Madhavapeddi Suresh is an Indian
music composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
and
playback singer
A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not app ...
who works in
Telugu cinema
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and television. He is the recipient of four
Andhra Pradesh
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state
Nandi Awards
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for his works.
A close relative of noted playback singer
Madhavapeddi Satyam
Madhavapeddi Satyam (11 March 1922 – 18 December 2000) was an Indian playback singer and actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema.
He entered films as a singer-actor in Y. V. Rao's Tamil-Hindi bilingual movie ''Ramadas'' in the year 194 ...
, Suresh began his career at the age of 16 as a
harmonium
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player in
Vijayawada
Vijayawada, formerly known as Bezawada, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and is a part of the state's Capital Region. It is the administrative headquarters of the NTR district. Its metropolitan region comprises NT ...
.
''
'' His first film was ''
Parivartana'' (1975), in which he played
accordion
Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...
in the troupe of music director
T. Chalapathi Rao
Tatineni Chalapathi Rao (22 December 1920 – 22 February 1994) was an Indian music composer who worked in Telugu cinema. His career spanned more than three decades from early 1950s, till 1980s. He was the cousin of T. Prakash Rao.
Early life ...
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'' Later he became a
keyboard
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Text input
* Keyboard, part of a typewriter
* Computer keyboard
** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping
** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware
Music
* Musi ...
player and worked for many famous composers in around 1,500 films in recording and
re-recording.
Suresh debuted as a music director with the film ''
Hai Hai Nayaka
Hai Hai Nayaka is a 1989 Telugu-language comedy drama film, co-written and directed by Jandhyala, starring Naresh and Sri Bharati. Madhavapeddi Suresh composed the music for this film. The film released on 23 February 1989.
The film deals wit ...
'' (1989) directed by his collegemate
Jandhyala
Jandhyala Subrahmanya Sastry (14 January 1951 – 19 June 2001), known mononymously by his surname Jandhyala, was an Indian film director, screenwriter, playwright, and actor known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He is popula ...
.''
'' Later, he composed music for over 60 films including ''
Brundavanam
''Brundavanam'' is a 1992 Indian Telugu-language comedy film co-written and directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. It stars Rajendra Prasad and Ramya Krishna, with music composed by Madhavapeddi Suresh. The film was produced by B. Venkatarama R ...
'' (1992), ''
Bhairava Dweepam
''Bhairava Dweepam'' () is a 1994 Indian Telugu-language high fantasy film directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao who co-wrote the film with Raavi Kondala Rao. It is produced by B. Venkatarama Reddy under the Chandamama Vijaya Pictures banner. The ...
'' (1994),
''Madam'' (1994), ''
Maatho Pettukoku
''Maatho Pettukoku'' () is a 1995 Indian Telugu-language action film, produced by S. Gopal Reddy under the Bhargav Art Productions banner and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Roja, Rambha, and music com ...
'' (1995), ''
Ramayanam
The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th to 4th centuries BCE, and later stages ...
'' (1997)''.
''
He received the
Nandi Award for Best Music Director
The Nandi Award for Best Music Director winners since 1977.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nandi Award For Best Music Director
Music Director
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for the film ''
Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam
''Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam'' is a 1996 Indian Telugu-language mythological film, produced by B. Venkatarama Reddy under the Chandamama Vijaya Combines banner and directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Roja and m ...
'' (1996).
Suresh is also the first in-house music director for
ETV
ETV may stand for:
Television
* e.tv, a South African terrestrial television channel
* Educational Television (Hong Kong), a television series
* Educational television, the use of television in education
* Enhanced TV, an interactive television ap ...
.
He worked in their serials for seven years and also composed the title song for the
supernatural
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serial ''
Anveshitha
Anveshitha is an Indian Telugu-language supernatural drama television series written by Ilyas - Jyotsna and directed by Ilyas Ahmed under the pseudonym Pradyumna. The serial premiered on ETV on 16 July 1997. The show ran for 100 episodes, and ...
'' (19971999)''.'' Of the four
Nandi Awards
The Nandi Awards are the awards that recognise the excellence in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Telugu television, and Lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. Presented annually by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the award is named after ...
he had won, two were for his contribution in the television field.''
''
Life
Madhavapeddi Suresh is born on 8 September 1951 in Tenali to Vasundhara Devi and Nageswara Rao.
