Kalyan Malik is an Indian music director and playback singer in

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. Since achieving recognition through

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's film ''

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'' (2003), Malik has provided musical scores for many other films. His most recent works are composing for '' Oohalu Gusagusalade'' (2014) and as sound supervisor for '' Baahubali: The Beginning''. He is known by various other names Kalyan Koduri, Koduri Kalyan.

Early life

Kalyani Malik was born as "Koduri Kalyani". He born and brought up in

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, to

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and Bhanumathi. He is the brother of music composer M. M. Keeravani and cousin to director

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, S. S. Kanchi and M. M. Srilekha. His birth name was Kalyani. He suffixed Malik to his name, as he is a devotee of Lord Mallikarjuna of

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, and uses the screen name "Kalyani Malik". He is known by various other names Kalyan Koduri, Kalyana Ramana, Kalyani Koduri, Kalyani, Koduri Kalyan.

Career

Malik started off as a chorus singer with his brother M. M. Keeravani's compositions. Later, it was with the song "Sannajaji Poova" from ''Yuvaratna'', composed by his brother, that he was noticed as a full-fledged singer. After singing quite good number of songs for his brother, he started assisting his brother and learned the nuances of music composing. After gaining experience, his journey as a solo music director started with jingles, TV serials and finally the entry to the silver screen happened with ''

''. This was follow by albums such as '' Ashta Chemma'', '' Ala Modalaindi'', '' Golconda High School'' and '' Oohalu Gusagusalade''.

Discography

Awards and nominations

;

Mirchi Music Awards South Mirchi Music Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Mirchi Music Awards, presented by Radio Mirchi to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the South Indian music industry. The awards are separately giv ...

*2014 – Best Playback singer Male – '' Oohalu Gusagusalade'' for "Em Sandeham Ledu" – won *2014 – Music Composer of The Year – '' Oohalu Gusagusalade'' – won ;

Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...

* 2012 – Best Music Director – Telugu – '' Ala Modalaindi'' – nominated * 2014 – Best Music Director – Telugu – '' Oohalu Gusagusalade'' – nominated ;

South Indian International Movie Awards The South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA Awards) rewards the artistic and technical achievements of the South Indian film industry. It was launched in 2012 by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Brinda Prasad Adusimilli to appreciate and hono ...

* 2015 – Best Music Director (Telugu) – '' Jyo Achyutananda'' – nominated

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Malik, Kalyani Living people Telugu people Tamil film score composers Telugu film score composers 1972 births Musicians from Andhra Pradesh People from Andhra Pradesh S. S. Rajamouli