Nivas K. Prasanna

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Nivas K. Prasanna
Birth nameNivas Prasanna Krishnamurthy
Born Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationsMusic Director
Instrument Piano
Years active1999–present

Nivas K. Prasanna is an Indian music director and singer who works in Tamil film industry.

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Career

Born and brought up in Tirunelveli town India in South Tamil Nadu, Nivas began learning Carnatic music at age ten and completed all seven grades of the piano while studying at Magdalene Matriculation Higher Secondary School in the town. He then moved to Chennai with his family and enrolled in the Visual Communications course at SRM Institute of Science and Technology and actively began seeking opportunities in the film music industry. [1] Nivas was chosen by Rajesh Vaidhya to accompany him on tours as a keyboard player and the opportunity gave him the chance to network with other young professionals and work on the music for short films. He also worked with singer Saindhavi on creating a musical album titled Kannamma about the teachings of Bharathiyar, which impressed producer Santhosh from Think Music. [1] Santhosh then recommended him to score the music for Pizza II: Villa (2013), but Nivas was eventually not selected. Santhosh later offered Nivas to work on the murder mystery film, Thegidi (2014), directed by Ramesh and the venture became Nivas's first project. [1]

Thegidi won positive reviews for its music, and the film's success at the box office meant that Nivas K. Prasanna received attention for his work. For the album he worked alongside singers including Shankar Mahadevan, Andrea Jeremiah and Abhay Jodhpurkar. [2] [3] [4] It also won him the Behindwoods Gold Award for Find of the Year, and the composer performed at the awards ceremony. [5] His second album, Sethupathi (2016), received mixed reviews with a review from The Hindu stating it was a "cop-out". [6] It is reported that Nivas has been signed to score the music for Kumki-2, a sequel of Kumki and this is the first time that director Prabhu Soloman is working with a different music director, as his all previous movies were scored by D. Imman. [7] [8] [9]

Discography

Released soundtracks

YearTamilTeluguNotes
2014 Thegidi •BhadramBehindwoods Gold Award for Find of the Year
Edison Award for Best Debut Music Director
2016 Sethupathi •
Zero •Zero
2017 Kootathil Oruthan •
2019 Devarattam •
Hippi •
2020 Putham Pudhu Kaalai Background score only
2021 Kodiyil Oruvan
2022 Oh My Dog
Vattam
Sembi
2023 Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir
Takkar
2024 Emakku Thozhil Romance

Forthcoming soundtracks

YearFilmNotes
TBA Bun Butter Jam
TBA Bison
TBASumoDelayed
TBAKallapartDelayed
TBA Titanic Kadhalum Kavundhu Pogum Delayed

Playback singer

YearFilmSongsNotes
2015 Maha Maha "Ennavo (Tamil)"composed by Pavalar Shiva
2016 Sethupathi "Mazhai Thooralam"
Zero "Indha Kaadhal Illaiyel"
2019 Dear Comrade "Canteen Song (Tamil)"composed by Justin Prabhakaran
Devarattam "Pasappukali",
"Madurai Palapalakudhu",
"Aatha Thottile"
Titanic Kadhalum Kavundhu Pogum "Kaalamum Kettupochu"
2022 Sembi "Yaarukum Yaaru Mela"
"Ennatha Naa"
"Uyiragi"

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "'My only Dream Was to Compose Music'". newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Kumar, S. R. Ashok (22 February 2014). "Audio Beat: Thegidi - Hummable tunes". thehindu.com.
  3. ↑ "Cineulagam". cineulagam.com.
  4. ↑ "An interview with Thegidi's composer Nivas K Prasanna". behindwoods.com.
  5. ↑ "Behindwoods Gold- Honoring the Best Talents in Cinema". newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "'Hey Mama'". thehindu.com. 4 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Nivas Prasanna to score music for Kumki 2". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Nivas Prasanna signs Kumki 2". Deccan Chronicle . 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
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