Manikanth Kadri is an Indian film score, soundtrack composer and singer. He has predominantly scored music for Kannada as well as several Telugu, Tamil, Tulu, and Malayalam films. He is the son of legendary saxophonist
Kadri Gopalnath
Kadri Gopalnath (6 December 1949 – 11 October 2019) was an Indian alto saxophone, alto saxophonist and one of the pioneers of Carnatic music for that instrument.
Early life
Born in Sajeepa Mooda village in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada ...
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Career
Manikanth started out his career by composing for jingles and devotional albums. He also composed for a title track of a Malayalam tele-serial ''Annu Mazhayayirunnu'' and won the Kerala State Award for best music.
He released his first instrumental album called ''Dream Journey'' in the year 2001 and also tasted success. He also scored for background for an English feature film ''Tantric Journal''.
His film musical career began with ''
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Mr. Garagasa'' (Kannada), at the age of 24. After these films, his major break through happened with the Kannada film ''Savari'' in 2009. He has scored music for various films in
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
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,
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...
,
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
,
Tulu
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People
*Derartu Tulu (born 1972), Ethiopian long-distance runner
*Walid Yacoubou (born 1997), Togolese footballer nicknamed "Tulu"
India
*Tulu calendar, traditional solar calendar generally used in the regions of southwest Kar ...
and
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
languages.
Discography
Television
* Station ID for COLORS SUPER Kannada
* Title song for CHAMPIONS COLORS SUPER kannada
* Title song for Super minute 2 Kannada for COLORS Kannada
* Title song for Sriman shrimati for ZEE Kannada
* Title song for DANCING STARS 2 COLORS kannada
* Title song for COLORS Anubandha Awards.
* Station ID for COLORS CINEMA kannada
* Title song for THAKADHIMITHA COLORS Kannada
* Title song for MAADESHWARA for ZEE Kannada
*Title song for
Lakshana
Lakshana ( sa, लक्षण ') – derived from the combination of words ''lakshya'' and ''kshana'' – means 'indication' or 'symptom'. It also means 'an auspicious mark', 'attribute' or 'quality'. In Tamil language, Lakshanam means "features" ...
for Colors Kannada
Awards
* 2005 – Kerala State Television Award for Best Music- ''Annu Mazhayayirunnu''
* 2009 – Mirchi music awards for best song of the year and song of the year listeners choice and best female singer for "SAVARI"
* 2010 – Best music director by Bangalore Music Academy "PRITHVI"
* 2014 – Zee Kannada awards for Ninna danigaagi song from savari 2 (Best lyrics, Best female singer and Best male singer)
* 2014 – Six mirchi music awards for ninna danigagi song (Best composer of the year, best album of the year, song of the year, song of the year listeners choice, best lyrics, best technical award for mix n master) for Savari 2
* 2014 – best music director award from chithra sante for Savari 2
* 2014 – Red Fm tulu film awards for best music director (RANG)
* 2014 – Red Fm tulu film awards for best background score (Chalipolilu)
* 2017 – Best album of the year for RUN ANTONY
* 2018 – TIMES KAFTA awards for best background score (March 22)
References
External links
Song audio links
* saavn
Song video links
* ninna danigaagi from SAVARI
* marali mareyagi from SAVAR
* Shaakuntle Sikkalu from Naduve Antaraviral
Manikanth
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Living people
Kannada film score composers
Telugu film score composers
Tamil film score composers
Malayalam film score composers
Musicians from Mangalore
Film musicians from Karnataka
21st-century Indian composers
Year of birth missing (living people)