Raghu Kunche

Raghu Kunche
Raghu Kunche
	Raghu Kunche
Background information
Born	13 June
Origin	Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation(s)	Music composer, producer, singer, actor, voice actor
Years active	2000–present

Raghu Kunche is an Indian music composer, singer and actor who works in Telugu films and television shows. He is a recipient of five Nandi Awards.

Career

Raghu Kunche began his singing career in 2000 with the film Bachi. He has sung about 1000 above songs for Telugu Films. Raghu Kunche made his debut as a Music Director for the movie Bumper Offer in 2009. He has won 6 Nandi Awards in his career. He worked as a Dubbing Artist for movies and an anchor for various Telugu TV channels before he became a Playback Singer, Music Director and then an Actor.

Discography

As composer

Year	Title	Language	Notes
2009	Bumper Offer	Telugu
2011	Aha Naa Pellanta
2011	Daggaraga Dooramga
2012	Devudu Chesina Manushulu
2015	Ladies & Gentlemen
	Dongaata
	Mama Manchu Alludu Kanchu
2016	Viraat	Kannada
	Nayaki	Telugu
	Nayagi	Tamil
2017	C/O Godavari	Telugu
2018	47 Days		Also producer
2019	Raagala 24 Gantallo
2020	Palasa 1978
2021	Crazy Uncles
2021	Batch

As singer

Year	Work	Song	Composer	Notes
2000	Bachi	"Lachmi Lachmi"	Chakri
2001	Mrugaraju	"Hangama Hangama"	Mani Sharma
2002	Idiot	"Jai Veeranjaneya"	Chakri
2005	Pandemkodi (D)	Vonivesina Deepavali	Yuvan Shankar Raja
2007	Desamuduru	"Golapetti"	Chakri
2008	Neninthe	"Oh I Miss You"	Chakri
2009	Bumper Offer	"Yenduke Ravanamma"	Himself
2010	Maryada Ramanna	Raye Raye	M. M. Keeravani
2011	Aha Naa Pellanta	"Chinukularali"	Himself
2011	Daggaraga Dooramga	"Manasu Manasu Mari Daggaraga"
2012	Devudu Chesina manushulu	"Subba Lakshmi" "Devuda Devuda"
2014	Sikander (D)	"Ek Do Teen Char"	Yuvan Shankar Raja
2014	Chikkadu Dorakadu (D)	"Neelo Gundala"	Santhosh Narayanan
2015	Ladies and Gentlemen	"Social Network Andi Babu"	Himself
	Ladies and Gentlemen	"First Time Ammaayi Palakarimputho"	Himself
	Mama Manchu Alludu Kanchu	"Tingu Tingu Rangadu"	Achu Rajamani
2016	Viraat	"Gandasu Safety Pin"	Himself	Kannada film
2019	Ragala 24 Gantallo	"Rebba Isha Rebba"
2020	47 Days	"Kanupapale"
2020	Palasa 1978	"Nakkileesu Golusu"
2022	Madhi	"Sirimallave DJ"	P.V.R. Raja
2024	Harom Hara	"Murugudi Maaya"	Chaitan Bharadwaj

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Bachi	Raghu
2001	Itlu Sravani Subramanyam
2002	Holi	Sekhar
2015	Ouija	Dheeraj	Kannada film
2020	Palasa 1978	Gurumurthy	Also music director
2020	Disco Raja
2021	Kshana Kshanam
2021	Guduputani
2022	Maa Nanna Naxalite		Lead role^[1]
2023	Hidimba
2024	Krishnamma	ACP Vijay Kumar
	Operation Raavan
	Balu Gani Talkies	Chennakesavulu	^[2]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
2000	Santhi Nivasam		ETV
	Yours Lovingly	Presenter
	Post Box No 1562
	Navaragam
	Antyakshari
	Sanghu Bhala
	Aataina Patina
2023	Super Singer	Mentor/Judge	Star Maa
2023	Dhootha	Minister Chakravarthy	Amazon Prime Video

As voice actor

Ori Nee Prema Bangaram Kaanu (2003) for Rajesh Krishnan^[3]

Awards and nominations

He has won five Nandi Awards as an actor, singer, music director, a dubbing artist and an anchor.^[4]

Other awards for films:

2009 - Santhosham Best playback singer Award for Nenithe
2010- Ap State Govt Nandi award for Best Music director - Bumper Offer
2010 - Mirchi Music Awards South for Best Upcoming Music Director - BUMPER OFFER
2010 - Big fm - Best upcoming Music director for Bumper Offer
2010 - Santhosham - best Music Director award for Bumper Offer
2010 - Cine Goers - Best Music director For Bumper Offer
2015 - Nominated - IIFA Award for Best Music Director - Telugu - Dongaata
2021 - Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Telugu - Palasa 1978
2021 - Mirchi Music awards - for Best music Director - Palasa 1978
2021 - Santhosham - Music Director Award for Palasa 1978

References

External links

Raghu Kunche at IMDb
Raghu Kunche on Facebook

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[2] ttps://www.cinemaexpress.com/telugu/news/2024/Aug/18/balu-gani-talkies-ott-release-date-revealed

[3] "Telugu cinema review - Ori Nee Prema Bangaram Kaanu - AVS - Rajesh, Sangeeta".

[4] "Music composer Raghu Kunche celebrates his 45th birthday - Times of India". The Times of India. 13 June 2019.

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