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Sweekar Agasthi

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Sweekar Agasthi
Birth nameVamsi
Born (1990-08-06) August 6, 1990 (age 34)
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation(s)Composer, Playback singer
LabelsAditya Music
Lahari Music

Sweekar Agasthi is an Indian music composer, playback singer, guitarist and audio engineer, who works predominantly in Telugu music. He is best known for composing score and soundtrack of C/o Kancharapalem (2018) and Middle Class Melodies (2020).

Early life and career

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Sweekar was born in Vijayawada, India into a Telugu-speaking family. He started his career as a vocalist in the Niraval band.[1] In 2014, he started playback singing with the song "2010 Summerlo" from the film Doosukeltha.[2] Before making debut in playback singing, he has worked as an audio engineer. C/o Kancharapalem (2018) was his breakthrough film. Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu quoted, "Sweekar Agasthi’s music stayed with me long after the film was over".[3] "Asha Pasham" song from the soundtrack of the film received wide response.[4]

Discography

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As composer

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Feature films

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Soundtracks
Year Film Director Notes
2018 C/o Kancharapalem Venkatesh Maha debut feature film
2020 Middle Class Melodies Vinod Anantoju
2021 Mail Uday Gurrala
C/O Kaadhal Hemambar Jasthi Tamil film; Remake of C/o Kancharapalem
2022 Stand Up Rahul Santoshmohan Veeranki
2023 Butta Bomma Shouree Chandrashekhar T. Ramesh
2024 Gaami Vidyadhar Kagita
Film scores
Year Film Director Notes
2018 C/o Kancharapalem Venkatesh Maha debut feature film
2021 C/O Kaadhal Hemambar Jasthi Tamil film; Remake of C/o Kancharapalem
2022 Stand Up Rahul Santoshmohan Veeranki
2023 Butta Bomma Shouree Chandrashekhar T. Ramesh

Other works

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Year Work Director Notes
2016 Bangaram Pranay Meherwan short film
Nenorakam
2020 Anaganaga Hussain Sha Kiran web series

As playback singer

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Year Song Album Composer Co-singer Notes
2014 "2010 Summerlo" Doosukeltha Mani Sharma
"Tere Beautiful Anke" Loukyam Anoop Rubens Raja Hasan also lyricist
2015 "Aisa Ambani Pilla" Lion Mani Sharma Uma Neha
"Gola Cheddame" Jadoogadu Mahati Swara Sagar M. M. Manasi
"Detthadi" Andhra Pori Josyabhatla
2016 "Hulala" Express Raja Praveen Lakkaraju Silvia Anisha
"Vandha Speedulo" Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada Shekar Chandra Dhanunjay
2017 "Takadhimi" Ami Thumi Mani Sharma Ramya Behara
2018 "Chepave Balamani" Chalo Mahati Swara Sagar
"Asha Pasham" C/o Kancharapalem himself Anurag Kulkarni, Damini additional vocals
"Patti Patti"
2020 "Jaananam Neevaram" Dhira Sri Murali Karthikeya
"Sandhya" Middle Class Melodies himself
"Keelu Gurram" Anurag Kulkarni, Ramya Behara
"Vechani Mattilo"
2021 "Ee Maya Lo" Ek Mini Katha Praveen Lakkaraju Lipsika
"Venello Aadapilla" Maestro Mahati Swara Sagar

Other credited works

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Year Work Album Role
2014 "2010 Summerlo" Doosukeltha Lyricist
2016 Gentleman additional programmer and audio engineer
2017 "Takadhimi" Ami Thumi additional programmer
"Takadhimi (Club Version)"
2020 Star Maa Music Studio TV series; as vocalist (part of Niraval band)

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result
2019 Filmfare Awards South Best Music Director – Telugu C/o Kancharapalem Nominated

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Hyderabad band Niraval talks about memorable moments from Niharika and Chaitanya's wedding". www.indulgexpress.com. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Doosukeltha review - Telugu cinema review - Vishnu Manchu, Lavanya Tripathi, Pankaj Tripathi, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Brahmanandam, Vennela Kishore, Sravan, Ali, Master Bharath, Annapurna, Rajitha, Hema etc". www.idlebrain.com. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (4 September 2018). "'C/o Kancharapalem' review: Small film with a large heart". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Nani calls 'Asha Pasham' lyrical from Venkatesh Maha's 'C/o Kancharapalem' his favourite". The Times of India. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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