Badekkila is the place where he was born and brought up, while his early schooling happened in his village, he studied in various institutions in Mangalore, Mumbai before he began his career in media.

He is known for his unique style and modulations and created a niche of his own in the Kannada Voice over industry.

Badekkila Pradeep has given the voice for various popular Kannada TV shows like Pyate Hudgeer halli Lifeu, Halli Haida Pyateg Banda, Pyate Mandi Kadig Bandru, Indian, Super Minute, Kannadada Kotyadhipati and most remarkably, the narrator voice on Bigg Boss Kannada ever since the beginning of the series.

He has done thousands of voice overs in multiple languages like Kannada, English, Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Tulu.

He has been the face of multiple national TVCs for Colgate, Bru, Honda, Redbus, GRT and other brands.