Dr.V. Nagendra Prasad is a

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and director who predominantly works for

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. He has written more than 3000 songs, largely for

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cinema.

Early life

Prasad was born on 3 December 1975. He is the elder son of M.V. Venkata Ramanappa and Chandramma of Ijjala Ghatta village in Nagamangala Taluk,

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. He completed his schooling in

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, and his Master's degree in Kannada Literature at Manasa Gangothri, Mysore University.. Prasad obtained his D.Litt. (Doctor of Literature) from

Hampi University Kannada University, also called Hampi Kannada University, Hampi University, or Kannada University, Hampi, is a public research university in Hampi, Karnataka, founded in 1991 by the Government of Karnataka through the Kannada University Act, 199 ...

in 2021.

Career

Dr.V. Nagendra Prasad made his debut as a

lyricist for the movie ''Gajina Mane'' directed by ''K. V. Jayaram'' in

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. He was appreciated for his debut as a dialogue writer for a supernatural film written and directed by

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. His debut as a director for Nalla featuring

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has been remarked by many. He has also worked in music composition, direction, acting and dialogue writing for Television. He is also known to be involved in

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, both on Stage and in Street plays. In 2018, he made his debut as a lead actor in his own directorial ''Googal'' movie. His other appearance was as a lead actor in the movie Guruji.

As lyricist

Dr.V. Nagendra Prasad has penned more than 3000 songs for over 1000 movies, with hundreds of Devotional, Classical, Patriotic, and Promotional albums, and over 50 TV serials. He has worked with numerous music composers including

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, Vidhya Sagar, V.Manohar,

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, L. N. Shastri,

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, Sridhar V. Sambhram,

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, B. Ajaneesh Loknath,

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, Manisharma,

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, Venkat Narayan, Gowtham Srivatsav, Vineeth Menon, D Imman,

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, and

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, amongst others.

Notable songs

Music director

Dialogue writer

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'' (2002) *''

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'' (2003) *''

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'' (2004) *''

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'' (2016) *''

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'' (2017) *'' Muniratna Kurukshetra'' (2019)

Director

Awards and nominations

Partial list of awards.

References

External links

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