Eminent Kannada playback singer Raju Ananthaswamy dead

Eminent playback singer, composer, actor and sugama sangeetha exponent Raju Ananthaswamy passed away on Saturday at the young age of 39. He was the son of legendary musician Late Mysore Ananthaswamy.

Raju Ananthaswamy displayed great musical aptitude from a young age and began playing tabla in his father’s troupe. In addition to tabla, he could play a variety of other musical instruments including the guitar, mandolin and keyboard.  Ananthaswamy, who had been battling alcoholism for years developed kidney complications on Thursday night.

His ‘Krishna Yenabaarade’, ‘Madhava’, ‘Beladingala Raathrili’, ‘Tunge Dadadalli’ are regarded as seminal contributions to kannada light music. Ananthaswamy’s death has come as a massive shock to Kannada film and music fraternity.

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