N.C. Karunya is an Indian playback singer, stage performer, YouTuber, songwriter, and TV show host. His claim to fame was the popular reality show Indian Idol (Season 2) on Sony Entertainment Television. After Indian Idol he became a recording artist by singing for more than 200 projects in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Bengali but his mainstay has been Telugu, his mother tongue. After the end of Indian Idol 2, Karunya was called for an audition by Vidhu Vinod Chopra for Lage Raho Munnabhai. He began his playback career by singing for Sanjay Dutt. Then he sang a song in Jai Santoshi Maa for Anu Malik. When he met Jr. NTR , he was offered his first Telugu hit `Ekaantangaa unna` by NTR himself, a song composed by Mani Sharma, for the film Ashok. After this song, he went on to record songs like `Orugalluke Pilla` from the film Sainikudu, Enduko from Chirutha, `123 Nenoka Kantri` from Kantri, Ammayi Kitiki Pakkana from Maryada Ramanna, Om Namo Siva Rudraya from Khaleja, Oola Oolala Ala from Orange, Vayyarala jabilli from Pawan Kalyan`s Teenmar, `Andam andam` from Vetadu-Ventadu, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, starring Vishal (actor), `Meher meher` from `D for Dopidi`, `Suvvi Suvvaalamma` from the movie Loafer, two songs for `It`s my lovestory` and many more.