[citation needed] Hegde is responsible for the item number and item gal concept in Bollywood with songs like: Hegde started a trend for the music video type execution in movies with Kambakht Ishq (Pyar Tune Kya Kiya) and Khallas (Company) [1] He was selected as one of the celebrity guests that attended the Miss World Canada 2012 final round event at Vancouver on 13 May 2012.

He is also credited for launching the career of Indian model and actress Yana Gupta, for whom he wrote the song "Babuji" for the film Dum.

[citation needed] Hegde started out performing with Asha Bhonsle on stage shows and she is reported to have convinced him to release his own album.

The album was launched by Shahrukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra and Sonu Nigam.

[citation needed] Hegde is an alumnus of the Umedbhai Patel English School and Prahladrai Dalmia Lions College, Malad, Mumbai.