He has participated in Sa Re Ga Ma, an Indian singing talent competition on Zee TV (now Sa Re Ga Ma Pa) when it was hosted by Nigam. Ganjawala has sung nearly 450 Kannada Songs thus far. With lyrics by Sowmya Raoh, this was sung by the trio of Ganjawala, Nigam and Raoh. Popular singer Sonu Nigam who is known in South India for his hundreds of Kannada songs, recently composed a theme song for the Karnataka Bulldozer's team in the Celebrity Cricket League. It created records, including for highest sales and downloads. His song "Onde Ondu Sari" written by Kaviraj and composed by music director Mano Murthy became the biggest hit of the year. His big break in South India came in 2006 from the Kannada blockbuster film Mungaru Male. Kalyan for the movie Akash, was a hit of the year. His very first song in Kannada, Neene Neene composed by music director R P Patnaik and written by K. Ganjawala entered the Kannada film industry in 2005. His breakthrough hit was "Bheege Hont", from the film Murder, which won the 2005 Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer – Male and IIFA Best Male Playback Award. Thereafter he sang in many movies, such as Saathiya (2002), Indian Babu (2003), Paisa Vasool (2004), Khakee (2004), Rudraksh (2004), Dhoom (2004) and Meenaxi (2004). Although the song did not mark him as a prominent singer, it earned him many offers. Ganjawala's first break in Bollywood was Ab Ke Baras in 2002.
Ganjawala has said that he was taken seriously by other music directors because he was working with Barot. His first singing assignment was a Ranjit Barot-composed jingle titled Doodh Doodh for the Operation Flood advertisement. Later, Ganjawala learned music from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan under the guidance of Sudhindra Bhaumick.
With his parents' support he took singing seriously and started believing that he can become a singer. Kunal's sister is a Bharat Natyam exponent, while his father plays the harmonica. Kunal admits that it was his parents' support which made him possible to become a singer. Kunal wanted to be either a chartered accountant or an actor.
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