Kaviraj is an Indian lyricist, writer and film director. He is best known for writing lyrics for Kannada films since his debut in 2003 for the film '' Kariya''. He has written lyrics for over 2000 feature film songs for more than 1000 movies and has won many awards including Filmfare Awards South twice and Mirchi music best lyrics writer award 2009,2011,2013, 2015. and 2019 He is considered one of the top lyricists of Kannada cinema in the present times. Kaviraj debuted as a film director with the 2016 film, '' Maduveya Mamatheya Kareyole''. He directed his second movie in 2019 by the title '' Kalidasa Kannada Meshtru'' starring veteran comedy hero Jaggesh became big hit and also critically well acclaimed for its social concern script on education system

Awards

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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 ...

* Best Lyricist for "Gaganave Baagi" – '' Sanju Weds Geetha'' (2011) * Mirchi Music Awards South * Mirchi Music Awards Best Lyricist – he won 4 times 2009, 2011,2013 and 2015 ;

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 ...

Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist The Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine since 1959 as a part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. Superlatives * Gulzar holds the record for the most wins in this category, with 13 awards, follow ...

– Sanju Weds Geetha *

– ''

Aptharakshaka ''Aaptharakshaka'' () is a 2010 Indian Kannada-language horror film directed by P. Vasu and written by V. R. Bhaskar. The film stars Vishnuvardhan (actor), Vishnuvardhan in his 200th Kannada cinema and posthumous work, posthumous film, along wi ...

'' (2010)

References

External links

Kaviraj' songs
at Raaga.com
Kaviraj Interview
at PixMonk.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaviraj Filmfare Awards South winners Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Kannada-language lyricists Indian male songwriters Indian songwriters People from Shimoga Film musicians from Karnataka 20th-century Indian composers 21st-century Indian composers 20th-century Indian male musicians 21st-century male musicians