Sumedha Karmahe (Devanāgarī: सुमेधा कर्महे) was a finalist on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007. She was eliminated on September 21, 2007 ending up in 5th place. She was nicknamed "Chhattisgarh ki Barbie doll" in the show because of her Barbie doll looks. (Chhattisgarh's Barbie doll).

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Although Sumedha is settled in to Chhattisgarh her parents come from Bihar.Karmahe attended Weidner Memorial High School. She made her mark as a melodious voice during SaReGaMaPa Challenge 2007. Apparently she was offered by Mahesh Bhatt to sing in Jannat. However, Mahesh never gave her the song and rather offered it to other new playback singers.

She re-appeared in Saregamapa 2008 to sing a duet with Soumen Nandi 'Tu Meri Dost Hai'. All judges agreed she had the sweetest voice, Aadesh (One of the main Judges) took a swipe at Mahesh Bhatt for offering her the Playback role and not fulfilling the Promise.

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Sumedha has appeared with Junaid Sheikh (fellow contestant SRGMP 2006) in Zee TV's Indian Drama Series 'Banoo Teri Dulhann' where both of them sang 'Aaj ki Raat'. She also sang with Raja Hasan runner-up in SRGMP 2006 in another Zee TV Drama 'Teen Bahuraniyan'. Her initial Solo singing break was in Drama series 'Ranbir Rano' singing 'Aao na'.

Sumedha also participated in 'Ek Se Badhkar Ek - Jalwe Sitaron Ke', A reality show that has a pairing of one singer and one dancer who try to reach and win the Finals - format very similar to saregamapa, where they get eliminated by viewer votes and points by Judges. Sumedha's partner was Abhishek Awasthi both got voted off in Week 6, Abhishek got re-entered via wild card entry.

She also captained Madhya Pradesh in Saregamapa mega challenge 2009.

Sumedha's First break as a playback singer in Bollywood appears in a film titled 'Tahaan' where she sings the song 'Rona Dona Kya', a sweet melodious tune - translated into English means 'Why Cry'.

Her recent release was the song called 'Tere Bin' from the movie 'Teree Sang'. This song was a duet with Raja Hassan. Music Director is Bappi Lahiri.

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Sumedha Karmahe
Sumedha Karmahe
Born	1988 (age 20–21)
Origin	Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, India
Genres	Hindi/Urdu
Occupations	Playback singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2007–present

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