At the age of 5, Ananya's parents sent her to singing and dance classes while growing up in Mysore upon realising that their daughter is quite a talent. She would learn Sugama Sangeetha (Light music) to begin with. She attended Natana School Of Theatre Arts, where she met her biggest inspiration Raju Ananthaswamy whom she considers an idol. Even though she was learning Ranga Geethe (Theatre songs), Sugama Sangeetha and Bhava Geethe together, Ananya would develop a special interest towards Folk music and thus the self discovery of her own talent. Needless to say that she swept all the school and college competitions across Mysore and around. Her first project as a playback singer was for the song “Baalu Moore Dina” in the movie “Olave Jeevana Lekkachara”. Although her big break was when she sang “Nee Thoreda Galigeyali” of the critically acclaimed Kannada movie “Lucia”. She won the Filmfare Award for her work in the movie “Rama Rama Re”. Fast forward to 2018, her song “Mental Ho Jawa” from the movie “Tagaru” is ruling the charts at the moment.
She has pretty much worked with all the biggies in the industry from Arjun Janya, Mano Murthy, V.Manohar to Amit Trivedi in Bollywood. Her biggest influences are Kaushiki Chakraborty, Ila Arun, Shubha Mudgal, BV Karanth and Raju Ananthaswamy.
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