Suresh is a close relative of noted playback singer
Madhavapeddi Satyam
Madhavapeddi Satyam (11 March 1922 – 18 December 2000) was an Indian playback singer and actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema.
He entered films as a singer-actor in Y. V. Rao's Tamil-Hindi bilingual movie ''Ramadas'' in the year 194 ...
.
He began his career at the age of 16 in 1967 as a
harmonium
The pump organ is a type of free-reed organ that generates sound as air flows past a vibrating piece of thin metal in a frame. The piece of metal is called a reed. Specific types of pump organ include the reed organ, harmonium, and melodeon. T ...
player in Bhawana Kala Simithi,
Vijayawada
Vijayawada, formerly known as Bezawada, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and is a part of the state's Capital Region. It is the administrative headquarters of the NTR district. Its metropolitan region comprises NT ...
.
''
''
His first film was ''
Parivartana'' (1975) in which he played
accordion
Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...
in the troupe of music director
T. Chalapathi Rao
Tatineni Chalapathi Rao (22 December 1920 – 22 February 1994) was an Indian music composer who worked in Telugu cinema. His career spanned more than three decades from early 1950s, till 1980s. He was the cousin of T. Prakash Rao.
Early life ...
.''
''
Later he became a
keyboard
Keyboard may refer to:
Text input
* Keyboard, part of a typewriter
* Computer keyboard
** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping
** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware
Music
* Musi ...
player and worked for famous composers like
Naushad
Naushad Ali (25 December 1919 – 5 May 2006) was an Indian music director for Hindi films. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and foremost music directors of the Hindi film industry. He is particularly known for popularising the ...
,
R. D. Burman
Rahul Dev Burman (27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994) was an Indian music director who is considered one of the most influential composers of India. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films. Burman did major work w ...
,
M. S. Viswanathan
Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. He was popularly known as ''Mellisai Mannar''. He compose ...
,
K. V. Mahadevan
Krishnankoil Venkadachalam Mahadevan (14 March 1918 – 21 June 2001) was an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician known for his works in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam, and Kann ...
,
Ramesh Naidu
Pasupuleti Ramesh Naidu (1933–1988) was an Indian music composer, multi instrumentalist, and singer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He garnered the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the film Megha Sandesam ...
,
Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Laxmikant–Pyarelal were an Indian composer duo, consisting of Laxmikant Shantaram Patil Kudalkar (1937–1998) and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (born 1940). He is known by the nickname “Pyromaniac” due to his flaming style of music.
Laxmikan ...
,
Bappi Lahiri
Bappi Aparesh Lahiri (born Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri; 27 November 1952 – 15 February 2022), also known as Bappi Da was an Indian singer, composer and record producer. He popularised the use of synthesised disco music in Indian music industry and ...
and worked for about 1,500 films in recording and
re-recording.
He was a keyboard player for playback singer
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), also referred to as SPB or SP Balu or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He is wi ...
’s tours abroad from 1979 to 1985.
Jandhyala
Jandhyala Subrahmanya Sastry (14 January 1951 – 19 June 2001), known mononymously by his surname Jandhyala, was an Indian film director, screenwriter, playwright, and actor known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He is popula ...
and
Sutti Veerabhadra Rao
Sutti Veerabhadra Rao or Mamidipalli Veerabhadra Rao was a very popular south Indian film actor who played comedians and character artists, as well as a renowned radio and theater artist.
Early life
Veerabhadra Rao was the only son, and had tw ...
studied in the same college as Suresh in Vijayawada. Jandhyala introduced him as a music director for ''
Hai Hai Nayaka
Hai Hai Nayaka is a 1989 Telugu-language comedy drama film, co-written and directed by Jandhyala, starring Naresh and Sri Bharati. Madhavapeddi Suresh composed the music for this film. The film released on 23 February 1989.
The film deals wit ...
'' (1989).''
'' Suresh got a major success with his sixth film
''Brundavanam'' (1992).
He followed it up with ''
Bhairava Dweepam
''Bhairava Dweepam'' () is a 1994 Indian Telugu-language high fantasy film directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao who co-wrote the film with Raavi Kondala Rao. It is produced by B. Venkatarama Reddy under the Chandamama Vijaya Pictures banner. The ...
'' (1994), ''
Madam
Madam (), or madame ( or ), is a polite and formal form of address for Woman, women in the English language, often contracted to ma'am (pronounced in American English and this way but also in British English). The term derives from the French ...
