B. Ajaneesh Loknath

B. Ajaneesh Loknath (born 20 November 1988) is an Indian music composer who works predominantly in Kannada and Tamil films besides few Telugu films. His film music career began with the 2009 Kannada film Shishira.^[1] He rose to fame with the film Ulidavaru Kandanthe (2015) for which he received the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director.^[2] He is known for his works in films such as Kirik Party (2017), Kurangu Bommai (2017), Avane Srimannarayana (2019), Dia (2020), Vikrant Rona (2022) and Kantara (2022). He is noted for his frequent collaborations with filmmakers Rakshit Shetty, Rishab Shetty and Anup Bhandari.

B. Ajaneesh Loknath
Born	(1985-11-20) 20 November 1985 (age 38) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Genres	Film score Filmi
Occupations	Music producer music director keyboardist
Instruments	Vocals keyboard guitar drums
Years active	2009–present

Career

Ajaneesh Loknath has composed music for Ulidavaru Kandanthe, Kirik Party, Avane Srimannarayana and background score for Rangitaranga. He has sung for Ulidavaru Kandanthe, Ishtakamya, Kirik Party and has also sung songs for his own films. He has done movies for 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.^[3] His background score for the film Rangitaranga was short-listed for an Oscar but ultimately was not nominated.^[4] Till date, he has worked for more than 25 films in many languages. His upcoming pan Indian release Mangalavaaram is set to hit screens on 17th Nov, 2023.^[5]

Discography

• All films are in Kannada, unless otherwise noted.

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

List of film credits as composer

Year	Title	Notes
2009	Shishira
2010	Varshadhare
2014	Nan Life Alli
	Ulidavaru Kandanthe
2015	Rangitaranga	Background score only
2016	Ishtakamya
	Akira
	Mummy
	Kirik Party
	Sipaayi
	Sundaranga Jaana
	Cinema My Darling
2017	Srikanta
	Kurangu Bommai	Tamil film
	Richie	Tamil film
	Mojo	Background score only
	Hombanna	Background score only
2018	Nimir	Tamil film; Two songs only
	Kirrak Party	Telugu film
	Rajaratha	Kannada and Telugu (titled Rajaratham); Background score only
	Johnny Johnny Yes Papa
	Vaasu Naan Pakka Commercial
	Nannu Dochukunduvate	Telugu film
	Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai	Background score only
2019	Bell Bottom
	Padde Huli
	Avane Srimannarayana
2020	Dia
	Gentleman
2021	Hero
	Rathnan Prapancha
	Drishya 2
2022	By Two Love
	Vikrant Rona	[6]
	Guru Shishyaru
	Kantara
	Champion
	Gandhada Gudi
	Banaras
2023	Spooky College	[7]
	Gurudev Hoysala
	Raghavendra Stores
	Virupaksha	Telugu film
	Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare
	Mangalavaaram	Telugu film
	Kaiva
2024	Yuva
	Maharaja	Tamil film
	Bagheera
	Max †
	Vaamana †
	UI †	50th Film As a Music Composer
2025	Kantara: Chapter 1 †
TBA	Odela 2 †	Telugu film[8]
TBA	Devil: The Hero †	Delayed[9]

Awards and nominations

List of B. Ajaneesh Loknath awards and nominations

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	[10]
Kirik Party	2017			Won
Kantara	2023			Won
RangiTaranga	2016	IIFA Utsavam	Best Background Score	Won
Kirik Party	2017		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		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	[11][12]
Dia	2021	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Music Director – Kannada	Won
Kantara	2022	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Music Director – Kannada	Won	[13]

References

1. "B. Ajaneesh Loknath - The Indian Film Composer and music director". Pianity.com. 1 February 2014.
2. "Here's how these award winners received the big news". The Times of India. 24 January 2017.
3. "Winners list: 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
4. "RangiTaranga Director 'Didn't Expect' Film to be in Oscar Shortlist". NDTV.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
5. "Payal Rajput starrer 'Mangalavaram' to hit screens nationwide on November 17". The Times of India. 26 September 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
6. "Music director B Ajaneesh Loknath to compose music for Phantom". The Times of India. 30 June 2020.
7. "Spooky College shoot begins from November first week". Cinema Express. 4 October 2020. The film's music is by B Ajaneesh Loknath [...]
8. "'Odela 2': Tamannaah Bhatia is an ardent Shiva bhakt in first look from film". India Today. 8 March 2024. Archived from the original on 8 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
9. "Darshan recovering from hand injury, to resume shooting for 'Devil - The Hero' by May-end". The New Indian Express. 11 May 2024.
10. "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.
11. "Winners: Chandanavana Film Critics Academy 2020: Dia, Popcorn Monkey Tiger, Gentleman Walk Away with Maximum Honours". ibtimes. 23 February 2021.
12. "CFCA Awards 2021 – Dhananjaya and Kushee win Best Actors award in lead role". cinimirror. 22 February 2021.
13. "SIIMA Awards 2023: RRR, 777 Charlie win big; Jr NTR, Yash named Best Actors; Sreeleela, Mrunal Thakur, Srinidhi Shetty are Best Actresses". The Indian Express. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

External links

• B. Ajaneesh Loknath at IMDb
• B. Ajaneesh Loknath on Twitter