Hemanth Jois

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Hemanth Jois
Born (1991-12-24) 24 December 1991 (age 33)
Karnataka, India
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OccupationMusic Director

Hemanth Jois is an Indian composer, known for his independent singles and work in the Kannada film industry.

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Early life and career

Originally from Koppa, India, Hemanth cites Raghu Dixit and Linkin Park as one of his inspirations and he learned guitar by himself. [1] [2] [3] [4] He completed his MBA at Manipal and was as a member of the indie band Last Semester during his final year. [5] [6] He worked for two years in marketing and sales before taking up a career in music. [1] He did a metal cover of the song "Keli Premigale" from Yuga Purusha (1989) and a cover of the songs "Santhoshakke" and "Kelade Nimageega" from Geetha (1981). [2] He collaborated with singer Chethan Naik for the Jois Project and released their first single "Tunturu", which was shot in Malnad. [2] [1] Their second single was the metal song "Last Semester", which was set in a college. [6]

Discography

Films

YearTitleNotes
2018Aranyakanda
Statement
2019Nammuru Kunigal
2020AadhyamUnreleased film [1]
2021Soham
2024Entha Kathe Maaraya
Chow Chow Bath
Timmana Mottegalu
Venkya
2025 Yuddhakaanda Chapter 2 Score and 1 song [2]

Other work

Video games

EPs

YearTitleSongsLanguageRef.
2024Sleeping With Snakes"Paralysed"English [2]

Music videos

YearTitleSingerLyricistStarringNotesRef.
2016Tunturu Chethan Naik Pratap C RChethan NaikWon–KIMA (Kannada International Music Awards) for Best Indie Artist - 2017-18
Won–KIMA (Kannada International Music Awards) for Shankar Nag Youth Award - 2017-18		 [2]
2017Last SemesterRakesh Maiya, Shivaraj, Ankitha Patla [7]
2018Payana Suman Nagarkar, Rakesh Maiya, Vinutha P G [6]
2019FriendzoneAshwin R KodangeChethan Ram, Archana Kottige and 15 others [8]
2020Aagalla MaadeshaHimselfSunetra Pandit, Lakshmi, Arundathi Jois, Keshav, Vinay Kanive, Shankar Murty, Prajna Bhat, Sujith Agam Shetty, Gurudutt Badiger and 17 others [9]
Ram DarbarChethan Naik, Anjana PadmanabhanPramod Maravante— [4]
2021KhushiChethan NaikAshwin Kodange (Kannada), Chinmaya (English)Lalitamma Ruchith Ullal, Vinay Kanive [9]
2022Khushi 2Pramod Maravanthe (Kannada), Chinmaya (English)Sundarshree, Himself, Vinay Kanive [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Yerasala, Ikyatha (December 20, 2016). "Kannada's metal Jois stick | Kannada's metal Jois stick". www.deccanchronicle.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Anandraj, Shilpa (4 December 2024). "Singing his way to fame: Hemanth Jois on his latest EP and more". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "My Mother is My Inspiration, Says Kannada Music Composer Hemanth Jois". News18.
  4. 1 2 Anandraj, Shilpa (December 19, 2020). "Composer Hemanth Jois talks of his independent releases" – via www.thehindu.com.
  5. ↑ "Rock song on plight of transgenders". October 25, 2015 – via www.thehindu.com.
  6. 1 2 3 "The transformation of a rock star". Deccan Herald.
  7. ↑ Yerasala, Ikyatha (15 February 2017). "Naik is a Jois' to listen to! | Naik is a Jois' to listen to!". www.deccanchronicle.com.
  8. ↑ https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/song-to-comfort-boys-who-are-friendzoned-755223.html
  9. 1 2 https://rollingstoneindia.com/kannada-indie-all-ok-siri-hemanth-jois-yaaru-savvio/
  10. ↑ Anandraj, Shilpa (February 4, 2022). "A Kannada EDM song celebrating grandmothers". Archived from the original on 4 February 2022 – via www.thehindu.com.
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