Bapu Padmanabha, also known as Bapu Flute, is a musician and composer who performs

Hindustani classical music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, si ...

on his bansuri, a type of bamboo flute. He was born on 18 November 1978 in

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which is in

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state in

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Musical style and impact

Adept in

Hindustani Classical Music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, si ...

, Mantra Chantings, New Age,

Film Score A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to e ...

, Ambient Music, and World Music, Bapu is noted for composing music for the National Award Winner film

Allama ''Allāmah'' ( ar, عَلَّامة, Urdu and , meaning "learned"), also spelled ''Allāma'' and ''Allama'' and “ Allameh “, is an Islamic honorary title for a profound scholar, a polymath, a man of vast reading and erudition, or a great ...

and Bapu's love for experimenting with Mantra sounds. Bapu used Carnatic, Hindustani, and Lounge music as the tools of expression for Allama Prabhu's Vachanas. Bapu's soft and restrained musical style has varied meditative albums to his credit. A Music C.D. entitled Music as Therapy by Bapu Padmanabha of Harihar,

State was released by External Affairs Government of India in order to acquaint foreign cultural delegates with Indian classical music.

Film music

Bapu Padmanabha won the ''

National Film Award for Best Music Direction The National Film Award for Best Music Direction (the Silver Lotus Award) is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards by the Directorate of Film Festivals to a musician who has composed the best score for films produced within th ...

'' for the film ''Allama Prabhu''. Bapu composed music for the film ''Allama Prabhu'' produced by Yajaman Enterprises, M.D. SriHari, L. Khoday

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, and directed by T. S. Nagabharana.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Padmanabha, Bapu 1978 births Living people Musicians from Karnataka People from Davanagere district Indian flautists Indian male classical musicians Kannada film score composers Best Music Direction National Film Award winners Best Background Score National Film Award winners Indian male film score composers Hindustani instrumentalists Bansuri players 21st-century male musicians 21st-century flautists