Nee | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Bangalore, India |
| Genres | Folk, Fusion, Arabic, Classical, Pop, Rock |
| Years active | 2009 – Present |
| Labels | Nee Music Rating by RadioGirmit   |
| Members | Siddeshwar Sairam Vikram Joshi Sumithra Priya Yadav [1] |
| Website | http://www.bandnee.com |
Nee is a Kannada music band, founded by Siddeshwar, released their debut album on Nee Music on June, 2009 [2] The first ever Kannada Album by IT Professionals. [3] [4] [5] [6]
The duo from the band, Siddeshwar and Vikram has composed music for a Sandalwood film Jai Hind, produced by Major Srinivas Pujar. [1] [7] [8]
The thought process emanated early in the year 2001 with an objective of making music albums. Siddeshwar, the founder of Nee, went on a talent search to build a strong music team to make innovative songs. Sairam became a strong pillar of Nee since 2004 and composed several Hindi songs which include a Nee Album Hit score 'Pahadi'. [9]
Nee became a complete music troop in the year 2007 with Sumitra and Joshi joining in. [3] The Nee group performed live on 15 December 2008 on the sets of TV9 (National News Channel) that became a big booster for them to create a music album.
Nee's motive is to give a message to the society; one of the album’s songs showcases the four noble truths of life as enlightened by Gautama Buddha.
This album showcases all shades of life like happiness, sorrow, romance, excitement, enjoyment, love for nature so on and so forth. Nee is the first Kannada music album of its kind, which gratifies likes of all ages.
The band Nee's self-titled debut album was launched by the popular music director Raghu Dixit [2] on the band's new independent record label 'Nee Music'. [5]
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Composer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kuniyona | Sumithra | Siddeshwar, Sumithra | Siddeshwar | 4:14 |
| 02 | Malenaadavanu | Sairam | Siddeshwar, Sairam | Siddeshwar | 5:10 |
| 03 | Ee Nayanagalu | Sumithra | Siddeshwar, Sumithra | Siddeshwar | 4:07 |
| 04 | Marulaade | Joshi | Joshi | Siddeshwar, Ravi | 4:16 |
| 05 | Noorase | Sumithra, Sairam, Joshi | Siddeshwar, Sairam | Siddeshwar | 4:28 |
| 06 | Manasaagide | Joshi | Joshi | Joshi, Niranjan | 3:36 |
| 07 | Nee | Sumithra, Joshi | Siddeshwar, Sumithra | Siddeshwar | 4:40 |
| 08 | Dastak | Sairam | Siddeshwar, Sairam | Sairam | 5:39 |
| 09 | Tunturu | Sairam | Siddeshwar, Sairam | Siddeshwar | 3:54 |
| 10 | Pahadi | Sairam | Siddeshwar, Sairam | Sairam | 5:11 |
| 11 | Pahadi (unplugged) | Sairam | Siddeshwar, Sairam | Sairam | 4:42 |
| 12 | Nee (Remix) | Sarada, Sairam | Siddeshwar, Sumithra | Siddeshwar | 4:21 |
Sampath Kumar, known by his stage name Vishnuvardhan, was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Kannada cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam language films. Vishnuvardhan has a prolific career spanning over four decades, during which he has acted in more than 220 films. A popular cultural icon of Karnataka, and holds the status of a matinée idol amongst the Kannada diaspora. He is popularly called as Sahasa Simha, Dada and The Angry Young Man of Kannada Cinema. Vishnuvardhan's contributions to Kannada cinema have been praised by his contemporaries in the Indian film industry. The Government of Karnataka honoured him with the Rajyothsava Prashasthi in 1990 and the Dr. Rajkumar Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 for his contributions to Kannada cinema. He was called The Phoenix of Indian Cinema. In 2008, a poll conducted by CNN-IBN listed Vishnuvardhan as the most popular star in the Kannada film industry.
Neha Kakkar Singh is an Indian playback singer. She is the younger sister of playback singers Tony Kakkar and Sonu Kakkar. She began performing at a very early age at religious events. In 2005, she participated in the second season of the singing reality show, Indian Idol. She made her Bollywood debut as a chorus singer in the film Meerabai Not Out. She rose to prominence with the release of the dance track "Second Hand Jawaani" from Cocktail (2012), which was followed by several popular party songs, including "Sunny Sunny" from Yaariyan and "London Thumakda" from the 2014 soundtrack album Queen. Apart from playback singing, Kakkar has appeared in several music videos and as a judge on several television reality shows, including "Indian Idol".
Pritam Chakraborty, also known mononymously as Pritam, is an Indian composer, instrumentalist, guitarist, music producer and singer from Kolkata, India. Graduating from FTII in Sound Engineering, he was working as an ad jingles composer, later he debuted as a co-composer in the 2001 Hindi film Tere Liye. He debuted as a solo composer with the album Dhoom. Composition of the title track of Dhoom became the first viral music of Indian film history, helped him win the Zee Cine Award for Best Track of the Year & vast acknowledgements. In a career spanning over two decades, he has composed music for more than 125 Bollywood Movies, and he has been the recipient of numerous awards, including six Filmfare Awards for Best Music Director and 4 Mirchi Music Award for Music Composer of The Year from 14 nominations. Pritam's years active in the music industry is from 2001 to present day, his labels are T-Series, Sony music india, YRF music, Eros, Saregama, Tips, Zee music company.
