V. Nagendra Prasad is a lyricist, composer and director who predominantly works for

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. He has penned more than 3000 songs, particularly for

Kannada cinema Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film '' Sati Sulochana'' directe ...

Early life

He was born on 3 December 1975. He is the elder son to Couple M.V. Venkata Ramanappa and Chandramma of ''Ijjala Ghatta'' village in Nagamangala Taluk,

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. He did his schooling in Doddaballapura, Bangalore and completed his Post-Graduation in Kannada Literature at Manasa Gangothri, Mysore University.. Prasad obtained his D.Litt (Doctor of Literature) from Hampi University In the year 2021.

Career

V. Nagendra Prasad made his debut as a

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lyricist for the movie ''Gajina Mane'' directed by ''K. V. Jayaram'' in

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. He was appreciated for his another debut as a dialogue writer for supernatural film written and directed by

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, Sri Manjunatha. His debut as a director for

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featuring

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was remarkable. He has also worked in music composition, direction, acting and dialogue writing for Television. He is also known to be involved in Theatre both on Stage and in Street plays. In 2018, he made his debut as a lead actor in his own directorial ''Googal'' movie. His another appearance as a lead actor in the movie Guruji.

As lyricist

V. Nagendra Prasad has penned more than 3000 songs for over a 1000 movies, 100s Devotional, Classical, Patriotic, Promotional albums and over 50 TV serials. He has worked with most of the music composers including

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, Vidhya Sagar, V.Manohar,

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, Deva, M. M. Keeravani,

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, L. N. Shastri, Jessie Gift,

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, Sridhar V. Sambhram, Bharath B. J.,

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, Manisharma,

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, R. P. Patnaik,

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, Venkat Narayan, Gowtham Srivatsav, Vineeth Menon, D Imman,

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, Charan Raj and others.

Notable songs

Music director

Dialogue writer

*'' Sri Manjunatha'' (2001) *'Romeo Juliet' (2002) *'' Swathi Muthu'' (2003) *'' Dharma'' (2004) *''

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'' (2016) *'' Rogue'' (2017) *'' Muniratna Kurukshetra'' (2018)

Director

Awards

Partial list of awards.

References

External links

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