| Badkila Pradeep | |
| Birth Name: | Krishna Pradeep |
| Birth Place: | Puttur, Karnataka |
| Occupation: | Actor, journalist, radio personality voice acting, model |
| Years Active: | 2010–present |
Badekkila Pradeep is an Indian Television personality, best known for his Voice Overs in South India, especially the Kannada Television Industry. He is an actor, model, writer, lyricist and a podcaster, known for his Voice since 2005.
He is popularly known as the voice on Bigg Boss Kannada. He has been the voice of Colors Kannada, TV9 Kannada, Namma Metro and hundreds of commercials, documentaries and other works.
Born in a village near Puttur, Badekkila Pradeep belongs to a family of agriculturists. Badekkila is the place where he was born and brought up, while his early schooling happened in his village, he studied in various institutions in Mangalore, Mumbai before he began his career in media.
Badekkila Pradeep has been the voice of various Kannada Television channels for more than 16 years now. He was first the voice of Star Suvarna, Zee Kannada and finally moved to Etv Kannada which is now Colors Kannada.
He is known for his unique style and modulations and created a niche of his own in the Kannada Voice over industry. Badekkila Pradeep has given the voice for various popular Kannada TV shows like Pyate Hudgeer halli Lifeu, Halli Haida Pyateg Banda, Pyate Mandi Kadig Bandru, Indian, Super Minute, Kannadada Kotyadhipati and most remarkably, the narrator voice on Bigg Boss Kannada ever since the beginning of the series.
Badekkila Pradeep is also the English voice in Namma Metro, Bangalore. He has done thousands of voice overs in multiple languages like Kannada, English, Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Tulu. Apart from Colors Kannada, his voice is heard on TV channels like TV9, Discovery (Kannada), National Geographic (Kannada)
Badekkila Pradeep has acted in Kannada and Tamil serials. He has also acted as a hero in a Kannada movie, Mirchi Mandakki Kadak Chai. He has been the face of multiple national TVCs for Colgate, Bru, Honda, Redbus, GRT and other brands.
His role as Prem in Tamil serial Sondha Bandham on Sun TV gained him much popularity in Tamil Television industry.
Relax and Recharge on www.uvlisten.com are the two podcast shows Badekkila Pradeep has been hosting since October, 2021. Both the shows have been gaining momentum ever since the launch, which are conceptualised and presented by Pradeep.
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–2011 | News | News presenter | TV9 | Kannada | |
| Masale Mandakki | Host | Kannada | |||
| 2011 | Krishna Rukmini | Suvarna TV | Kannada | ||
| 2012–2015 | Sondha Bandham | Prem | Sun TV | Tamil | |
| 2012–2013 | Super Kudumbam season 1 (talent show with Sondha Bandham team) | Himself | Sun TV | Tamil | |
| 2013–2014 | Super Kudumbam season 2 | Himself | Sun TV | Tamil | |
| 2013 | Bharathi[1] | Zee Kannada | Kannada | ||
| 2016 | Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai | Bijju | Vijay TV | Tamil |