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B. Ajaneesh Loknath | |
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| Occupation | Composer |
| Years active | 2009–present |
B. Ajaneesh Loknath is an Indian composer who works predominantly for Kannada cinema. He received the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director for his work in the film Ulidavaru Kandanthe in 2015. He is known for his collaborations with Rakshit Shetty, Rishab Shetty and Anup Bhandari.
Ajaneesh Loknath has composed music for Ulidavaru Kandanthe , Kirik Party , Avane Srimannarayana and background score for Rangitaranga . He has sung for Ulidavaru Kandanthe , Ishtakamya , Kirik Party and has also sung songs for his own films. He has done movies for Ramesh Aravind , Dr.Shivrajkumar, Golden Star Ganesh, Bharathiraja, Nivin Pauly , Udhayanidhi Stalin , Duniya Vijay and many others.
He got his film Ulidavaru Kandanthe assigned for eight fields in the Radio Mirchi Music Awards South 2015. [1] His background score for the film Rangitaranga was short-listed for an Oscar but ultimately was not nominated. [2] Till date, he has worked for more than 25 films in many languages. His upcoming pan Indian release Mangalavaaram is set to hit screens on 17th Nov, 2023. [3]
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Film | Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulidavaru Kandanthe | 2015 | Karnataka State Film Awards | Best Music Director | Won | |
| Ulidavaru Kandanthe | 2015 | Filmfare Awards South | Best Music Director | Won | [7] |
| Kirik Party | 2017 | Best Music Director | Won | ||
| RangiTaranga | 2016 | IIFA Utsavam | Best Background Score | Won | |
| Kirik Party | 2017 | Best Music Director | Won | ||
| Kirik Party | 2017 | South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Music Director | Won | |
| Bell Bottom | 2020 | Mirchi Music Awards | Best Background Score | Won | |
| Bell Bottom | Viral Song Of The Year | Won | |||
| Bell Bottom | Song Of The Year | Won | |||
| Avane Srimannarayana | Song Of The Year | Won | |||
| RangiTaranga | 2016 | Times KAFTA | Best Background Score | Won | |
| Kirik Party | 2017 | Best Music Director | Won | ||
| Bell Bottom | 2020 | Chandanavana Film Critics Academy | Best Music Director | Won | |
| Avane Srimannarayana | 2020 | Best Background Score | Won | ||
| Dia | 2021 | Best Background Score | Won | [8] [9] | |
| Dia | 2021 | South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Music Director – Kannada | Won | |
| Kantara | 2022 | South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Music Director – Kannada | Won | [10] |
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Rakshit Shetty is an Indian actor and filmmaker working predominantly in Kannada cinema. He is the recipient of one National Film Award, two Filmfare Awards South, two Karnataka State Film Awards and five SIIMA Awards. He debuted with the film Namm Areal Ond Dina (2010) and got his breakthrough in the cult Blockbuster Ulidavaru Kandanthe (2014) and further established himself as a lead actor in Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu (2015), Kirik Party (2016), Avane Srimannarayana (2019), 777 Charlie (2021), and Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A (2023), with 777 Charlie becoming the highest-grossing film of his career.
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Avane Srimannarayana is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language western fantasy adventure comedy film directed and edited by Sachin B. Ravi in his directorial debut. Jointly produced by Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah and H.K.Prakash, the film features Rakshit Shetty and Shanvi Srivastava in lead roles. B. Ajaneesh Loknath and Charan Raj composed the soundtrack, with the former composing the score, whereas Karm Chawla handled the cinematography. Described by Shetty as "Southern Odd Fiction", the film follows a corrupt police officer who takes on a bandit chief in order to recover a missing treasure in the 1980s.
Kirik Party is the soundtrack album composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath, for the 2016 Kannada film of the same name. The film has ten tracks, out of which only six were included in the soundtrack album which initially released on 26 November 2016. The makers later released the remaining tracks as an extended album on 24 December 2016. The soundtrack had lyrics written by Rakshit Shetty, Dhananjay Ranjan, Kiran Kaverappa and Veeresh Shivamurthy. Deciding to not tie up with any music label, the producers released the album online under their own banner Paramvah Music, a subsidiary of Paramvah Studios and the digital partner Divo. The tracks received viral response from audiences.
Ulidavaru Kandanthe is the soundtrack album composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath, for the 2014 film of the same name. The album features twelve tracks in number with four instrumentals and had lyrics written by Rakshit Shetty, Vigneshwar Vishwa, Suni, Yogaraj Bhat, Manojava Galgali. The album was released on 7 March 2014.
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Bharath B. J. is an Indian music producer, composer and singer, who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. Starting his career as a composer for the short film Simply Kailawesome in 2010, Bharath got his breakthrough in 2013 with the film Simple Agi Ondh Love Story. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for the film Beautiful Manasugalu. Apart from composing music, Bharath has recorded his voice for songs, notably the "Hey Who Are You" song from the film Kirik Party (2016).
Avane Srimannarayana is the feature film soundtrack for the 2019 film of the same name composed by Charan Raj and B. Ajaneesh Loknath. Ajaneesh also provided the background score, in collaboration with the Macedonian Symphonic Orchestra. The film has four songs in the Kannada version, two songs in both Telugu and Tamil version and one song in Malayalam and Hindi version.
Kantara: Chapter 1 is an upcoming Indian Kannada-language period action thriller film set during the reign of Kadambas of Banavasi written and directed by Rishab Shetty, and produced by Vijay Kiragandur, under Hombale Films. It is a prequel to the 2022 film Kantara. The film stars Rishab Shetty as Kaadubettu Shiva.
The film's music is by B Ajaneesh Loknath [...]
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