Raghu Kunche

Raghu Kunche is an Indian music composer, singer and actor who works in Telugu films and television shows. He is a recipient of five Nandi Awards.

Raghu Kunche
Raghu Kunche
Background information
Born	13 June
Origin	Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation(s)	Music composer, producer, singer, actor, voice actor
Years active	2000–present

Career

Raghu Kunche is an Indian Music director, playback singer, Actor, Movie producer, Voice actor, and Television presenter who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He began his singing career in 2000 with the film 'Bachi' and has since recorded over 1,200 songs for Telugu films. Kunche made his debut as a music director with the 2009 film 'Bumper Offer', which received both commercial success and critical acclaim.

Over the course of his career, he has received six Nandi Awards in various categories, including music composition, playback singing, acting, voice acting, and television anchoring. Before establishing himself in the music industry, Kunche worked as a Television anchor and Voice actor .

In recent years, he has also gained recognition as a lead actor, portraying a variety of roles including Hero, Villain, and Character roles in Telugu cinema.

Discography

Music composer

Year	Title	Language	Notes
2009	Bumper Offer	Telugu	Telugu
2011	Aha Naa Pellanta	Telugu
	Daggaraga Dooramga	Telugu
2012	Devudu Chesina Manushulu
2015	Ladies & Gentlemen
	Dongaata	Telugu
	Mama Manchu Alludu Kanchu	Telugu
2016	Viraat	Kannada
	Nayaki	Telugu
	Nayagi	Tamil
2017	C/O Godavari	Telugu
2018	47 Days		Also producer
2019	Raagala 24 Gantallo
2020	Palasa 1978
2021	Crazy Uncles		Telugu
2022	Batch	Telugu
	Niku Naku Pellanta Tom Tom Tom	Telugu
2023	Ganjam-Aleaf story	Telugu
2024	We Love Bad Boys	Telugu
2025	Gedelaraju Kakinada Taluka	Telugu	in Post production
	Devagudi	Telugu	in post production
	Payanam	Telugu	in post production

Singer (Top list)

Year	Work	Song	Composer	Notes
2000	Bachi	"Lachmi Lachmi"	Chakri
2001	Mrugaraju	"Hangama Hangama"	Mani Sharma
2002	Idiot	"Jai Veeranjaneya"	Chakri
2005	Pandemkodi (D)	Vonivesina Deepavali	Yuvan Shankar Raja
2007	Desamuduru	"Golapetti"	Chakri
2008	Neninthe	"Oh I Miss You"	Chakri
2009	Bumper Offer	"Yenduke Ravanamma"	Himself
2010	Maryada Ramanna	Raye Raye	M. M. Keeravani
2011	Aha Naa Pellanta	"Chinukularali"	Himself
	Daggaraga Dooramga	"Manasu Manasu Mari Daggaraga"
2012	Devudu Chesina manushulu	"Subba Lakshmi" "Devuda Devuda"
2014	Sikander (D)	"Ek Do Teen Char"	Yuvan Shankar Raja
	Chikkadu Dorakadu (D)	"Neelo Gundala"	Santhosh Narayanan
2015	Ladies and Gentlemen	"Social Network Andi Babu"	Himself
	Ladies and Gentlemen	"First Time Ammaayi Palakarimputho"
	Mama Manchu Alludu Kanchu	"Tingu Tingu Rangadu"	Achu Rajamani
2016	Viraat	"Gandasu Safety Pin"	Himself	Kannada film
2019	Ragala 24 Gantallo	"Rebba Isha Rebba"
2020	47 Days	"Kanupapale"
	Palasa 1978	"Nakkileesu Golusu"
2022	Madhi	"Sirimallave DJ"	P.V.R. Raja
2024	Harom Hara	"Murugudi Maaya"	Chaitan Bharadwaj
2025	Mad square	Balugani intilona	Bheems

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Bachi	Raghu
	Nuvvu vasthavani	Raghu	Character
2001	Itlu Sravani Subramanyam
2002	Holi	Sekhar
	Adrustam
2015	Ladies & Gentlemen	Himself	Special appearance; also music director
	Ouija	Dheeraj	Kannada film
2020	Palasa 1978	Gurumurthy	Villain & music director
	Disco Raja	Cameo
2021	Kshana Kshanam		Villain
	Guduputani		Villain
2022	Maa Nanna Naxalite	Kondarudra seetharamayya	Lead role[1]
	Rudraveena (Movie)	Lalappa	villain
	Bomma Blockbuster	Nagabhushanm	Charcter actor
2023	Hidimba	Duryodhan	Villain
	Dhootha (Webseries Amazon)		Villain
2024	Krishnamma	ACP Vijay Kumar
	Operation Raavan	Negative Role
	Balu Gani Talkies	Chennakesavulu	Villain
	Vikkatakavi (webseries Zee5 Telugu)	Raghupathi	Villain
2025	Sri Sri Sri Raja Vaaru	D'souja	Character
	Gedelaraju Kakinada Taluka	Hero	Film Under production
	Devagudi	Main lead actor	Film under production
	Aswathama Hathah Aksharaha	Main lead character actor	Film under production
	Payanam	Main lead charcter actor	Film under production	[2]

Year	Title	Role	Network
2000	Santhi Nivasam		ETV
	Yours Lovingly	Presenter
	Post Box No 1562
	Navaragam
	Antyakshari
	Sanghu Bhala
	Aataina Patina
2023	Super Singer	Mentor/Judge	Star Maa

Dubbing artist

• Ori Nee Prema Bangaram Kaanu (2003) for Rajesh Krishnan^[3]

Awards and nominations

He has won five Nandi Awards as an actor, singer, music director, a dubbing artist and an anchor.^[4]

Other awards for films:

• 2009 - Santhosham Best playback singer Award for Nenithe
• 2010- Ap State Govt Nandi award for Best Music director - Bumper Offer
• 2010 - Mirchi Music Awards South for Best Upcoming Music Director - BUMPER OFFER
• 2010 - Big fm - Best upcoming Music director for Bumper Offer
• 2010 - Santhosham - best Music Director award for Bumper Offer
• 2010 - Cine Goers - Best Music director For Bumper Offer
• 2015 - Nominated - IIFA Award for Best Music Director - Telugu - Dongaata
• 2021 - Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Telugu - Palasa 1978
• 2021 - Mirchi Music awards - for Best music Director - Palasa 1978
• 2021 - Santhosham - Music Director Award for Palasa 1978