Kunal Ganjawala is an Indian playback singer whose songs are mostly featured in Hindi and Kannada films. He has also sung in Marathi, Bengali and other official languages of India. Kunal began his career by singing jingles. He came to limelight in Hindi cinema with the song "Bheege Honth Tere" from the film Murder in 2004. It was his first biggest hit. The song earned him Zee Cine Award as Best Playback Singer in 2005. He came to limelight in Kannada cinema with the song "Neene Neene" from the film Aakash in 2005.
Sonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer, music director, dubbing artist and actor. Nigam is a recipient of Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award.
Rupam Islam is an Indian Bengali singer, songwriter, music composer, and writer. He is the lead vocalist of the popular Bengali Rock Band Fossils. He gained popularity mainly through his solo albums and his works as a member of Fossils. He has worked as a playback singer, music director, and lyricist in numerous Bengali films and has also lent his voice for Hindi and Telugu films. He has sung for various Bengali television soaps, web series, and advertisements. In 2010, he won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for his work in the Bengali film Mahanagar@Kolkata. He is a member of the Bangla Sangeet Academy.
Ujjaini Mukherjee is an Indian singer.
Armaan Malik is an Indian singer, songwriter, record producer, voice-over artist, and actor. He is known for his singing in multiple languages, including Hindi, Telugu, English, Bengali, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu and Malayalam. In 2006, he took part in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs but was eliminated after finishing in 8th position. He is the brother of music composer Amaal Mallik. Previously represented by Universal Music India and T-Series, he is now represented by Arista Records. He has his own record label called Always Music Global in partnership with Warner Music India. His first on-screen appearance was in the film Kaccha Limboo in 2011.
Vijay Prakash is an Indian Playback singer and also a Music director from Karnataka. He has given his voice for predominantly Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu language films, in addition to Hindi, Malayalam and Marathi language films. He has also performed shows with Zakir Hussain. Prakash won the Karnataka Government's 'Best Playback Singer' award for the year 2016 for the song "Nammooralli Chaligaladalli" from the film Beautiful Manasugalu.
Javed Ali is an Indian playback singer who predominantly sings in Hindi. He has also sung in various Indian languages including Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
Nithyasree Mahadevan, also referred to as S. Nithyasree, is a Carnatic musician and playback singer for film songs in many Indian languages. Nithyashree has performed in all major sabhas in India. She has released more than 500 albums. She is best known for her rendition of the A. R. Rahman composition, "Kannodu Kaanbadhellam" - her playback debut song in the Tamil movie Jeans.
Jai Hind is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language war film directed by Venugopal, starring Pooja Gandhi and Sandesh. The film is produced by Srinivas Pujar under the banner of Om Sai Production.
Kempe Gowda is a 2011 Kannada-language action film starring Sudeepa and Ragini Dwivedi in the lead roles. The film was directed by Sudeepa and produced by Shankar Gowda. It is a remake of the Tamil-language film Singam directed by Hari. Arjun Janya has composed the music. A namesake sequel titled Kempegowda 2 was released in 2019.This film emerged as a box office blockbuster.
Arjun Janya is an Indian film score soundtrack composer and singer. Arjun made his film debut in the 2006 Kannada film Autograph Please. Since then he has composed and scored music for successful films such as Birugaali (2009), Sanchari (2010), Kempegowda (2011), Varadanayaka (2012), Victory (2013), Vajrakaya (2015), Mukunda Murari (2016). His 100th film as music director is 99 (2019).
Rambo is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language comedy thriller film written and directed by M S Sreenath. It was produced by Atlanta Nagendra and Sharan. Sharan and Madhuri Itagi played the leading roles. This is the 100th film of actor Sharan; it was released in September 2012. Arjun Janya is the music director for the film.
Namo Bhootatma is a 2014 Indian Kannada horror comedy film directed by Murali in his debut. The film was a remake of the 2014 Tamil film Yaamirukka Bayamey, which itself was based on the Korean movie The Quiet Family. It stars Komal Kumar, Iswarya Menon, Anaswara Kumar, Gayathri Iyer, and Harish Raj in the lead roles. Telugu comedian Ali made his second Kannada movie with this film. It's also dubbed in Hindi with the same name. A sequel Namo Bhoothathma 2 released in 2023.
Hemanth Subramanya known by his stage name as Hemanth, is a playback singer in Kannada cinema.
Pradyumna Narahalli, is an Indian actor, lyricist, writer, RJ, director and producer, known primarily for his work in Kannada television and cinema.
Sanjith Hegde is an Indian playback singer. Hegde has sung songs in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. His rendition of "Gundu Gunuguva" from the film Dalapathi composed by Charan Raj topped the music charts for a year. Sanjith won the Mirchi Music Awards South Best Upcoming Male Vocalist for the song "Kush Kush" from the film Chamak.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)