Saandip

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Saandip
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Background information
Origin India
Genres Playback singing
Occupation(s)Singer, actor, dubbing artist, anchor
Years active2000–present

Saandip is an Indian singer and actor. [1] He has given playback to Tollywood and Bollywood movies. He was the first South Indian to participate on television in Zee Saregamapa. [2]

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Early life and education

Saandip was born to B. Swami Nath and B. Janaki Nath in Vijayawada, [3] Andhra Pradesh. [4] He has an elder brother.

He spent his childhood in Maharashtra (Wardha, Sholapur) and Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal). He attended school in Kendriya Vidyalaya until 1991, and then until 1997 in Hyderabad, up to 12th standard. He moved to Bangalore to pursue his graduation and gained a BE in Telecommunications at the Bangalore Institute of Technology from 1997 to 2000.

Saandip took to singing as a hobby during his childhood. He developed an interest in music very early in his life, while listening to his elder brother Sirish. Because of his father's railway job, he was brought up in Maharashtra (Wardha, Sholapur) and stayed in Bhopal from 1981 to 1991.He moved to Hyderabad in 1991, and joined the tutelage of Dr. Shobha Raju in 1994. [5]

TV shows

In 1998, Saandip gained recognition – and managed to precede to the final – through the Telugu show, "Padutha Teeyaga", which broadcast on ETV Telugu and was hosted by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. [6]

Actor

Saandip acted in Premayanamaha – Love is God. More recently,[ when? ] he acted in the movie Inkosari, which is produced by "Bay Movies".

Anchor

He has anchored Popular Musical TV show "Sing a Song" on Maa TV and a special musical-lyrical Ugadi episode in ETV.

Movies

As an actor

Discography

YearMovie title
2000 Chitram
2001 Family Circus
Nuvvu Nenu
Ramma Chilakamma [8]
2002 Hai
Ninne Ninne Premincha
Nuvve Nenu Nene Nuvvu
Sandade Sandadi
Toli Parichayam
Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaru!
June July
Manamiddaram
Thotti Gang
2003Kalyanam
Neetho Cheppalani
Priya Nuvvenakishtam
Aadanthe Ado Type
Neeto Vastha
Ottu Ee Amayevaro Teleedu
Premayanamaha
Tooniga
2004Preminchanamma
Gowri
No
Yagnam
2005123 From Amalapuram
Avunanna Kaadanna
A Film by Aravind
Dhairyam
Kanchanamala Cable TV
Manasa
Nikki & Neeraj
Meenakshi
2006Bala
Premante Inthe
Pulakintha
2007Nyayam Kavali
Classmates
Kalyanam
2008Black & White
2009 Arundhati
2013 Aravind 2

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