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Ananya Bhat

Indian playback singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ79665986
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Ananya Bhat is an Indian playback singer who sings in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. Through her singing career, she received the award called the Filmfare Award for the song "Namma Kaayo Devan", of the film Rama Rama Re... at 64th Filmfare Awards South in 2017.

Early life and career

Born in Ankali, Belagavi district, she was raised in Mysuru, Karnataka. She is currently residing in Bengaluru.

Previously she worked for a playback "Namma Kaayo Devane" in Rama Rama Re... (2016). In 2018, she sang "Hold On" & "Mental Ho Jawa" songs in Tagaru. "Hold On" gave her the SIIMA 2019 for best female playback singer -Kannada and a Best Playback Singer – Female Nomination at 66th Filmfare Awards South. She also did her Telugu debut singing for "Yettagayya shiva" in Aatagadharaa Siva which also garnered her Best Playback Singer – Female Nomination at 66th Filmfare Awards South.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Ananya Bhat” is indian playback singer. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Ananya, Bhat and Indian, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2017, 2016, 2018, 2019—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Ananya, Bhat and Indian is the immediate research focus.
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