L. V. Revanth


Lolla Venkata Revanth Kumar Sharma, known as L. V. Revanth is an Indian playback singer, known for his songs in Telugu films. He is the winner of Indian Idol season 9 in 2017. He also won Rock Star, Spicy Singer on Maa TV and Superstar of the South. He has sung around 200 songs for Telugu and Kannada films. One of his popular songs is 'Manohari' from the hit film , for which he received IIFA Utsavam and MAA Music Award nominations for best male playback singer.

Early life

Revanth was born in Srikakulam to Seetha Subbalaxmi. His father died before he was born. He grew up in Visakhapatnam and did his schooling at Bala Bhanu Vidyalayam in Srikakulam and bachelor's degree at Dr. V.S Krishna Government College in Visakhapatnam. He has an elder brother, Santosh Kumar. He and his brother were raised by their mother. He worked as a catering boy when he was younger to support himself and participated in singing competitions.

Career

Revanth moved to Hyderabad to pursue a career in playback singing. He started his career with music talent shows.
One of his first shows was Saptha Swaralu, which aired on ETV. After being runner-up in Super Singer 5 and Super Singer 7.He was a mentor in super singer 8. Revanth won Indian Idol 9 aired on Sony Entertainment Television and was awarded a cash prize of Rs.25 Lakhs and a Mahindra KUV100.
In 2017, Revanth sang his first Bollywood song, the title track for Sabse Bada Kalakar, in a reality show on Sony Entertainment Television.

Tollywood

He debuted with Jalak Diklaja, back in 2008, composed by Vandemataram Srinivas. He considers M. M. Keeravani as his mentor. In 2008, he sang his first film song, Jhalak Dikhlaja in Maha Yagnam, composed by Vandemataram Srinivas.
He sang two songs Telisiney Na Nuvvey and Oopiri aaguthunnadeyin 2017 Telugu blockbuster movie, Arjun Reddy.
In 2019, he composed a title track for a Zee Telugu TV series Radhamma Kuthuru.

Awards and Honors

Discography