by Vidhu Vinod Chopra for Lage Raho Munnabhai. He began his playback career by singing for Sanjay Dutt. He then sang a song in Jai Santoshi Maa for Anu Malik. After that, he went to Hyderabad to meet members of the Telugu film industry who supported him during "Indian Idol". In that series of meetings, he met Jr. NTR, who offered him his first Telugu hit, "Ekaantangaa unna," a song composed by Mani Sharma for the film Ashok. After this song, he went on to record songs including "Orugalluke Pilla" from the film Sainikudu, Enduko from Chirutha, "123 Nenoka Kantri" from Kantri, Ammayi Kitiki Pakkana from Maryada Ramanna, Om Namo Siva Rudraya from Khaleja, Oola Oolala Ala from Orange, Vayyarala jabilli from Pawan Kalyan's Teenmar, "Andam andam" from Vetadu-Ventadu, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, starring Vishal (actor), "Meher meher" from "D for Dopidi", "Suvvi Suvvaalamma" from the movie Loafer, one song for "It's My Love Story," and many more. [check quotation syntax]

Karunya was the youngest singer to be a part of the remake of the song "Mile sur mera tumhaara". It was remade in 2010 and released as "Phir mile sur" on Republic Day on Zoom TV.

Independent music

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Karunya released his first Hindi album, the self-titled Karunya, on 9 August 2008. The music was composed by Lesle Lewis, and the video was directed by the sister of Madhu Sarkar. His second album was a light music album named Karunya's Vandebhaavagurum. He also released four singles. He released the songs "O Priyathamaa" on 9 June 2017, "Prema Geethika" on 10 August 2017, "Maayarogam" on 14 April 2018, and "Karuninchele" on 23 August 2019. His music video for "O Priyathamaa" reached 1 million+ views on YouTube.

Live performance

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Karunya has performed in numerous concerts in India as well as in the United States, the Emirates, Singapore, East Africa, and West Africa.[1]

Discography

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Karunya performing at Ramoji Film City Winter Carnival.
Karunya performing at Ramoji Film City Winter Carnival
Year Film Song Composer Language
2021 Vennela Vacche Padhamani Vennela Vacche Padhamani P.V.R. Raja[2] Telugu

References

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  1. ^ "N.C. Karunya". indiansingers.in. Retrieved 1 July 2013.[dead link]
  • ^ "Vennela Vacche Padhamani". Spotify. Spotify. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
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