Kanneboina Srinivasa Rao Yadav, known professionally as Vandemataram Srinivas, is an Indian music director and

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who works predominantly in

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. He has won two

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and six

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. He got the prefix "Vandemataram" from the title song of the film ''Vande Mataram'' (1985).

Early life

Vandemataram Srinivas was born as Kanneboina Srinivasa Rao. He was born in a Ramakrishnapuram village in

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India.

Awards

: * Best Music Director – Telugu - '' Osey Ramulamma'' (1997) * Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu for '' Aahaa..!'' (1998) ;

(in Telugu) * Best Music Director – '' Osey Ramulamma''(1997) * Best Music Director – '' Swayamvaram'' (1999) * Best Music Director – '' Devullu'' (2000) * Best Male Playback Singer – ''

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'' (1995) * Best Male Playback Singer – '' Sri Ramulayya'' (1998) * Best Male Playback Singer –'' Dandakaranyam'' (2016) ;Other Honors * Doctorate from Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM)

Discography

As composer

Telugu films

Kannada films

As playback singer

* ''

Vande Mataram Vande Mātaram (Bengali language, Original Bengali: বন্দে মাতরম্‌ ''Bônde Mātôrôm'' Devanagari script: वंदे मातरम्; , Transcreation: I Bow to Thee, Mother) is a poem that was adopted as the nati ...

'' (1985) (Debut) * Zoo Laka Taka (1989) * '' Palnati Pourusham'' (1994) * ''

'' (1995) * '' Money Money'' (1995) * '' Prema Lekha'' (1996) * ''Sri Ramulayya'' (1998) * '' Aahaa..!'' (1998) * '' Aawaragaadu'' (2000) * '' Adavi Chukka'' (2000) * '' Kante Koothurne Kanu'' (2000) * '' Gemeni'' (2002) * '' Jai Bolo Telangana'' (2011) * '' Poru Telangana'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2013) * '' Udyama Simham'' (2019) * ''Ee Ammayi'' (2022)

Filmography

As actor

* ''Konguchaatu Krishnudu'' (1993) * ''Ammulu'' (2003) as. Kishtaiah

As director

* ''Badmash'' (2010)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Srinivas, Vandemataram 1966 births Musicians from Telangana Living people 20th-century classical composers 21st-century Indian classical composers Indian film score composers Indian male playback singers Filmfare Awards South winners 20th-century Indian musicians Indian male film score composers 20th-century Indian male singers 20th-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian male singers 21st-century Indian singers Film people from Telangana