Shekar Basha

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Shekar Basha
Born
Gudimella Raja Sekhar

Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation(s)Actor, director, television presenter, radio jockey
Years active2005–present
AwardsIndia Radio Forum's "RJ of the Year 2017" and 19 more.
Website www.shekarbasha.com

Shekar Basha is an Indian radio jockey. [1] [2] He is the only RJ in India to have won the Excellence in Radio Award 18 times, [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] the Latest being India radio forum's "RJ of the year 2019", [10] India's most prestigious award for a radio jockey. [11] [12] [13] [14] According to a survey conducted by The Times of India (TOI) published on 18 May 2018, he is one of the "top 10 Most Desirable Men on Television". TOI termed him as "The original radio guru who won tons of applause for his signature brand of infotainment, with equally successful stint on TV". [15] As a VJ, he received Best Video Jockey of the year 2016 of Padma Mohana awards held at Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad on 23 August 2016. [16]

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Career

Early phase (2005–2007)

Basha started his career as a video jockey on Gemini Music, an Indian Telugu music channel, on 10 April 2005. He hosted more than 3,000 live shows on the channel, but he received acclaim for his role in Hi Bujji, a kids theme based TV show, and SundayHum-Sandeham, a live comedy show based on Guru-Sishya theme.

Breakthrough

In November 2006 he joined Red FM 93.5 (then S FM). He hosted "Thellarindoy Mama" (Breakfast Show) and "Guroo Hoja Shuro" (Afternoon Band). The latter won "The Best Program of the Year-2007" [17] Award at India Radio Forum. He also introduced the phrase "kevvu keka" [18] to the industry. It became so popular that both films and TV programs were titled after it, including films and lyrics of films' songs (such as Pawan Kalyan's Gabbar Singh and Allari Naresh's movie) as well as their film dialogues.

RJ Shekar IRF Award Winning pose RJ Shekar.jpg
RJ Shekar IRF Award Winning pose

Success (2007–present)

In August 2007 Shekar moved from Red FM 93.5 to Big FM. There he took charge of the show "Big Sandadi" which was until then hosted by the very popular Telugu TV anchor and film actress, Jhansi (TV anchor). On 27 May 2008 the show was named the Best Radio Show of the Year by IRF. [19] Shekar has a habit of saying "Happy mornings" instead of "Good morning", which caught on quickly with the listeners. As a result, in 2009 the program was renamed as "Happy Mornings". After the formation of the state of Telangana, the show was renamed as "Sallaam Telangana" reflecting the pride of the state, and the show was awarded the "best breakfast show (Telugu) 2017". [20] In addition to radio and video jockeying, Shekar also produced award-winning promos and Humor capsule sparklers which include the radio humour capsules "Kotigadu & Raogaru", BigBaba, Sangeetham Mastar, Google Gurooji, and Anandam Paramaanandam.

Awards and Records

Shekar holds the record for winning the highest number of India Radio Forum awards with a total of 18 awards from 2007 to 2019. [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29]

His other awards include:

He trained in radio jockeying at MICA (institute) (Mudra Institute of Communications), Ahmadabad.

Marathons

As of August 2018 Shekar has hosted Four marathon radio jockeying feats: [33]

Movie debut

Shekar made his debut as an actor with the movie "Welcome Obama", directed by veteran director Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. [41] He directed the movie "Vethika nenu naa ishtamga". [42] He played a director in the movie Panchamukhi directed by Challa Bhanu Kiran, which was released in 2014.

Filmography

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