15 Facts About Ganesh Hegde

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Ganesh Harish Hegde is an Indian singer, performer, video director and Bollywood choreographer.

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Ganesh Hegde is a Tuluva Bunt, born on 10 November 1973 in Bombay to Tulu-speaking parents Harishchandra Subbaiah Hegde and Vidya Hegde.

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Ganesh Hegde has choreographed stage shows, namely Temptations 2004, the Bollywood rock concert which toured America with stars such as Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan and Arjun Rampal.

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Ganesh Hegde has been associated with the Zee Cine Awards since conception and has been choreographing the Filmfare Awards for the past decade.

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Ganesh Hegde is responsible for the item number and item gal concept in Bollywood with songs like:.

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Ganesh Hegde started a trend for the music video type execution in movies with Kambakht Ishq and Khallas.

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Ganesh Hegde was selected as one of the celebrity guests that attended the Miss World Canada 2012 final round event at Vancouver on 13 May 2012.

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In October 2005 Ganesh Hegde released his debut album "G" with the backing and promotion of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan.

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Ganesh Hegde is reported as the first Indian pop act to produce, write, direct and star in his debut music video.

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Ganesh Hegde is credited for launching the career of Indian model and actress Yana Gupta, for whom he crafted the song "Babuji" in the film Dum.

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Ganesh Hegde started out performing with Asha Bhonsle on stage shows and she is reported to have convinced him to release his own album.

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Ganesh Hegde has sung a duet with him in G, titled Kabhi Kabhi.

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Ganesh Hegde then launched his second Pop album Let's party in August 2011 which features Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif in the title song Let's Party and Bipasha Basu and Priyanka Chopra in Mind Blowing.

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Ganesh Hegde is an alumnus of the Umedbhai Patel English School and Prahladrai Dalmia Lions College, Malad, Mumbai.

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Ganesh Hegde married his girlfriend of six years, Sunayna Shetty, on 5 June 2011 in a private ceremony in Mumbai.