Chetan Sosca

{{short description|Indian playback singer}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Chetan Sosca

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| image = Chetan soscaa 3.jpg

| birth_place = Bangalore, India, 26 October {{year?}}

| spouse = Lavanya Chetan

| parents = Sosca Murthy (father), Jayalakshmi (mother)

| children = 2

| occupation = Playback singer

| awards = See awards section

}}

Chetan Krishna popularly known as Chetan Sosca ({{langx|kn|ಚೇತನ್ ಸಾಸ್ಕ}}) is an Indian playback singer and composer who has performed the music for many Kannada films.{{Cite web |url=http://popcorn.oneindia.in/artist/2685/7/chetan-sosca.html |title = Chetan Sosca - Filmography, Movies, Photos, Biography, Wallpapers, Vi… |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719225255/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/artist/2685/7/chetan-sosca.html |archive-date=19 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}

Career

Chetan’s film music debut was in the 2001 movie Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu. He has since sung over 1000 songs in Kannada movies. He has worked with Hamsalekha, Mano Murthy, Hari Krishna, V Manohar, R P Patnaik and Guru Kiran.

He composed the music for film 1/4 kg Preethi

He started his career in the year 2001 from kothigalu Saar kothigalu followed by tavarige baa tangi, nanjundi, title song for Nenapirali. He sang the pathos song "Janumada Gelathi" for the 2007 released film, Cheluvina Chittara. Following this song, he began to receive offers to sing in many films. As a music composer he has composed for films such as kaal kg Preeti , DNA , second half , Tamil movie Kadaisi kadhal kadhai and more upcoming projects

In 2009 his song "Yaare Nee Devatheya" for the film Ambaari won awards including Filmfare South Indian Awards, Karnataka State Film Awards, Suvarna Film Awards, Mirchi Music Award south, South scope cine awards.{{Cite web |url=http://popcorn.oneindia.in/artist-filmography/2685/7/chetan-sosca.html |title = Chetan Sosca Filmography | Kannada Singer | Upcoming Movies | Biograp… |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712181607/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/artist-filmography/2685/7/chetan-sosca.html |archive-date=12 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}

In the 2010 film Pancharangi he sang the title track and its sloka version. He also sang songs for films such as Krishnan Love Story, adduri. In 2011, his song "Yaarig Helona" from Lifeu Ishtene won awards like Filmfare South Indian Awards, Suvarna Film Awards, Mirchi Music Award south indian award and the Santhosham south indian award.

His song Pyarge Aagbittaite for the film Govindaya Namaha was successful and won Mirchi music award and was nominated for Filmfare award{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-02/news-interviews/31013554_1_song-debut-film-yogaraj-bhat |title=Is Pyarge the next Kolaveri in the making? - Times of India |website=The Times of India |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115062440/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-02/news-interviews/31013554_1_song-debut-film-yogaraj-bhat |archive-date=15 January 2014 |url-status=dead}} Recent works include "Cindrella" (Addhuri), "Be Be Be" (Rana), "Ninthu Nodalenu" (Shikari), "Appu Hey Appu" (Dev Son of Mudde Gowda).

He is a good sportsman, played volleyball, Badminton and He has represented Karnataka basketball team. He has also represented Karnataka state senior handball team 7 times in the national championships.

Filmography

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Awards

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=Suvarna Film Awards=

=Mirchi music awards=

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