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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Hemanth Jois
| image = Hemanth Jois.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|12|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| origin = Koppa, Karnataka, India
| occupation = Music Director
| genre = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[Filmi]]}}
}}

'''Hemanth Jois''' is an Indian composer, known for his independent singles and work in the Kannada film industry.

== Early life and career ==
Originally from [[Koppa, India]], Hemanth cites [[Raghu Dixit]] and [[Linkin Park]] as one of his inspirations and he learned guitar by himself.<ref name="D">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/201216/kannadas-metal-jois-stick.html|title=Kannada's metal Jois stick | Kannada's metal Jois stick|first=Ikyatha|last=Yerasala|date=December 20, 2016|website=www.deccanchronicle.com}}</ref><ref name="H"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/movies/my-mother-is-my-inspiration-says-kannada-music-composer-hemanth-jois-8841990.html | title=My Mother is My Inspiration, Says Kannada Music Composer Hemanth Jois|work=News18 }}</ref><ref name="H2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/composer-hemanth-jois-talks-of-his-independent-releases/article33370449.ece|title=Composer Hemanth Jois talks of his independent releases|first=Shilpa|last=Anandraj|date=December 19, 2020|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> He completed his MBA at [[Manipal Academy of Higher Education|Manipal]] and was as a member of the indie band ''Last Semester'' during his final year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/rock-song-on-plight-of-transgenders/article7804223.ece|title=Rock song on plight of transgenders|date=October 25, 2015|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref name="D2"/> He worked for two years in marketing and sales before taking up a career in music.<ref name="D"/> He did a metal cover of the song "Keli Premigale" from ''[[Yuga Purusha]]'' (1989) and a cover of the songs "Santhoshakke" and "Kelade Nimageega" from ''[[Geetha (1981 film)|Geetha]]'' (1981).<ref name="H"/> He collaborated with singer [[Chethan Naik]] for the Jois Project and released their first single "Tunturu", which was shot in [[Malenadu|Malnad]].<ref name="H"/><ref name="D"/> Their second single was the [[Heavy metal music|metal]] song "Last Semester", which was set in a college.<ref name="D2"/>

==Discography==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
! Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"|2018 || ''Aranyakanda'' ||
|-
|''Statement''
|
|-
|2019
|''Nammuru Kunigal''
|
|-
|2020
|''Aadhyam''
| Unreleased film<ref name="D"/>
|-
|2021
|''Soham''
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |2024
|''Entha Kathe Maaraya''
|
|-
|''[[Chow Chow Bath]]''
|
|-
|''[[Timmana Mottegalu]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Venkya]]'' ||
|-
|2025
|''[[Yuddhakaanda Chapter 2]]''
| Score and 1 song <ref name="H"/>
|}

=== Other work ===
==== Video games ====
*''[[Battlegrounds Mobile India|PUBG Mobile India]]'' (2021) {{endash}} Theme Track <ref name="H"/>

==== [[Extended play|EP]]s ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Songs
! Language

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{refh}}
|-
| 2024 || ''Sleeping With Snakes'' || "Paralysed" || English || <ref name="H">{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/independent-singer-composer-hemanth-jois-talks-about-his-viral-rock-ep-sleeping-with-the-snakes-and-more/article68354342.ece | title=Singing his way to fame: Hemanth Jois on his latest EP and more | work=The Hindu | date=4 December 2024 | last1=Anandraj | first1=Shilpa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204065518/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/independent-singer-composer-hemanth-jois-talks-about-his-viral-rock-ep-sleeping-with-the-snakes-and-more/article68354342.ece|archive-date=4 December 2024|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|}

====Music videos====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Singer
!Lyricist
! Starring
! Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{refh}}
|-
| 2016 || ''Tunturu'' || rowspan="5"|[[Chethan Naik]]
| rowspan="3" |Pratap C R|| Chethan Naik || Won–KIMA (Kannada International Music Awards) for Best Indie Artist - 2017-18<br />Won–KIMA (Kannada International Music Awards) for Shankar Nag Youth Award - 2017-18 || <ref name="H"/>
|-
| 2017 || ''Last Semester'' || Rakesh Maiya, Shivaraj, Ankitha Patla || ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/150217/naik-is-a-jois-to-listen-to.html|title=Naik is a Jois' to listen to! | Naik is a Jois' to listen to!|first=Ikyatha|last=Yerasala|date=15 February 2017|website=www.deccanchronicle.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2018 || ''Payana'' || [[Suman Nagarkar]], Rakesh Maiya, Vinutha P G || || <ref name="D2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/features/transformation-rock-star-1922621|title=The transformation of a rock star|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>
|-
| 2019 || ''Friendzone'' || Ashwin R Kodange || Chethan Ram, [[Archana Kottige]] and 15 others || || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/song-to-comfort-boys-who-are-friendzoned-755223.html|title=Song to comfort boys who are ‘friendzoned’|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2020 || ''Aagalla Maadesha'' || Himself || Sunetra Pandit, Lakshmi, Arundathi Jois, Keshav, Vinay Kanive, Shankar Murty, Prajna Bhat, Sujith Agam Shetty, Gurudutt Badiger and 17 others || || <ref name="RSI">{{Cite web|url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/kannada-indie-all-ok-siri-hemanth-jois-yaaru-savvio/|title=Five New Kannada Releases We’re Tuning In To Right Now|first=Anurag|last=Tagat|date=November 10, 2020|work=Rolling Stone India}}</ref>
|-
| ''Ram Darbar'' || Chethan Naik, Anjana Padmanabhan || Pramod Maravante || {{n/a}} || || <ref name="H2"/>
|-
| 2021 || ''Khushi'' || rowspan="2"|Chethan Naik
|Ashwin Kodange (Kannada), Chinmaya (English)|| Lalitamma Ruchith Ullal, Vinay Kanive || || <ref name="RSI"/>
|-
| 2022 || ''Khushi 2''
|Pramod Maravanthe (Kannada), Chinmaya (English)|| Sundarshree, Himself, Vinay Kanive || || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/a-kannada-edm-song-celebrating-grandmothers/article38375950.ece|title=A Kannada EDM song celebrating grandmothers|first=Shilpa|last=Anandraj|date=February 4, 2022|via=www.thehindu.com|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204093828/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/a-kannada-edm-song-celebrating-grandmothers/article38375950.ece|archive-date=4 February 2022}}</ref>
|}

== References ==

{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|11380066}}

[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Film musicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Indian male film score composers]]
[[Category:Kannada film score composers]]
[[Category:1991 births]]

Hemanth Jois - Revision history

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