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Vijay Prakash

Vijay Prakash (born 21 February 1976) is an Indian Playback singer and also a Music director from Karnataka. He has given his voice for predominantly Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu language films, in addition to Hindi, Malayalam and Marathi language films.[1] He has also performed shows with Zakir Hussain. Prakash won the Karnataka Government's 'Best Playback Singer' award for the year 2016 for the song "Nammooralli Chaligaladalli" from the film Beautiful Manasugalu.[2]

He is also one of four artists credited for the song "Jai Ho", which won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song.[3] Specifically, he sang the portion with the words "Jai Ho" that takes an extended high pitch at numerous junctures of the song.[4] The song also won a Grammy Award in the category "Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media."[5] He has also won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Artist – Kannada twice for the songs Gatiya Ilidu from the Kannada film Ulidavaru Kandante and Belageddu from Kirik Party.[citation needed]. He is one of the judges for the Kannada and Tamil reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee Kannada and Zee Tamil.

Early life

He was born in Mysore, India to Carnatic Artists Lopamudra and Late L. Ramasesha, and is himself trained in Carnatic music.[6] He was trained carnatic classic music by Bellary.M.Raghavendra[citation needed]

Vijay Prakash is married to Mahathi Prakash in 2001 and they have a daughter named Kavya Prakash.

Career

After moving to Mumbai in 1996, he became a student of Suresh Wadkar.[7] Prakash was a participant in the program Sa Re Ga Ma on Zee TV, hosted by Sonu Nigam. He made it to the mega-finals in 1999. Later he compered Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee Kannada.[citation needed] He got his first break in Hindi cinema with the film Baaz in 2002, and his first song for A. R. Rahman was in Ashutosh Gowariker's Swades, followed by the same composer's Tamil title track for the movie New.[8] His song "Kavite" in Kannada movie Gaalipata too became famous.[citation needed]

He has done backing vocals for about 25 foreign films, including the film Couples Retreat, with music by A. R. Rahmaan. He has recorded for ads like "Kabhi chatpataa" for Knorr Soups and "Na sar jhuka hain kabhi" for HDFC Life Insurance. In 2008 he sang the "Condom a capella" ringtone composed by Rupert Fernandes and produced by the BBC World Service Trust for an Indian safe sex campaign.[9] In 2009, his song, "Jai Ho"(Only chorus, original song sung by Sukhwinder Singh), won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song.[3]

He was one of the Judges in Confident Star Singer 2 (Kannada), which aired on Asianet Suvarna in 2009.[citation needed]

He has sung "Om Sivoham", a Sanskrit song penned by Vaali and composed by Ilaiyaraaja which was the main theme song of 2009 Tamil film Naan Kadavul.[citation needed]

In 2010, he became a regular artist under composer A. R. Rahman, as he performed several of his numbers such as "Hosanna" (Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya, Ye Maaya Chesave), "Beera Beera, Veera Veera (in Tamil & Telugu Versions)" (Raavan & Raavanan), "Powerstar" (Komaram Puli) and "Kadhal Anukkal" (Enthiran).[citation needed]

Prakash has debuted as a music composer for the 2013 Kannada film Andar Bahar starring Shivrajkumar.[10]

He also won the Vijay Music Awards for the Best Male Playback for the song "Hosanna" from Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa.[citation needed]

In 2013, he appeared as one of the artists in Coke Studio @ MTV.

In 2013, his song 'Khaali Quater', written by lyricist Yograj Bhat, went viral on social media.[11] The song 'Hoge' that he has sung for the film 'Nam Life Story' in Kannada is also going viral.

In 2018, the song 'Bombe Helutaite' from the film Raajakumara inspired by the song 'Aadisi nodu bilisi nodu' from the film Kasturi Nivasa became one of the industry evergreen songs. It was written by Santhosh Ananddram . In 2021, the duo created another magical song dedicated to the student-teacher relationship named 'Paatashala' in the film Yuvarathnaa .[citation needed]

Prakash was also the brand ambassador of Nissan Evalia 'moves like music' campaign, which featured six young prominent artists of India.[12][13][14]

He is one of the very few Indian musicians who have had the honour of performing at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA.[15]

Television

Discography

As a composer

As a playback singer

Kannada

Tamil films

Telugu films

Other films

Awards and Titles

References

  1. ^ Gulaśana., Rahman, A. R. Kumāra (2009), A.R. Rahman signature collection : Roja to jai ho - the journey continues ..., T-Series, OCLC 647752182, retrieved 14 March 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Karnataka State Film Award Winners for 2016". The Times of India. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b Kamaleshan, Kumar (24 February 2009). "Meet the man who said Jai Ho". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
  4. ^ Tuteja, Joginder (25 February 2009). "Vijay – The man who too deserves credit for 'Jai Ho'". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  5. ^ ""Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media" One of the Artists: Vijay Prakash". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 5 December 2009.
  6. ^ Krishnamurthy, Akhila (15 November 2017). "Recreating the magic of Dr. Rajkumar and Kishore Kumar". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Thackeray releases cassette, CD album on Lord Ganesha". The Times of India. 24 August 2002. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2008.
  8. ^ Meet the singers of Jai Ho Rediff.com, 26 February 2009.
  9. ^ "India's condom ring tone a huge hit – Trends – Lifestyle". The Times of India. 10 September 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
  10. ^ "Shiv-Parvathi 'Andar-Bahar' starts on 12th March". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  11. ^ "Victory: Khali Quarter song goes viral, stars praise the track". OneIndia. 15 June 2013.
  12. ^ Nissan Evalia: Moves like Music TVC. 22 November 2012. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ TV9 – Filmy Funda. 18 February 2014. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014 – via YouTube.
  14. ^ Latest Kannada Full Songs – Hoge Song Making – Nam Life Story Kannada Movie Songs. 21 December 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  15. ^ "Grammy Winner Vijay Prakash Works with Berklee India Ensemble to Deliver Spellbinding Show | Berklee College of Music". www.berklee.edu. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  16. ^ "Vijay Prakash on Weekend with Ramesh". The Times of India. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Muddu Manase (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". iTunes.com. Aananda Audio Video. 13 October 2014.
  18. ^ "Prema Pallakki (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". iTunes.com. Super Cassettes Industries Private Limited.
  19. ^ "Udumba (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP by Vineeth Raj Menon". 16 July 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2019 – via music.apple.com.
  20. ^ "ಉಡುಂಬಾನ 'ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ ಫೂಲ್' ಹಾಡಿಗೆ ಸ್ಯಾಂಡಲ್ ವುಡ್ ಸ್ಟಾರ್ಸ್ ಫಿದಾ". 14 September 2018.
  21. ^ "UDUMBA | Vineeth Raj Menon". Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2019 – via YouTube.

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