Hemanth started his film career as a music assistant to music director
Hamsalekha, who also introduced him to the
Kannada cinema. His foray into the film world was made in
2000 for the blockbuster movie
Preethse. Hemanth became a popular and prominent playback singer in
Kannada cinema since his debut hit song "Preetse Preetse". Hemanth rendered his voice to many actors including
Shiva Rajkumar,
Puneeth Rajkumar,
Upendra,
Ganesh,
Sudeep,
Srinagar Kitty,
Darshan,
Yash to name a few. He has sung songs in composition of Hamsalekha,
V. Manohar,
Gurukiran, He has performed live worldwide, including at Muskat for the show "Gana Lahiri" organized by Kannada Sangha in 2008, at Dubai in 2012. Other live shows at Bahrain in 2013, at Nairobi during "Karunada Habba" Feb 2018. Hemanth has also sung song in music albums "Life is Beautiful" and "Baa Sangaati" composed by Techies4Kannada and orchestral music from the
Czech Republic. He is also featured in "Nee Badalaadare" music album composed by
Ricky Kej which has patriotic songs in
Kannada. ==Discography==