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Kesava Kiran | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 16 February 1989 Hyderabad, India |
| Genres | Film score |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, music director |
Kesava Kiran (born 16 February 1989 in Hyderabad, India) [1] is an Indian music director and composer. He made his debut in the Telugu film Mooga Manasulu in 2013.
Kesava Kiran was very passionate towards music from his childhood. At the age of 6 he started experimenting with musical instruments, observing this his uncle Rajasekhar, who is a Singer and Guitarist encouraged Kesava Kiran and dat is how his musical journey started. Kesava Kiran had given many music performances along with his friends from his school days and gradually his passion towards music made him to set his career in the music field. His mainstream instruments were rhythms and keyboard.
Kesava Kiran has composed an album named Ennallila, in 2011 produced by his friend Eashan Praveen [2] which was released by Aditya Music [3] and got huge applause from the listeners and even became a milestone in his career because impressed by this work, he was introduced to MR.Productions by Sahithi Vangara (lyricist). MR.Productions liked Kesava Kiran's music and requested him to compose music for their short film "unfortunately" it is how he composed the song "Edho Maaya" which was an instant hit. [4] Since then he composed music for many short films for various Production houses. He used the music website for artists, ReverbNation and topped the Reggae/Film Score charts with Rank #1 for India. Feature Film makers approached Kesava Kiran after Listening to the song "Challaga" from one of his short film, to compose music for a Telugu feature film, Mooga Manasulu Directed by Mahesh Kanakala & Lyrics were written by Anantha Sreeram. Audio of Mooga Manasulu was released on 24 March 2013 through Aditya Music and met with high acclaim and praise topping the charts and has been rated 9/10 on many websites [5] He has also contributed his vocals for a song "Em Chebutha" which is a duet with Geeta Madhuri in the film . [6] He started his music career in 2012 and till today, he composed music for more than 150 Projects which include Feature films, Short films, Jingles, Singles and few private albums. He has won Best Music Director Award for "Its a Girl issue" Short film from shortfilmsintelugu.in. [7]
Kesava Kiran Composed Music for a Promotional Song for the Movie Sardaar Gabbar Singh (Fan Made), which was released on 6 March 2016, started trending online instantly and became online sensation. [8] His second promotional song for the movie Janatha Garage (Fan Made) [9] has got more than 250K views on YouTube. Both the songs were penned by Kishore Babu Sambangi.
| Year | Film title | Language | Notes |
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| 2013 | Mooga Manasulu | Telugu | Audio Released |
| 2014 | Crush (Pori Vs Poragadu) | Telugu | Announced |
| 2015 | Padamati Sandhyaraagam London lo | Telugu | |
| 2019 | Rama Chakkani Seetha | Telugu |
| Year | Short film title | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Unfortunately | Telugu | |
| 2012 | Compromise | Telugu | |
| 2012 | Proposal | Telugu | |
| 2012 | Crazy Love | Telugu | As a Singer |
| 2012 | Miss-Understandings | Telugu | |
| 2012 | Sambaar Idly | Telugu | |
| 2012 | Love Logic Less | Telugu | |
| 2013 | Kala | Telugu | |
| 2012 | Vidhi En 8 | Tamil | |
| 2012 | Challagaa | Telugu | |
| 2012 | My Love is True | Telugu | |
| 2012 | Andhamaina Prema Katha | Telugu | |
| 2012 | 3+ 4+ | Telugu | |
| 2012 | DCT | Telugu | |
| 2012 | Kadhal | Telugu | |
| 2013 | Donga Sachinooda | Telugu | |
| 2012 | Future | Telugu | |
| 2012 | Keys Keys ki Kismat | Hindi | Co-Composer |
| 2013 | Saradaga | Telugu | Filming |
| 2013 | Vasanthayanam | Telugu | |
| 2013 | Smruthi | Telugu | Filming |
| 2013 | The Stand Off | English | |
| 2013 | Jainie | Telugu | Co-Composer |
| 2013 | 25 Days | Telugu | |
| 2013 | V | Telugu | |
| 2013 | Raayalavaari Aasthaanam | Telugu | |
| 2014 | Love Problem | Telugu | |
| 2014 | JUST IMAGINE | Telugu | |
| 2015 | Love Box | Silent | |
| 2015 | Its a Girl Issue | Telugu | |
| 2015 | Operation Pareshaan | Hindi | |
| 2015 | Pelli Choopulu | Telugu | |
| 2015 | Love Track | Telugu | |
| 2015 | Awakening | Telugu | |
| 2015 | Bandham | Telugu | |
| 2015 | Use Me Properly | Telugu | |
| 2015 | Awakening Anthem | Telugu | |
| 2015 | Zamaanaa | Telugu | |
| 2016 | Selfie Premakatha | Telugu | |
| 2016 | CarThick | Telugu | |
| 2015 | Next Today | Silent | |
| 2016 | Be a Hero | Silent | |
| 2016 | Kabhi Kabhi | Telugu | |
| 2016 | Baapu Bomma | Telugu | |
| 2016 | Samaaptham | Telugu | |
| 2016 | Anupama | Telugu | |
| 2016 | Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein | Telugu | |
| 2016 | Yedhalo Mounam | Telugu | |
| 2016 | Naa Lover Public Figure | Telugu | |
| 2016 | The Three Dogs | Telugu | |
| 2016 | A True Indian | Telugu | |
| 2016 | The Last Call | Telugu | |
| 2017 | Naya Love Story (Bit Song) | Telugu | Co-Composer |
| 2017 | Aame | Telugu | |
| 2017 | Maa Amma Seethamaalakshmi | Telugu | |
| 2017 | March 31 | Telugu | |
| 2017 | Krishnapaksham | Telugu | |
| 2017 | Sorry Varalakshmi | Telugu | |
| Year | Film title | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Parichayame | Telugu | |
| 2011 | Anandraju Love Story | Telugu | |
| 2011 | Oo Priya | Telugu | |
| 2012 | Kalaya | Telugu | |
| 2013 | Balarakshak Child Labour | Telugu | |
| 2013 | Lene Leru | Telugu | |
| 2014 | Ye Daarilo Veluthunnano | Telugu | |
| 2014 | New Year Song | Kannada | |
| 2015 | Manasulo Maata Cheppana | Telugu | |
| 2015 | Jobless by Yuvam | Telugu | |
| 2015 | Konaseema by Yuvam | Telugu | |
| 2015 | First Love Forever | Telugu | |
| 2016 | Sardaar Gabbar Singh Promotional Song (Fan Made) | Telugu | |
| 2016 | Janatha Garage Promotional Song (Fan Made) | Telugu | |
| 2016 | Cheliya Nee Valle | Telugu |
| Year | Album title | Language | Notes |
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| 2011 | Ennallilaa | Telugu |
| Year | Film title | Language | Notes |
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| 2013 | MR Productions Ad | Telugu | |
| 2014 | Sri Thriveni School | Telugu | |
| 2014 | Violet & Purple | Telugu | |
| 2016 | Akshara Chit Funds | Telugu | |
| 2016 | Bhuvana Surya Developers | Telugu | |
| 2016 | Bhavithasri Chit Funds | Telugu | |
| 2016 | Prathibha Biotech | Telugu | |
| 2017 | Kapil Chit Funds | Telugu | |
| 2017 | Lalitha Brand | Telugu |
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