'' (1994), ''
Maatho Pettukoku
''Maatho Pettukoku'' () is a 1995 Indian Telugu-language action film, produced by S. Gopal Reddy under the Bhargav Art Productions banner and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Roja, Rambha, and music com ...
'' (1995), ''
Ramayanam
The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th to 4th centuries BCE, and later stages ...
'' (1996). He won the state
Nandi Award for Best Music Director
The Nandi Award for Best Music Director winners since 1977.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nandi Award For Best Music Director
Music Director
A music(al) director or director of music is the person responsible for the musical aspects of a pe ...
for ''
Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam
''Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam'' is a 1996 Indian Telugu-language mythological film, produced by B. Venkatarama Reddy under the Chandamama Vijaya Combines banner and directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Roja and m ...
'' (1996). He scored music for three Chandamama-Vijaya Combines films in a row and collaborated with
Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
Singeetam Srinivasa Rao (born 21 September 1931), commonly known as Singeetam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, composer, and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the most versatile directors of India. He is credited with hav ...
in those three films.
He is also the first in-house music director for
ETV
ETV may stand for:
Television
* e.tv, a South African terrestrial television channel
* Educational Television (Hong Kong), a television series
* Educational television, the use of television in education
* Enhanced TV, an interactive television ap ...
. He worked for ETV serials for seven years.
He composed the title song for ETV's
supernatural
Supernatural refers to phenomena or entities that are beyond the laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin , from Latin (above, beyond, or outside of) + (nature) Though the corollary term "nature", has had multiple meanings si ...
TV serial ''
Anveshitha
Anveshitha is an Indian Telugu-language supernatural drama television series written by Ilyas - Jyotsna and directed by Ilyas Ahmed under the pseudonym Pradyumna. The serial premiered on ETV on 16 July 1997. The show ran for 100 episodes, and ...
'' (19971999)''.'' Of the four
Nandi Awards
The Nandi Awards are the awards that recognise the excellence in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Telugu television, and Lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. Presented annually by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the award is named after ...
he won, two awards were for his contribution to the television.''
''
Career
*''
Hai Hai Nayaka
Hai Hai Nayaka is a 1989 Telugu-language comedy drama film, co-written and directed by Jandhyala, starring Naresh and Sri Bharati. Madhavapeddi Suresh composed the music for this film. The film released on 23 February 1989.
The film deals wit ...
'' (1989)
*''
Brundavanam
''Brundavanam'' is a 1992 Indian Telugu-language comedy film co-written and directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. It stars Rajendra Prasad and Ramya Krishna, with music composed by Madhavapeddi Suresh. The film was produced by B. Venkatarama R ...
'' (1992)
*''
Bhairava Dweepam
''Bhairava Dweepam'' () is a 1994 Indian Telugu-language high fantasy film directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao who co-wrote the film with Raavi Kondala Rao. It is produced by B. Venkatarama Reddy under the Chandamama Vijaya Pictures banner. The ...
'' (1994)
* ''
Madam
Madam (), or madame ( or ), is a polite and formal form of address for Woman, women in the English language, often contracted to ma'am (pronounced in American English and this way but also in British English). The term derives from the French ...
'' (1994)
*''
Maatho Pettukoku
''Maatho Pettukoku'' () is a 1995 Indian Telugu-language action film, produced by S. Gopal Reddy under the Bhargav Art Productions banner and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Roja, Rambha, and music com ...
'' (1995)
*''Maya Bazaar'' (1995)
*''
Ramayanam
The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th to 4th centuries BCE, and later stages ...
'' (1996)
*''Tata Manavadu'' (1996)
*''
Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam
''Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam'' is a 1996 Indian Telugu-language mythological film, produced by B. Venkatarama Reddy under the Chandamama Vijaya Combines banner and directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Roja and m ...
'' (1996)
*''Kutumba Gouravam'' (1997)
Awards
*
Nandi Award for Best Music Director
The Nandi Award for Best Music Director winners since 1977.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nandi Award For Best Music Director
Music Director
A music(al) director or director of music is the person responsible for the musical aspects of a pe ...
-
''Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam'' (1996)
* ''Saluri Pratibha Puraskaram'' in 2013.
References
External links
*
Living people
Telugu film score composers
Bollywood playback singers
Nandi Award winners
Indian male playback singers
Male film score composers
1951 births
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