Swara Veenapani (born Vogeti Naga Venkata Ramana Murthy) is a lyricist and

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music director. He holds a

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world record for longest church organ marathon.

Career

Swara Veenapani's first film was "Pattukondi Chooddam" had a box office run of 100 days. Veenapani's latest films are ''

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'' and '' Mithunam''. Recently he completed his research on 72 Melakartha Ragaas and he brought the entire theme as a song in a span of 6 and 1/2 minute and the other version is of 3 and 1/2 minute. He has been working for the last 16 years on the Swaranidhi project which has been registered as Swaranidhi. He is working vigorously to spread the same to the World which can be most useful to the Music Students, Musicians and Music Lovers to know the capsule format of 72 Mela karta ragas in an easy way. Swaranidhi project got a huge applause from the stalwarts of Indian Music.

Filmography

* ''Pattukondi Chooddam'' (1997) * ''

'' (2012) * '' Mithunam'' (2012)

Guinness record

Swara Veenapani has set a Guinness world record for longest marathon church organ playing by rendering the 72 Melakarta ragas continuously on his musical instrument for 61 hours and 20 minutes(2 days 13 hours 20 minutes) at an event in London on 2 October 2019.

Personal life

He was born in Ravela village, Tadikonda Mandal in Guntur district to Seetha Annapurnamma and Vogeti Lakshmi Narasimha Sastry. He is married to Lakshmi and has two children.

References

External links

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Lyricist Swara Veenapani about DevasthanamInterview With Lyricist Swara Veenapani Swara Veenapani's interview on Tharanga (www.tharangamedia.com)
Living people Telugu writers Writers from Andhra Pradesh Telugu film directors People from Guntur district Film directors from Andhra Pradesh Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-writer-stub