Damodar Raao (born 21 August 1977) is an Indian composer, singer, record producer, and live performer. His music genre is about acoustic folk with some traces of Indian classical music.
Career
In 2000, Raao got his first break as a singer in the Hindi film ''
Shaitan Tantrik'', which was composed by Nikhil Vinay with lyrics by Vinay Bihari.
In 2007 Raao moved with his family to
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
.
In 2008, he composed the music for the low-budget
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
film ''Once More'', aka ''Gorakh Dhandha''.
Raao has composed more than 75 films in Bhojpuri language, including ''Dil Ho Gail Qurban'', ''Teri Meri Ashiqui'', ''Sargana Kushi Nagar Rangdari Tax'',
''Gunday'' (Bhojpuri),
''Bagi Ishq'',
''Inspector Chandani'', ''Jungal Raj'', ''Dil Aur Deewar'', ''The Power of Dahshat'',
''Sajan Ki Bahon Me'' (Bhojpuri), ''Majnu Motorwala'', and ''Baap Re Baap''.
The musical film ''Teri Meri Ashqui'' was praised by critics.
Awards and honors
In 2014 Raao received the award for Best Music Director of the Year 2012 by Darshnik Mumbai Press Media Award. He was also honoured by the Aapki Awaz Foundation for Best Music Director & Mumbai Gaurav Award of the year 2014 for the Bhojpuri film ''Majnu Motorwala''. Raao was given the Chhatrapati Shivaji Gaurav Award in 2016 by ''Darshnik'' newspaper and Evershine Mitramandal in Mumbai.
In October 2016, Raao reached a record of making 50 filmy albums and devotional albums of various singers.
Discography
Films
Music albums
See also
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Bhojpuri cinema
Bhojpuri cinema is an Indian film industry of Bhojpuri-language motion pictures. It is based in western Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh with major production centres in Lucknow and Patna.
Bhojpuri cinema is a major part of Bihari cinema. The f ...
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Living people
Indian male singer-songwriters
Indian singer-songwriters
Musicians from Mumbai
Musicians from Bihar
1977 births