Bharath B. J.


Bharath B. J. is an Indian music producer, composer and singer who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. Starting his career as a composer for the short film Simply Kailawesome in 2010, Bharath got his breakthrough in 2013 with the film Simple Agi Ondh Love Story. His biggest break came from the film Beautiful Manasugalu for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director. Apart from music composing, Bharath has recorded his voice for songs, notably the "Hey Who Are You" song from the film Kirik Party.

Career

Bharath B. J., hailing from Bengaluru, was singing non-film light songs. Eventually he picked up the music programming and producing skills and started a studio of his own. His first work was for the short film Simply Kailawesome starring MG Srinivas and directed by MG Srinivas which was promoted well prior to its release. In 2013, Bharath bagged the project Simple Agi Ondh Love Story which found huge success upon its release escalating all its crew members; debutante director Suni, actors Rakshit Shetty and Shwetha Srivatsav along with Bharath; to huge popularity. This was followed by another successful soundtrack for the film Bahuparak which was again directed by Suni. In 2016, he was signed in to compose for the sequel film Simple Agi Innond Love Story. Apart from this, he recorded his voice for the song "Hey Who Are You" for the hugely successful film Kirik Party which had music composition by B. Ajaneesh Loknath.
In 2018, Bharath was adjudged the Best Music Director at the Filmfare Awards South for the director Jayatheertha's successful film Beautiful Manasugalu.

Discography

YearFilmNotes
2010Simply KailawesomeShort film
2013Simple Agi Ondh Love StoryNominated - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Kannada
2014BahuparakSongs only
2015Plus
2016Simpallag Innondh Love Story
20161/2 Mentlu
2016Kirik PartySinger of the song "Hey Who Are You"
2017Beautiful Manasugalu Won - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Kannada
2018April na himabindu
2018Onthara Bannagalu
2018Vanilla
2019Striker
2019Yaarige Yaaruntu
201996Announced

Awards and nominations

;Filmfare Awards South