Sanjith Hegde star-struck at Filmfare awards

Sanjith Hegde nervously accepted his award for the Best Playback (Male), for

Shaakuntle Sikkalu

, from

Naduve Antaravirali

, and chuckled, “I’m known for saying very stupid things on stage.” As Sanjith thanked the music director Manikanth Kadri, he also thanked his parents for the award. “Thank you appa, amma, from supporting me when I dropped out from engineering to take up music full-time.” Sanjith added that he was star-struck about getting to be in the same room as so many other famous musicians, like DSP and Govind Vasantha, and was even seen networking with them backstage.

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