Sowmya Raoh is an Indian playback singer and the daughter of veteran Kannada singer B.K. Sumitra and Sudhakar. She has sung in many languages including Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.
Her playback career began in Bangalore in 1993 but she moved to Mumbai in 2001 to pursue a career in Bollywood. It was through composer Sandeep Chowta, that she got her Bollywood break, “Jungle” (2000) where she sang “Aiyo Aiyo Rama”. She went on to sing in “Pyar Tune Kya Kiya” (2001), “Bollywood Hollywood” (2002), “Company” (2002), “Dum” (2003), “Ek Aur Ek Gyarah” (2003), “Samay” (2003), “Bunty Aur Babli” (2005), “Guru” (2007) and “Krazzy 4” (2008).
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She has also worked on non-film songs including Sandeep Chowta's "Mitti" and “Now That's Sandeep Chowta”, the remix hit "Hai Re Hai Mera Ghoongta" and her self -titled album "Sowmya".
Raoh has worked with the big guns in Hindi film industry like Shankar - Ehsaan - Loy, A.R. Rahman, Vishal - Shekar, Pritam and Anu Mallik. In the south, she has worked with Ilaiyaraaja, Deva, Vidyasagar, Hamsalekha and Harris Jayaraj.
In 2003, she won the Stardust Award for the Best New Singer for her rendition of “Laila Laila” in “Samay” (2003).
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