Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer who primarily works in

Kannada cinema Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. Kannada cinema is based in Gandhi Nagar ...

. He is most known for the 2006 film '' Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office collections in the history of

at the time of its release and the longest running film at a

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Early life

Yogaraj Bhat was born in Mandarthi, in

Udupi district Udupi district (also Udipi () in Kannada or Odipu () in Tulu language) is an administrative subdivision in the Karnataka state of India, with the district headquarters in the city of Udupi. It is situated in the Canara old north Malabar c ...

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. He grew up in

Tilavalli Tilavalli is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.Village code= 845100 Tilavalli, Haveri, Karnataka It is located in the Hangal taluk of Haveri district in Karnataka. Shanteshwara temple is built by a famous architecture shri j ...

Haveri Haveri or Hāvēri is a city and headquarters of Haveri district of Karnataka State in India. Haveri is famous for its cardamom garlands, Byadagi red chillies and Hukkeri Math. Around 25 km away, there is a place called Bada, which is the b ...

. He was the youngest son of Ramachandra and Jayalakshmi Bhat's seven children. He lost his father to a boat mishap.

Career

Director

His film '' Mungaru Male'' collected estimated 50-75

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, this was his third film, created history in Southern Film Industry. The film ran for 464 days – first in any language to run for a whole year continually in a multiplex, beating the records of the biggest Hindi Film Industry records. It naturally brought him many rewards, awards and appreciations, including Nine State Film Awards (including Best Director and Best Film Award) and Four

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(Best Film, Best Music, Best Lyrics and Best Cinematography). The movie has been remade in all South Indian languages & Bengali. The rights for the movie to be made in Hindi has been bought by Shri. Boney Kapoor. He has also has directed '' Gaalipata'', '' Manasare'', '' Pancharangi'', '' Paramatma'', ''

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'', '' Vaastu Prakara,'' '' Dana Kayonu'', '' Mugulu Nage'' and others.

Lyricist

Yogaraj Bhat has worked as lyricist in many Kannada movies '' Mungaru Male, Gaalipata, Junglee, Jackie, Manasaare, Pancharangi, Paramatma,

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, Hudugaru,

, Kaddipudi, Bachchan, Adhyaksha, Gajakesari, Rajahuli'' and others. He won

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, Karnataka State Award for the song, Bombe Aadsonu''' from the film ''

''.

Filmography

As actor

Awards

* 2013 – won Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Kannada for the song "''Bombe Adsonu''" from his own directorial film ''

.'' * 2013 – won the Bangalore Times Film Awards in "Best Lyricist" category for the song "''Bombe Adsonu''".Bangalore Times Film Awards 2012 goes to... – The Times of India
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (19 August 2013). Retrieved on 16 April 2014.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhat, Yogaraj Living people Kannada film directors Kannada-language lyricists Indian male songwriters Indian songwriters Kannada playback singers People from Haveri district Mangaloreans Filmfare Awards South winners Musicians from Bengaluru Indian male playback singers 21st-century Indian composers Film directors from Bengaluru 21st-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Screenwriters from Bengaluru 21st-century Indian male writers 21st-century Indian male singers 21st-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian screenwriters 1972 births