Rahul Sipligunj is a Telugu singer, lyricist and composer. He became popular with his folk songs and YouTube videos. In 2019, he participated and won the popular reality TV show Bigg Boss Telugu (Season 3).
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Rahul Sipligunj was born on Saturday, 22 August 1989 (age 33 years; as in 2022) in Dhoolpet, Hyderabad. His zodiac sign is Gemini. He studied at Loyola High School, Hyderabad. He did his graduation from Narayana Junior College, Hyderabad. Rahul was fond of singing since a young age. He often sang Hyderabadi folk songs at home. Once, when he was singing Hyderabadi folk songs and playing music with the help of kitchen utensils, his father noticed him and discovered his talent for singing. His father encouraged him to make singing his career and sent him to Pandit Vitthal Rao to receive professional training.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 11″
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Black
Family
Rahul Sipligunj follows Hindu religion. His father owns a hair salon. His mother is a housewife. He has a younger sister, Shivpriya Akul. His younger brother is Nikil Kiran.
relationships/affairs
In 2019, while shooting for the music video ‘Hey Pilla’, Rahul met Rathika Rose, an actor and model. Soon, they become good friends and later fall in love with each other. However, the couple separated after dating for a few years.
In 2023, Rathika shared her breakup story when she was in the Bigg Boss Telugu house.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt7_ji2MB5o
livelihood
Rahul started his career by singing songs at home and publishing them on YouTube. His songs were greatly appreciated and he soon started recording in a recording studio. After this he received offers from many companies. In 2012, he got his first break as a playback singer in the Telugu film “Speedunnodu”. He also got an offer to become a playback singer for the Telugu film “Josh”. Although he recorded his first song for the film “Speedunnodu”, it was released much later, making “Josh” his first film as a playback singer.
Along with this, Rahul kept getting offers for stage shows and world tours, but, he rejected all of them; Because he first wanted to become a good singer and musician and then go into stage shows. Once, in an interview, he had said that he could have earned a lot of money through those shows, but he wanted to focus on himself before giving commitments to others. In 2012 he started doing playback singing for films. He calls himself an independent musician and prefers to work for himself and not for any company or brand.
In 2013, he made his first music video, “Hey Pup”. Since then, he has produced over 20 music videos. He has gained a lot of popularity and has also got the opportunity to work with many stars of Tollywood industry. Rahul is often invited as a judge in many reality TV shows such as “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa” (Telugu), “Comedy Nights (Telugu)”, and many others.
In 2019, Rahul participated in the popular reality TV show Bigg Boss (Telugu Season 3), which is hosted by Akkineni Nagarjuna. On 3 November 2019, Rahul was declared the winner of Bigg Boss Telugu (Season 3).
In 2022, she sang the popular song Naattu Naattu in the movie ‘RRR’ in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Hindi languages.
award
At the 80th Golden Globe Awards in January 2023, she won a Golden Globe Award for the song “Naatu Naatu” from the Telugu film RRR (2022) with composer MM Keeravani and singer Kaala Bhairav.
Controversy
On July 27, 2018, Rahul was accused of drink driving. When the police stopped him, he tried to run away and when caught by the police, he refused to give them his driving license and vehicle registration documents. The police registered a case against him, seized his vehicle and he was asked to appear for counselling.
He came into controversy after he was arrested by the police on 3 April 2022 in connection with a raid on a rave party.
Favorite
- Favorite food: Appam and egg curry
- Favorite Actress: Samantha Akkineni
- Favorite Singer: Karthik
- Favorite Color: Black, Royal Blue
- Favorite Musical Instrument: Saxophone
Car and Bike Collection
Rahul owns a Maruti Suzuki Swift and a Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350-X
fact
- Rahul’s father owns a hair salon. Rahul is often seen cutting people’s hair and doing other work in the salon.
- He likes playing video games, traveling and watching movies. He often posts pictures of himself playing the popular video game “PUBG” on his Instagram handle.
- He loves playing the saxophone. He once said in an interview that he often plays it when he is stressed or wants to relax.
- Rahul is a dog lover and he often feeds and plays with roadside dogs. He also has a pet dog named Buddy.
- His song “Makikirikiri” is one of his most famous songs, and has received over 16 million views on YouTube.
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