Badekkila Pradeep is an Indian Television personality, best known for his Voice Overs in South India, especially the Kannada Television Industry. He is an actor, model, writer, lyricist and a podcaster, known for his Voice since 2005.

Badkila Pradeep
Born
Krishna Pradeep

Occupation(s)Actor, journalist, radio personality
voice acting, model
Years active2010–present

He is popularly known as the voice on Bigg Boss Kannada. He has been the voice of Colors Kannada, TV9 Kannada, Namma Metro and hundreds of commercials, documentaries and other works.

Early life

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Born in a village near Puttur, Badekkila Pradeep belongs to a family of agriculturists. Badekkila is the place where he was born and brought up, while his early schooling happened in his village, he studied in various institutions in Mangalore, Mumbai before he began his career in media.

Career

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As voice artist

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Badekkila Pradeep has been the voice of various Kannada Television channels for more than 16 years now. He was first the voice of Star Suvarna, Zee Kannada and finally moved to Etv Kannada which is now Colors Kannada.

He is known for his unique style and modulations and created a niche of his own in the Kannada Voice over industry. Badekkila Pradeep has given the voice for various popular Kannada TV shows like Pyate Hudgeer halli Lifeu, Halli Haida Pyateg Banda, Pyate Mandi Kadig Bandru, Indian, Super Minute, Kannadada Kotyadhipati and most remarkably, the narrator voice on Bigg Boss Kannada ever since the beginning of the series.

Badekkila Pradeep is also the English voice in Namma Metro, Bangalore. He has done thousands of voice overs in multiple languages like Kannada, English, Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Tulu. Apart from Colors Kannada, his voice is heard on TV channels like TV9, Discovery (Kannada), National Geographic (Kannada)

Actor and Model

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Badekkila Pradeep has acted in Kannada and Tamil serials. He has also acted as a hero in a Kannada movie, Mirchi Mandakki Kadak Chai. He has been the face of multiple national TVCs for Colgate, Bru, Honda, Redbus, GRT and other brands.

His role as Prem in Tamil serial Sondha Bandham on Sun TV gained him much popularity in Tamil Television industry.

Podcaster

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Relax and Recharge on www.uvlisten.com are the two podcast shows Badekkila Pradeep has been hosting since October, 2021. Both the shows have been gaining momentum ever since the launch, which are conceptualised and presented by Pradeep.

Awards

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  • Srishti Kalaposhaka Award
  • Chittara Award 2022

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Network Language
2006–2011 News News presenter TV9 Kannada
Masale Mandakki Host Kannada
2011 Krishna Rukmini Suvarna TV Kannada
2012–2015 Sondha Bandham Prem Sun TV Tamil
2012–2013 Super Kudumbam season 1 (talent show with Sondha Bandham team) Himself Sun TV Tamil
2013–2014 Super Kudumbam season 2 Himself Sun TV Tamil
2013 Bharathi[1] Zee Kannada Kannada
2016 Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai Bijju Vijay TV Tamil

Film

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Year Title Role Language
2015 Mirchi Mandakki Kadak Chai[2] Mithun Kannada

References

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  1. ^ "Bharathi – Zee Kannada Serial Press Meet". Bharat Student. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Mirchi Mandakki Kadak Chai". Filmibeat.

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  1. ^ "REVEALED! Badekilla Pradeep is the man behind the voice of Bigg Boss Kannada". The Times of India. 7 September 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  2. ^ "'ಬಿಗ್ ಬಾಸ್ ಕನ್ನಡ'ದ ಹಿಂದಿರುವ 'ಅಗೋಚರ' ಧ್ವನಿ ಇವರದೇನಾ?". Vijay Karnataka (in Kannada). Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  3. ^ nirupama. "ನಮ್ಮ ಮೆಟ್ರೋ, ಬಿಗ್ ಬಾಸ್‌ನ ಸುಮಧುರ ಧ್ವನಿ ಇವರದ್ದೇ!". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Kannada). Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  4. ^ "TV actor Pradeep on his big screen debut". The Times of India. 19 January 2015. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Mirchi Mandakki's...music sticks to the storyline". The Times of India. 24 January 2015. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 June 2023.