B. Ajaneesh Loknath

B. Ajaneesh Loknath
B. Ajaneesh Loknath
Born	Ajaneesh; 20 November 1990 (age 34); Bhadravathi, Karnataka
Occupation	Composer; music director; singer; music producer;
Years active	2012–present
Parent(s)	B. Loknath, Veena Loknath

B. Ajaneesh Loknath (born 20 November 1990) is an Indian composer who works predominantly for Kannada cinema. He received the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director for his work in the film Ulidavaru Kandanthe in 2015.

Career[edit]

Ajaneesh Loknath has composed music for Ulidavaru Kandanthe, Kirik Party, Avane Srimannarayana, background score for Rangitaranga. He has also sung for Ulidavaru Kandanthe, Ishtakamya, Kirik Party and many other songs from his own films. His career has excelled in the field of music composition and singing as well. He has done movies of Ramesh Aravind, Dr.Shivrajkumar, Golden Star Ganesh, Bharathiraja, Nivin Pauly, Udhayanidhi Stalin , Duniya Vijay and many others.

He got his film Ulidavaru Kandanthe assigned for eight fields in the Radio Mirchi Music Awards South 2015.^{[citation needed]} He got his film Rangitaranga's background score designated for an Oscar.^{[citation needed]} Till date, he has worked for more than 25 films in many languages.

Discography[edit]

Key
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Year	Film	Language	Notes^[1]
2009	Shishira	Kannada	Debut Film
2010	Varshadhare	Kannada	^[2]
2014	Nan Life Alli	Kannada
2014	Ulidavaru Kandanthe	Kannada	Won - Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director Won - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Kannada
2015	Rangitaranga	Kannada	Background Score Only Won - IIFA Utsavam Best Background Score For South India
2016	Ishtakamya	Kannada
	Akira	Kannada
	Mummy	Kannada
	Kirik Party	Kannada	Won - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Kannada Won - IIFA Ustavam Best Music Director - Kannada
	Sipaayi	Kannada
	Sundaranga Jaana	Kannada
	Cinema My Darling	Kannada	^[3]
2017	Srikanta	Kannada
	Kurangu Bommai	Tamil	Tamil Debut
	Richie	Tamil	A remake of Ulidavaru Kandanthe
	Mojo	Kannada	Background Score Only
	Hombanna	Kannada	Background Score Only^[4]
2018	Nimir	Tamil	Two songs only
	Kirrak Party	Telugu	Telugu Debut, Remake of Kirik Party
	Rajaratha	Kannada	Background Score Only
	Johnny Johnny Yes Papa	Kannada
	Vaasu Naan Pakka Commercial	Kannada
	Nannu Dochukunduvate	Telugu
	Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai	Kannada	Background Score only
2019	Bell Bottom	Kannada
	Padde Huli	Kannada
	Avane Srimannarayana	Kannada
2020	Dia	Kannada	Background Score and one promotional song
2020	Gentleman	Kannada
2021	Hero	Kannada
	Ratnan prapancha	Kannada
	Vikranth Rona	Kannada	^[5]
	ILA	Hindi
	Harikathe Alla Giri Kathe	Kannada
	Rudraprayaga	Kannada
	Ashwa	Kannada
	Bumper	Kannada
	Banaras	Kannada
	Maarga	Kannada
	Bell Bottom-2	Kannada
	Bytwo Love	Kannada
	Spooky College	Kannada
	Guru shishyaru	Kannada
	Hostel hudugaru bekagidare	Kannada
	Kathaanaayaka	Kannada
2022	Kantara	Kannada
	Richard Anthony	Kannada
	Edagaiye Apaghatakke Karana	Kannada

Awards and nominations[edit]

Film	Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
Ulidavaru Kandanthe	2015	Karnataka State Film Awards	Best Music Director	Won
Ulidavaru Kandanthe	2015	Filmfare Awards South	Best Music Director	Won	^[6]
Kirik Party	2017	Filmfare Awards South	Best Music Director	Won
RangiTaranga	2016	IIFA Utsavam	Best Background Score	Won
Kirik Party	2017	IIFA Utsavam	Best Music Director	Won
Kirik Party	2017	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Music Director	Won
Bell Bottom	2020	Mirchi Music Awards	Best Background Score	Won
Bell Bottom			Viral Song Of The Year	Won
Bell Bottom			Song Of The Year	Won
Avane Srimannarayana			Song Of The Year	Won
RangiTaranga	2016	Times KAFTA	Best Background Score	Won
Kirik Party	2017	Times KAFTA	Best Music Director	Won
Bell Bottom	2020	Chandanavana Film Critics Academy	Best Music Director	Won
Avane Srimannarayana	2020		Best Background Score	Won
Dia	2021		Best Background Score	Won	^[7] ^[8]
Dia	2021	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Music Director	Won

References[edit]

↑ "B Ajaneesh Loknath". filmibeat. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
↑ "Varshadhare (2010) Kannada movie: Cast & Crew".
↑ "Cinema My Darling (2016) - IMDb".
↑ "Hombanna (2017) - IMDb".
↑ Music director B Ajaneesh Loknath to compose music for Phantom
↑ "Winners of 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards South". Filmfare. filmfare.com. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
↑ "Winners: Chandanavana Film Critics Academy 2020: Dia, Popcorn Monkey Tiger, Gentleman Walk Away with Maximum Honours". ibtimes. 23 February 2021.
↑ "CFCA Awards 2021 – Dhananjaya and Kushee win Best Actors award in lead role". cinimirror. 22 February 2021.

External links[edit]

B. Ajaneesh Loknath on IMDb
B. Ajaneesh Loknath on Twitter

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[ajju4-1] "B Ajaneesh Loknath". filmibeat. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

[2] "Varshadhare (2010) Kannada movie: Cast & Crew".

[3] "Cinema My Darling (2016) - IMDb".

[4] "Hombanna (2017) - IMDb".

[5] Music director B Ajaneesh Loknath to compose music for Phantom

[6] "Winners of 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards South". Filmfare. filmfare.com. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

[7] "Winners: Chandanavana Film Critics Academy 2020: Dia, Popcorn Monkey Tiger, Gentleman Walk Away with Maximum Honours". ibtimes. 23 February 2021.

[8] "CFCA Awards 2021 – Dhananjaya and Kushee win Best Actors award in lead role". cinimirror. 22 February 2021.

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Music Director
1991–2000	Hamsalekha (1991) C. Aswath (1992) Hamsalekha (1993) Hamsalekha (1994) No award (1995) V. Manohar (1996) V. Manohar (1997) Hamsalekha (1998) K. Kalyan (1999) Hamsalekha (2000)
2001–2009	Gurukiran (2001) Gurukiran (2002) R. P. Patnaik (2003) Gurukiran (2004) Hamsalekha (2005) Mano Murthy (2006) Mano Murthy (2007) V. Harikrishna (2008) V. Harikrishna (2009)
2010–present	V. Harikrishna (2010) Jassie Gift (2011) V. Harikrishna (2012) Arjun Janya (2013) B. Ajaneesh Loknath (2014) V. Sridhar (2015) B. Ajaneesh Loknath (2016) Bharath B. J. (2017)