Shekar Basha

Shekar Basha
RJ Shekar on His Birthday
Native name గుదిమెళ్ల రాజశేఖర్
Born Gudimella Raja Sekhar
East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh
Residence Hyderabad, Telangana
Occupation Actor, director, television presenter, radio jockey
Years active 2005–present
Height 5'9"
Awards India Radio Forum's "RJ of the Year 2016" and 14 more.
Website www.shekarbasha.com

Gudimella Raja Sekhar,better known by his nickname Shekar Basha is an Indian radio jockey on BIG FM 92.7 and is a VJ with Gemini Music from Hyderabad.[1][2] He is the only radio jockey in India to have won the IRF award (Indian Excellence in Radio Award) 9 times in a row (2007-2015).[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] The Latest being India radio forum's "RJ of the year 2015" India's most prestigious award for a Radio Jockey, announced in New Delhi on May 15, 2015.[10][11]

Career

Early phase (2005–2007)

Basha, a graduate in computer science, started his career as a VJ in Gemini Music, an Indian Telugu music channel, on 10 April 2005. He hosted more than 3,000 live shows on the same channel, but he received acclaim for his role in Hi Bujji, a kids theme based TV show, and SundayHum-Sandeham, a live comedy show based on Guru-Sishya theme.

Breakthrough

In 2006 Nov he joined Red FM 93.5 (then S FM). He hosted 2 shows: "Thellarindoy Mama" (Breakfast Show) and "Guroo Hoja Shuroo" (Afternoon Band). The later has won "The Best Program of the Year-2007"[12] Award at IRF. He also introduced the word "kevvu keka"[13] to the industry. It became so popular that both Films and TV programs were titled after it, and lyrics of film's songs(Pawan Kayan's Gabbar Singh,Allari Naresh's Movie titled Kevvu keka) & their dialogues contain this "kevvu keka" quite often after he started RJ-ing.

RJ Shekar IRF Award Winning pose

Success (2007–present)

In August 2007 Shekar shifted from Red FM to Big FM. There he took charge of the show "Big Sandadi" which was until then hosted by a very popular Telugu TV anchor and film actress Jhansi. On 27 May 2008 the same show was announced the Best Radio Show of the Year by IRF.[14] He has the habit of saying "Happy Mornings" instead of "good morning" in the show which again caught on quickly with the listeners. As a result, in 2009 the program was renamed as "Happy Mornings". Apart from RJing & VJing he also produced award winning promos and sparklers which include the Famous radio humor capsules "Kotigadu & Raogaru", BigBaba, Sangeetham Mastar.

Awards and Records

As per the IRF statistics RJ Shekar has the record of winning the highest number of IRF awards in India with a total of 15 awards to his Credit.(2 Best promos,8 Best shows, 5 RJ of the year Awards) in 9 years i.e. 2006-2015.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

His other Awards include..

i) Santhosham Cine Magazine's "Best RJ Award for the year 2014".[22]

ii) "Young Communicator Award for 2010" from ISB,International School of Business Management.[23]

He is one of the very few RJs who had trained at MICA (Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmadabad) in radio Jockeying.

Marathon

RJ Shekar hosted 3 Marahon RJing Feets till date.

1)92.7 hrs non-stop RJing, the first stunt of its kind in Telugu radio in September 2007,[24] which created huge buzz in the city and helped radio as a whole to grow in Hyderabad.

2)100 hrs On-wheels,from 12th Aug 2008 to 16th Aug 2008,[25] LIVE on-air from Mobile Studio in an attempt to achieve the feat of non-stop RJing, towards peace in the city and with a purpose to highlight the importance of all to stay together and support each other in these times of high alert where our society is being challenged constantly by people wanting to wreck havoc in our lives.

3)106 hrs on-wheels,from 7am 26th Jan 2016 to 5pm 30th Jan 2016,with a purpose to highlight the importance of Using Mobile Internet.[26][27]

Movie debut

He made his second film as an actor in to movies with the Telugu Film named "Welcome Obama" directed by Veteran Director Singeetham Srinivasa Rao.[28] He is also directed a movie "Vethika.."[29] which is due for release.He has also acted as a director in the movie Panchamukhi directed by challa bhanu kiran which was released in 2014.

References

  1. ↑ Y Krishna Jyothi (18 July 2010). "Desperate to give in, seriously!". Hyderabad 1 (7): 65. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
  2. ↑ "RJ Shekhar to host ‘BIG Sandadi’ on BIG 92.7FM". CNBC TV 18. 7 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
  3. ↑ "Hyderabadi RJ makes history". The Hans India. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Bashastram". Sakshi Telugu Daily. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "RJ Sekhar wins IRF awards for the 6th time". The Hindu. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "Breakfast with Sekhar". The Hindu. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "RJ Shekar bags his sixth excellence award". IBN Live. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  8. ↑ "RJ Shekar creates history, won honours 6th year in row at India Radio Forum 2012". RadioandMusic.com. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  9. ↑ "Excellence in radio awards". India radio forum. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  10. ↑ Shekar, RJ. "Excellence in Radio Award" (PDF). www.indiaradioforum.com. India Radio Forum. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "Excellence in Radio Awards" (15 May 2015). Asia Radio Today,Australia. Radiowise Productions. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "93.5 S FM wins India Radio Forum Awards 2007". press release by 93.5 S FM. idlebrain. Retrieved 8 June 2007.
  13. ↑ "On November 6, 2009, I first started Kevu Keka on my show. It referred to anything that means ‘too good.' I am not really looking for credit but when the song Kevu Keka came out for from Gabbar Singh happened, I was the happiest," says Sekhar who's a very good mimic too.". The Hindu. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  14. ↑ "Ruling the airwaves". Young Achievers. NXg is a weekly tabloid from The Hindu. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
  15. ↑ "India Radio Forum 2007 Excellence in Radio Awards (ERA)" (PDF). List of IRF Award Winners for 2007. India Radio Forum. Retrieved 28 May 2007.
  16. ↑ "India Radio Forum 2008 Excellence in Radio Awards (ERA)" (PDF). List of IRF Award Winners for 2008. India Radio Forum. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
  17. ↑ "India Radio Forum 2009 Excellence in Radio Awards (ERA)" (PDF). List of IRF Award Winners for 2009. India Radio Forum. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  18. ↑ "India Radio Forum 2010 Excellence in Radio Awards (ERA)" (PDF). List of IRF Award Winners for 2010. India Radio Forum. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  19. ↑ "India Radio Forum 2011 Excellence in Radio Awards (ERA)" (PDF). List of IRF Award Winners for 2011. India Radio Forum. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  20. ↑ The Latest being "India Radio Forums "Best RJ of the Year 2015"
  21. ↑ Shekar, RJ. "Excellence in Radio Award" (PDF). www.indiaradioforum.com. India Radio Forum. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  22. ↑ Shekar, RJ. "Santhosham Awards". www.Tupaki.com. Tupaki.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  23. ↑ "Young Communicator Awards 2010". www.IndiaPRwire.com. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  24. ↑ "RJ Sekhar launches the 92-hour marathon". The Hindu. 18 September 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
  25. ↑ "RJ Shekar’s 100 hour Marathon LIVE from a Mobile studio". IndiaTelivision. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  26. ↑ "RJ Marathon". PocketNewsAlert. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  27. ↑ "RJ marathon". TheHansIndia. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  28. ↑ movie review, welcome obama. "RJ Shekar Basha and Ananth Sriram have done justice to their respective roles.". oneIndia.in. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  29. ↑ "Vethika Audio Launch". Press release. Retrieved 11 January 2014.

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