Pratyush Prakash (born 14 December 1991 in Odisha, India) is an Indian

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and

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. He writes songs for

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Movies. He is better known for being featured under the 'Best Original Song' category in the

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Contention List 2014 for

Kamasutra 3D ''Kamasutra'': The Tale of Revenge is an epic erotic drama film written and directed by Rupesh Paul. The film was announced at Cannes Film Festival 2012, by Paul after the premiere of his movie, Saint Dracula 3D, at the festival. Set in a histo ...

Early days

Pratyush Singh was born in

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Sc ...

to a middle-class family. His father works as a Foreman in Mahanadi Coalfield Limited and his mother is a homemaker. He carried out his schooling in Odisha. He attended

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, M.C.L. Kalinga Area (1995-2009) and studied Automobile Engineering at

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, Chennai (2009–2013). After completing his graduation, he went to work for an e-Learning company as an Instructional Designer.

Career

Pratyush wrote his first album at the age of 18. Later he went on writing songs for short movies and albums. The big break in his career happened when he debuted in Bollywood at the age of 22, with one of the most awaited movie,

. He wrote two songs for the movie. He also wrote for the Rajat Kapoor and Huma Qureshi starrer movie, "X", released in 2015. One of his recently released movie is Hum Bhi Akele Tum Bhi Akele starring Zareen Khan & Anshuman Jha. Pratyush has also worked as a writer on non-fiction shows like Dance Plus 3,Rising Star, Dance Champions, High Fever, Dance plus 4, The Voice, Dance India Dance-Battle of the champions, Dance plus 5, Zee Rishtey Awards, Indian Pro Music League, India’s Got Talent, Smart Jodi, Kaun Banega Crorepati Season-14, India’s best dancer & Indian Idol.

Personal

Pratyush currently lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

References

Sherlyn Chopra's Kamasutra 3D in Oscar Race
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