Kalyani Malik

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Kalyan Malik
Kalyani Koduri in an interview, March 2023.jpg
Kalyani Malik during an interview in March 2023
Born
Koduri Kalyan [1]

1972
Other namesKalyan Koduri, Koduri Kalyan
Occupations
  • Composer
  • playback singer
Years active2003–present
Parent Siva Shakthi Datta
RelativesSee Koduri family

Kalyan Malik is an Indian music director and playback singer in Telugu cinema. Since achieving recognition through Chandra Sekhar Yeleti's film Aithe (2003), Malik has provided musical scores for many other films. His most recent works are composing for Oohalu Gusagusalade (2014) and as sound supervisor for Baahubali: The Beginning . He is known by various other names Kalyan Koduri, Koduri Kalyan. [2] [3] [4]

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Early life

Kalyani Malik was born as "Koduri Kalyani". [5] He born and brought up in Kovvur, [5] to Siva Shakthi Datta and Bhanumathi. He is the brother of music composer M. M. Keeravani and cousin to director S. S. Rajamouli, S. S. Kanchi and M. M. Srilekha.

Name

His birth name was Kalyani. He suffixed Malik to his name, as he is a devotee of Lord Mallikarjuna of Srisailam, and uses the screen name "Kalyani Malik". [5] He is known by various other names Kalyan Koduri, Kalyana Ramana, Kalyani Koduri, Kalyani, Koduri Kalyan. [2] [3] [4]

Career

Malik started off as a chorus singer with his brother M. M. Keeravani's compositions. [6] [7] Later, it was with the song "Sannajaji Poova" from Yuvaratna, composed by his brother, that he was noticed as a full-fledged singer. After singing quite good number of songs for his brother, he started assisting his brother and learned the nuances of music composing. After gaining experience, his journey as a solo music director started with jingles, TV serials and finally the entry to the silver screen happened with Aithe . This was follow by albums such as Ashta Chemma , Ala Modalaindi , Golconda High School and Oohalu Gusagusalade . [8]

Discography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmNotes
2001-2007 Amrutham Television series
2003 Aithe
2003 Naam Tamil film
2004 Manasu Maata Vinadu
2005 Andhrudu
2006 Boss - I Love You
2006 Valliddari Vayasu Padahare
2006 Amrutha Varsham
2008 Ashta Chemma
2010 Ala Modalaindi
2011 Golconda High School
2012 Adhinayakudu
2013 Anthaku Mundu Aa Taruvatha [9]
2014 Oohalu Gusagusalade [10] [11]
2015 Bandipotu (2015 film)
Hora Hori
2016 Kalyana Vaibhogame [12]
2016 Jyo Achyutananda
2018 Ammammagarillu
2019 Lakshmi's NTR
2020 Amrutham Dhvitheeyam Web-television series
2021 Check
2022 Intinti Ramayanam [for OTT ]OTT Film
2022 Phalana Abbayi Phalana Ammayi
2023Vidya Vasula Aham
HoneyMoon Express

Awards and nominations

Mirchi Music Awards South
Filmfare Awards South
South Indian International Movie Awards

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