B. Ajaneesh Loknath

B. Ajaneesh Loknath
B. Ajaneesh Loknath
Occupation	Composer
Years active	2009–present

B. Ajaneesh Loknath 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. He is known for his collaborations with Rakshit Shetty, Rishab Shetty and Anup Bhandari.

Career[edit]

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.^[1] His background score for the film Rangitaranga was short-listed for an Oscar but ultimately was not nominated.^[2] 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.^[3]

Discography[edit]

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
2014	Ulidavaru Kandanthe
2015	Rangitaranga	Background score only
2016	Ishtakamya
	Akira
	Mummy
	Kirik Party
	Sipaayi
	Sundaranga Jaana
	Cinema My Darling
2017	Srikanta
	Kurangu Bommai	Tamil
	Richie	Tamil
	Mojo	Background score only
	Hombanna	Background score only
2018	Nimir	Tamil; Two songs only
	Kirrak Party	Telugu
	Rajaratha	Kannada and Telugu (titled Rajaratham); Background score only
	Johnny Johnny Yes Papa
	Vaasu Naan Pakka Commercial
	Nannu Dochukunduvate	Telugu
	Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai	Background score only
2019	Bell Bottom
	Padde Huli
	Avane Srimannarayana
2020	Dia
2020	Gentleman
2021	Hero
	Rathnan Prapancha
	Drishya 2
2022	By Two Love
	Vikrant Rona	^[4]
	Guru Shishyaru
	Kantara
	Champion
	Gandhada Gudi
	Banaras
2023	Spooky College	^[5]
	Gurudev Hoysala
	Raghavendra Stores
	Virupaksha	Telugu
	Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare
	Mangalavaaram	Telugu
	Kaiva
2024	Yuva
	Vaamana †
	UI †
	Bagheera †
	Kantara: Chapter 1 †
TBA	Odela 2 †	Telugu^[6]

Awards and nominations[edit]

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	^[7]
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	^[8]^[9]
Dia	2021	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Music Director – Kannada	Won	^[8]^[9]
Kantara	2022	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Music Director – Kannada	Won	^[10]

References[edit]

^ "Winners list: 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
^ "RangiTaranga Director 'Didn't Expect' Film to be in Oscar Shortlist". NDTV.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
^ "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.
^ "Music director B Ajaneesh Loknath to compose music for Phantom". The Times of India. 30 June 2020.
^ "Spooky College shoot begins from November first week". Cinema Express. 4 October 2020. The film's music is by B Ajaneesh Loknath [...]
^ "'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.
^ "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.
^ "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[edit]

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

This article about an Indian composer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "Winners list: 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

[2] "RangiTaranga Director 'Didn't Expect' Film to be in Oscar Shortlist". NDTV.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

[3] "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.

[4] "Music director B Ajaneesh Loknath to compose music for Phantom". The Times of India. 30 June 2020.

[5] "Spooky College shoot begins from November first week". Cinema Express. 4 October 2020. The film's music is by B Ajaneesh Loknath [...]

[6] "'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.

[7] "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.

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

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

[10] "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.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

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)