Vitla Manohar is an Indian music director, lyricist, film director and actor in

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and

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movies. He has scored music to several Kannada and

films. He has written lyrics to more than 1000 songs in

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Early life

Manohar is a native of Vitla village in

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district of

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state in

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. His father is Shivanna bhat, mother Padmavathi. He started his career as a cartoonist working for some leading newspapers and magazines.

Film career

Manohar has composed music for over 100 Kannada movies such as ''

Gejje Naada DARR1993 ''Gejje Naada'' is a 1993 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Vijay - Nanjundappa. The film cast includes Ramkumar, Shwetha and K. S. Ashwath. The film was produced under Gajamukha Creations banner and the origina ...

'', '' O Mallige'', ''Indra Danush'', ''

Janumada Jodi ''Janumada Jodi'' is a 1996 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by T. S. Nagabharana and written by Baraguru Ramachandrappa, based on Pannalal Patel's 1941 Gujarati novel '' Malela Jeev''. The film was scripted by T. S. Naga ...

'', ''

Tharle Nan Maga ''Tharle Nan Maga'' (English: Naughty fellow) is a 1992 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama film written and directed by Upendra in his directorial debut, which stars Jaggesh and Anjali Sudhakar in lead roles, who also made their debuts in ...

'', '' Swasthick'', '' Duniya'', ''Ee Sambhaashane'', ''Banda nan Ganda'', ''

Janumada Gelathi ''Janumada Gelathi'' is a 2008 Kannada language film directed by Dinesh Baboo and produced by C. R. Manohar. it stars Srinagar Kitty and Pooja Gandhi in the lead roles. The film's music was composed by V. Manohar. The film released statewide ...

'', and ''

Mathadana ''Mathadana'' ( kn, ಮತದಾನ) is a 2001 Indian Kannada language film directed by T. N. Seetharam, based on S. L. Bhyrappa's novel of the same name, and starring Anant Nag, Tara, Devaraj, Avinash and Hemanth Vasisht in pivotal roles. ...

''. His song "Kolu Mande" from the movie

is considered to be one of the most successful Kannada songs of the 90s. The song "Kariya I Love you" from the movie "Duniya" is one of his biggest hits. His first song as a lyricist was "Hodeya Doora Oh Jothegaara" from the movie '' Anubhava''.

Awards

* 2015 - Tulu Cinemotsava Award for Best Music Director -

Chaali Polilu ''Chaali Polilu'' is a Tulu language film directed by Virendra Shetty Kavoor starring Devadas Kapikad, Naveen D Padil and Bhojaraj Vamanjoor in lead roles. Chaali Polilu is produced under the banner of Jayakirana films by Prakash Pandeshwar.The ...

* 2014 - Red FM Tulu Film Award for Best Lyricist - Barke * 2013 - Tulu Cinemotsava Award for Best Music Director -

Bangarda Kural ''Bangarda Kural'' is a 2012 Tulu language film directed by Ram Shetty starring Shivdwaj, Pakhi Hegde in the lead roles and Namratha Hegde, Machendranath Pandeshwar, Anand Shetty, Kishori Ballal, Shobha Rai, Chanchalakshi Bhat, Suresh, Harish, A ...

* 2007 -

Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist - Kannada ''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 ...

- "Kannallu Neenene" (Film:''

Pallakki ''Pallakki'' is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by K. Narendra Babu and written by Paramesh. The film stars Prem Kumar and newcomer Ramnitu Chaudhary. The film was produced by P2 Productions. The film released on 4 ...

'') * 2004 - Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director -''

Chigurida Kanasu ''Chigurida Kanasu'' () is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language film directed by T. S. Nagabharana and starring Shiva Rajkumar, Anant Nag, Vidhya Venkatesh, Rekha Unnikrishnan and Avinash. It is based on the 1951 novel of the same name by legendary K ...

'' * 1997 - Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director - ''

Jodi Hakki ''Jodi Hakki'' () is a 1997 Indian Kannada-language musical romance film written and directed by D. Rajendra Babu, produced by P. Dhanraj and starring Shiva Rajkumar, Charulatha and Vijayalakshmi. The film received critical acclaim upon r ...

'' * 1996 - Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director - ''

'' * 1995 -

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language films. Superlative Winners Award winners The following ...

- "O Mallige Ninnondige" (Film: ''Anuraaga Sangama'') * 1993 -

- "Megha O Megha" (Film: ''

'')

Discography

Actor

*'' Om'' (1995) *'' Operation Antha'' (1995) *''

Anuraga Sangama ''Anuraga Sangama'' is a 1995 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed and written by V. Umakanth. The film stars Ramesh Aravind, Kumar Govind and Sudharani. The film is loosely inspired by the Charlie Chaplin film ''City Lights''. ...

'' (1995) *''

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'' (1999) *''

Kanasugara ''Kanasugara'' () is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Karan. Film stars V. Ravichandran, Prema and Shashikumar, Hema Choudhary in lead roles. ''Kanasugara'' is a remake of 1998 Tamil film ''Unnidathil Ennai Kodut ...

'' (2001) *''Superstar'' (2002) *'' Gokarna'' (2003) *'' Mata'' (2006) *'' Snehitaru'' (2012) *''

Anna Bond ''Anna Bond'' () is a 2012 Kannada-language romantic action film written and directed by Duniya Soori. Produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar, it stars Puneeth Rajkumar, Nidhi Subbaiah and Priyamani and Jackie Shroff in a negative role. The movie wa ...

'' (2012) *''

Anjani Putra ''Anjani Putra'' () is an Indian Kannada-language action film directed by A. Harsha and produced by M. N. Kumar. The film features Puneeth Rajkumar and Rashmika Mandanna in lead roles while Ramya Krishna, Mukesh Tiwari, P. Ravi Shankar and ...

'' (2017) *'' Govinda Govinda'' (2021)

References

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