V. Nagendra Prasad

V. Nagendra Prasad
Born	(1975-12-03) 3 December 1975 (age 49) Ijjala Ghatta, Nagamangala, Mandya, Karnataka, India
Alma mater	Mysore University
Occupation(s)	Actor, Composer, Film Director, Lyricist, Dramatist, Dialogue writer
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	Yamuna Prasad
Children	Utsav Prasad,Riya Archana
Parent(s)	M. V. Venkataramanappa (father) Chandramma (mother)
Awards	Karnataka State Film Awards Filmfare Awards South Best Director award from SIFFA

Dr. V. Nagendra Prasad is a lyricist, composer and director who predominantly works for Kannada cinema. He has written more than 3000 songs, ^[1] largely for Kannada cinema.

Early life

Prasad was born on 3 December 1975. He is the elder son of M.V. Venkata Ramanappa and Chandramma of Ijjala Ghatta village in Nagamangala Taluk, Mandya District.^{[ citation needed ]}

He completed his schooling in Doddaballapura, Bangalore, and his Master's degree in Kannada Literature at Manasa Gangothri, Mysore University.^{[ citation needed ]}. Prasad obtained his D.Litt. (Doctor of Literature) from Hampi University in 2021. ^[2]

Career

Dr.V. Nagendra Prasad made his debut as a Kannada lyricist for the movie Gajina Mane directed by K. V. Jayaram in 2000 ^{[ citation needed ]}. ^{[3] [4]} He was appreciated for his debut as a dialogue writer for a supernatural film written and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao, Sri Manjunatha. ^[5] His debut as a director for Nalla featuring Sudeep has been remarked by many. He has also worked in music composition, direction, acting and dialogue writing for Television. ^{[4] [6]} He is also known to be involved in Theatre, both on Stage and in Street plays. ^[6] In 2018, he made his debut as a lead actor in his own directorial Googal movie. His other appearance was as a lead actor in the movie Guruji. ^[6]

As lyricist

Dr.V. Nagendra Prasad has penned more than 3000 songs for over 1000 movies, with hundreds of Devotional, Classical, Patriotic, and Promotional albums, and over 50 TV serials. ^{[4] [7] [8]} He has worked with numerous music composers including Ilayaraja, Hamsalekha, Rajan–Nagendra, Upendra Kumar, Sadhu Kokila, Gurukiran, V. Harikrishna, Arjun Janya, Vidhya Sagar, V.Manohar, Rajesh Ramanath, Raghu Dixit, Anoop Seelin, Mano Murthy, Deva, M. M. Keeravani, Gandharva, L. N. Shastri, Jessie Gift, Chandan Shetty, Ravi Basrur, Sridhar V. Sambhram, Bharath B. J., B. Ajaneesh Loknath, Manikanth Kadri, Poornachandra Tejaswi, Manisharma, Thaman, R. P. Patnaik, Sandeep Chowta, Venkat Narayan, Gowtham Srivatsav, Vineeth Menon, D Imman, Yuvan Shankar Raja, and Charan Raj, amongst others.^{[ citation needed ]}

