| Saandip | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Origin: | India |
| Genre: | Playback singing |
| Occupation: | Singer, actor, dubbing artist, anchor |
| Years Active: | 2000–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]
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]
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]
Saandip acted in Premayanamaha – Love is God. More recently, he acted in the movie Inkosari, which is produced by "Bay Movies".
He has anchored Popular Musical TV show "Sing a Song" on Maa TV and a special musical-lyrical Ugadi episode in ETV.
As an actor
| Year | Movie 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 | ||
| 2003 | Kalyanam | |
| Neetho Cheppalani | ||
| Priya Nuvvenakishtam | ||
| Aadanthe Ado Type | ||
| Neeto Vastha | ||
| Ottu Ee Amayevaro Teleedu | ||
| Premayanamaha | ||
| Tooniga | ||
| 2004 | Preminchanamma | |
| Gowri | ||
| No | ||
| Yagnam | ||
| 2005 | 123 From Amalapuram | |
| A Film by Aravind | ||
| Dhairyam | ||
| Kanchanamala Cable TV | ||
| Manasa | ||
| Nikki & Neeraj | ||
| Meenakshi | ||
| 2006 | Bala | |
| Premante Inthe | ||
| Pulakintha | ||
| 2007 | Nyayam Kavali | |
| Classmates | ||
| Kalyanam | ||
| 2008 | Black & White | |
| 2009 | ||
| 2013 |