Prem Anand (Odia: ପ୍ରେମ ଆନନ୍ଦ) is an Indian music director and composer. He usually works in Odia film and television industry. In 2006, he started his career as a music director through the Odia movie Tu Eka Ama Saha Bharasa and worked as a music director in more than 60 Odia films. Apart from Odia films, he composed music for Odia daily shops, Bhajans and Jatra songs. In 2009, Anand worked as a music director for the

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film Dekha Bhai Dekh in 2019, he composed music for Bollywood film Luv U Turn. Apart from

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films, he composed music for

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films.

Early life and education

Anand was born on 23 January 1975 at Saanagaan in

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of Odisha to a

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family. He was the middle child of the family with an elder brother and a sister. His family was against his music career since childhood, but somehow he managed to learn harmonium from his village. After passing out from the Gopinathpur Sanskrit Vidyalaya in the early 1990s, Prem Anand joined the

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to learn music and trained himself in the

Odissi Odissi (), also referred to as Orissi in old literature, is a major ancient Indian classical dance that originated in the Hindu temple, temples of Odisha – an eastern coastal state of India. He honed his skills there under gurus like late Bhikari Bal, Gopala Chandra Panda, and Ramahari Das. He graduated in history in 1997 from the Marshaghai College and later trained himself in Hindustani classical music. Then he joined a school in Raygada as a music teacher, but later resigned from that post and started traveling from village to village and composing for plays and small opera troupes.

Career

After school, Anand was composing music for small theaters and plays, but in 1993, he got a chance to compose one song for Janani Gananaatya, one of the famous Opera companies in Odisha. There he composed a song for the play named ''Naalu Bhai Ra Mo Naali Gaamuchhaa''. Later, he worked for many other Opera troupes like Parbati Gananaatya, Kalinga Gananatya, Tulasi Ganantya, Gouri Gananatya, Trinaatha Gananaatya, Shivani Ganantya, Tarapur Opera, and Indrabhubana Gananaatya. In 1996 his 1st album ''Maa Gojabayani'' was released which is a devotional song. Later his album ''Anamika Nayika'' under Sarthak Music had made him famous. He has composed more than 200 Odia albums. Some of his popular albums are Janha Re, Hey Priyatama, Manini, Kanya Kumari, Malliphula Gajara, Shila I Love You, Michhei Jhia, Lotani Para, Tu Besi Paduchu Mane, Nali Tikili, Rangani Phula, Premi, Sei Jhiati, etc. In 2005 he got a chance to work in the Odia film industry as a music director. His first Odia movie was Tu Eka Ama Saha Bharasa starring

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, and

Mihir Das Mihir Kumar Das (17 February 1959 – 11 January 2022) was an Indian actor who worked in Odia language films (Ollywood industry). He had received several awards, notably Best Actor for his films ''Laxmi Pratima'' in 1998 and ''Pheria Mo Suna ...

in the lead role. This film was released in 2006. Later he worked for more than 60 Odia films like Rasika Nagara,

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, Aailare Odia Pua, Chandini I Miss You, Hata Dahri Chalutha,

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Gapa Hele bi Sata ''Gapa Hele Bi Sata'' is a 2015 Indian Odia-language drama featured film directed by Murali Krishna. The film stars Anubhav Mohanty and Barsha Priyadarshini is in the film as lead cast. Prem Anand is the music director. The movie is a remake of ...

Agastya Agastya ( kn, ಅಗಸ್ತ್ಯ, ta, அகத்தியர், sa, अगस्त्य, te, అగస్త్యుడు, ml, അഗസ്ത്യൻ, hi, अगस्त्य) was a revered Indian sage of Hinduism. In the I ...

Kabula Barabula ''Kabula Barabula'' is a 2017 Indian Odia film directed by Ramesh Rout. The film stars Anubhav Mohanty and Elina Samantray in the lead roles. The film was released on September 27, 2017. The movie is a remake of 2013 Punjabi movie ''Singh vs K ...

, Happy Lucky, Prem Kumar: Salesman of the year, Nimki,

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, etc. In 2009 Anand worked as a music composer in a Hindi film

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. In 2019 he composed another song for Bollywood film Luv U Turn. Anand composed music for some Odia daily shops like Nua Bohu, Sankha Sindura, Swabhima for

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, To Pain Mun, Samparka Hrudayara, Jibana Satha for

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. Ahuti for

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, Khusi for

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and Abhinetri for

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. Apart from serials, he has composed music for shows like Srimati Kam Nuhanti, Sampurna, Chal Pherijiba Gaon ku. He also worked as a judge some Odia musical reality shows. He judged Amari Swara on ETV Odia in 2008 along with Tansen Singh and Nijam. Later he judged Zee Sarthak's musical reality shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Swara Ra Mahamancha and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Little Champs. Governer Ganeshi Lal with Odia Music composer Premanand

Governer Ganeshi Lal with Odia Music composer Premanand

A patriotic song titled Ae maati Odisha, ae jaati Odia was released on 1 April 2021 in the occasion of Utkla Dibasa. Fifteen popular singers contributed their voice to that song along with the Chief Minister Odisha,

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and Governor of Odisha,

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. Governor personally visited the studio to lend his voice for this song. In 2021, Premanand has composed the music for Odia TV Series Srimandira based on Kanchi Abhiyan of

Purushottama Deva Vira Pratapa Purushottama Deva (Odia: ବୀରପ୍ରତାପ ପୁରୁଷୋତ୍ତମ ଦେବ) was the second Gajapati emperor of Odisha who ruled from 1467 to 1497 C.E. He was the second ruler from the Suryavamsa Gajapati Empire. ...

starring

Buddhaditya Mohanty Buddhaditya Mohanty is an Indian actor. He was born in Cuttack, completed his schooling at Stewart School, Cuttack and his college education at Ravenshaw College. After that he studied at Delhi University. He works in Mumbai as well as in Od ...

. The title track was composed with the

A cappella ''A cappella'' (, also , ; ) music is a performance by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Ren ...

music format and 15 than 15 singers has sung this song. A cappella was for the 1st time in the Odia musical industry.

Personal life

Premanand is married to Saswati Acharya, a software engineer by profession. This couple has two sons.

Filmography

Awards

Odisha State Film Awards The Odisha State Film Awards have been conferred by the Department of Culture of the Government of Odisha, India. The awards were initiated in 1968. The awards are decided by independent juries formed by the Department of Culture. The jury ...

for Chandini I Miss You in 2011 * Odisha Excellence Award in 2018 * Odia Filmfare Awards for Gapa Hele bi Sata in 2016, Baby in 2017, Tu Mo Love Story 2 in 2019 *

Tarang Cine Awards The Tarang Cine Awards are presented annually by Tarang entertainment television channel to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Oriya language film industry mainly based in State of Orissa, India. History T ...

for Chandini I Miss You in 2012 and

Gapa hele bi Sata ''Gapa Hele Bi Sata'' is a 2015 Indian Odia-language drama featured film directed by Murali Krishna. The film stars Anubhav Mohanty and Barsha Priyadarshini is in the film as lead cast. Prem Anand is the music director. The movie is a remake of ...

in 2016.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anand, Prem Indian film score composers Living people 1975 births People from Odisha People from Kendrapara district