Kanneboina Srinavasa Rao Yadav, known professionally as Vandemataram Srinivas, is an Indian music director 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 predominantly in

Telugu cinema Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, Hy ...

. He has won two

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and six

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 got the prefix "Vandemataram" from the title song of the film ''Vande Mataram'' (1985).

Early life

Vandemataram Srinivas was born as Kanneboina Srinivasa Rao. He was born in a Ramakrishnapuram village in

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of present-day

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(then in

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), India.

Awards

: *

Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Telugu ''Filmfare'' is an Indian English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of Indian most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, an ...

- ''

Osey Ramulamma ''Osey Ramulamma'' is a 1997 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. The film is based on a woman's rebellion in Telangana and stars Vijayashanti as the title character. Rao and Rami Reddy also star ...

'' (1997) *

Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu The Telugu Filmfare Best Male Playback Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Telugu films. The award was first given in 1997. Superlatives Karthik holds the record of maximum win in this category ...

for '' Aahaa..!'' (1998) ;

(in

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) * Best Music Director :''

''(1997) * Best Music Director :'' Swayamvaram'' (1999) * Best Music Director :''Devullu''(2000) * Best Male Playback Singer : ''

Orey Rikshaw ''Orey Rikshaw'' () is a 1995 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao, and produced by Dasari Film University. It stars R. Narayana Murthy, Ravali and Raghunatha Reddy. It features music composed by Vande ...

'' (1995) - turned down * Best Male Playback Singer :''

Sri Ramulayya ''Sri Ramulayya'' is a 1999 Telugu language, Telugu-language biographical film, based on the life of Paritala Sriramulu, father of politician Paritala Ravindra, directed by N. Shankar. The film won two Nandi Awards. Cast * Mohan Babu * Nandamu ...

'' (1998) * Best Male Playback Singer:'' Dandakaranyam'' (2016) ;Other Honors * Doctorate from Gitam university

Filmography

Composer

Playback singer

* ''

Vande Mataram ''Vande Mataram'' (Sanskrit: वन्दे मातरम् IAST: , also spelt ''Bande Mataram''; বন্দে মাতরম্, ''Bônde Mātôrôm''; ) is a poem written in sanskritised Bengali by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in the ...

'' (1985) (Debut) * ''

Palnati Pourusham ''Palnati Pourusham'' () is a 1994 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Muthyala Subbaiah. It is a remake of the 1993 Tamil film ''Kizhakku Cheemayile''. The film was released on 29 July 1994. Plot A brother and sister share a close bond w ...

'' (1994) * ''

'' (1995) * '' Money Money'' (1995) * ''

Prema Lekha Prema may refer to: Films: *Prema (1952 film), ''Prema'' (1952 film), a Telugu film *Prema (1989 film), ''Prema'' (1989 film), a Telugu film starring Venkatesh and Revathi *Prema (2002 film), ''Prema'' (2002 film), a 2002 Kannada film *''Tholi Pre ...

'' (1996) * ''Sri Ramulayya'' (1998) * '' Aahaa..!'' (1998) * '' Aawaragaadu'' (2000) * '' Adavi Chukka'' (2000) * ''

Kante Koothurne Kanu Kante Koothurne Kanu () is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language drama film written, directed and produced by Dasari Narayana Rao starring Ramya Krishna in the lead role. The film won the National Film Award Special Mention Feature Film, "for taking a s ...

'' (2000) * '' Gemeni'' (2002) * ''

Jai Bolo Telangana ''Jai Bolo Telangana'' ( ''Hail Telangana!'') is a 2011 Telugu-language historical drama film based on the Telangana Movement, produced & directed by N.Shankar on Mahalakshmi Arts banner. Starring Jagapathi Babu, Smriti Irani, Meera Nandan, S ...

'' (2011) * '' Poru Telangana'' (2012) * ''

Biriyani Biryani () is a mixed rice dish originating among the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent. It is made with Indian spices, rice, and usually some type of meat (chicken, beef, goat, lamb, prawn, fish) or in some cases without any meat, and so ...

'' (2013) * '' Udyama Simham'' (2019) * ''Ee Ammayi'' (2022)

Actor

* '' Ammulu'' (2003) .... Kishtaiah

Director

* '' Badmash'' (2010)

References

External links

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Collection of Vandemataram Srinivas Movies

Vandemataram Srinivas Performing a Program
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