Notable songs

Film	Song
Sri Manjunatha	Obane obane manjunathanobane
Premakke Sai	Anda nin hesara
Dhumm	Ee touchalli yeno idhe
Dhruva	Dina heege ninne naa
Nandhi	Nakara gikara beda / Kadala dati bandha
Majestic	Mudhu manase peddu manase / (all songs)
Kariya	Kenchalo manchalo
Excuse Me	Brahma vishnu shiva / Preethse antha prana / (all songs)
Abhi	Bitaku guru feel
Sri Ram (film)	Yella nine thaye
Swathi Muthu	Sri chakradhari ge / (all songs)
Ranga SSLC	Manase Thank you / Oora kannu / (all songs)
Nalla	Huchu preethi / Malage malage / (all songs)
Apthamithra	Pata pata haro galipata
Shastri	Sumne sumne sumne takararu / (all songs)
Vishnu Sena	Meghave meghave
Ambi	Hey hrudhaya / (all songs)
Dattha	Baare baare
Jothe Jotheyali	Oo Gunavantha / (all songs)
Duniya	Kariya I LOVE YOU / Nodaiyya kotte
Milana	Kadhu kadhu nodo
Gaja	Aaithalakadi / Maathu nanollu
Vamshi	Bhuvanam gaganam
Payana	Modadha Ollage / Manasa Gange (all songs)
Navagraha	Kann kanna salige / (all songs)
Raaj the Showman	Muthuraja / Soorya nina / Hey paru
Porki	Sakathagavle sumne nagthale
Modalasala	Prathama prathama
Sathya	Hutu yeradakshara / (state award)
Kempe Gowda (film)	Shankar shashidhara / Geleyane
Hudugaru	Shambo shiva / Yen chandane hudugi
Vinayaka Geleyara Balaga	Yarivalli hudugi / (all songs)
Saarathi	Athiratha maharatha / (all songs)
Vishnuvardhana (film)	123 Vishnuvardhana / Yedheyolage
Rambo	Mane tanka bare mane tanka
Kalpana	Bandalo bandalo nodu
Prem Adda	Kalli ivalu
Yaare Koogadali	Yarivano / Kempadho / Galliyalli
Gombegala Love	"Premave Jeeva"
Brindavana	Bellam belaga
Bhajarangi	Jai bajarangi / Sri krishna
Madarangi	Darling Darling
Shravani Subramanya	Kannale Kann Ittu
Rose	Yenla badadhe maige / (all songs)
Adyaksha	Adyaksha adyaksha
Ambareesha	Kannali bachidala / (all songs) / (Filmfare Award)
Ond Chance Kodi	"Haaduva Premaraagadali"
Ranna	Gabhar Sherr
Vajrakaya	Vajrakaya
Muddu Manase	Eydeyal yaro gazal / (state award)
Kotigobba 2	Saaluthilave / Parapancha nine / (all songs)
Mukunda Murari	Neene Rama Neene Shama
Chowka	Appa I Love You / (Filmfare Award)
Chakravarthi	Ondhu malebillu / Chakravarthi
Anjani Putra	1234 Shille Hodi
Bangara s/o Bangarada Manushya	Ondanondhu oorali
Tagaru	Tagaru banthu tagaru
Amma I Love You	Amma nannee januma
Naduve Antaravirali	Shakunthle sikkallu
K.G.F: Chapter 1	Salaam Rocky Bhai
Kavacha	Rekheya Khudre yeri
Kurukshetra	All songs
Pailwaan	All songs
Banaras	Maaya Gange / Belakina Kavithe
Kranti	Dharani, The Theme Song
Kaatera	Yaava Janumada Gelathi
Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi	Dwapara / Hey Gagana / Sri Krishnam
Bhairathi Ranagal	Agnyaathavaasa
Vaamana	Muddu Raakshasi
Marco	Blood
Marco	Asuran

Music director

Film	Year	Actors	Ref.
Ambi	2006	Aditya, Manya, Shobaraj, Kishore, Bullet Prakash, Chitra Shenoy, Shankar	[9]
Shishya	2006	Deepak, Chaitra, Rangayana Raghu, Padma Vasanthi, Pramila Josai, Yashi Ramesh
Googal	2018	V. Nagendra Prasad, Shubha Punja, Deepak, Amrutha Rao, Shobaraj, Muni

Dialogue writer

• Sri Manjunatha (2001)
• Romeo Juliet (2002)
• Swathi Muthu (2003)
• Dharma (2004)
• Shivalinga (2016)
• Rogue (2017)
• Muniratna Kurukshetra (2019)

Director

Year	Film	Ref.
2004	Nalla	[10]
2006	Ambi	[11]
2009	Meghave Meghave	[12]
2011	Vinayaka Geleyara Balaga	[13]
2018	Googal	[14]

Awards and nominations

Partial list of awards.

Ceremony	Category	Film	Song (if applies)	Result
Siri Ganda Award[ citation needed ]	Best Lyricist- 2002	Premakke Sai	Olavu Shuruvaytu	Won
2003 Hello Gandhinagara Award[ citation needed ]	Best Lyricist	Excuse Me	All Songs	Won
South Indian Film Fans Association-Chennai [ citation needed ]	Best Director- 2004 – Kannada	Nalla		Won
Udaya Film Awards	Best Lyricist 2007 – Kannada	Duniya	"Kariya I Love U"	Won
2009–10 Karnataka State Film Awards	Best Lyricist	Sathya	"Akshara Akshara Eradakshara"	Won [15]
2009 Mirchi Music Awards South	Album of the Year	Raaj the Showman		Won
2014 Santosham Film Awards	Best Lyricist – Kannada	Shravani Subramanya	"Kannalle Kannittu"	Won [16]
Zee Kannada	Best Lyricist			Won
2015 Karnataka State Film Awards	Best Lyricist	Muddu Manase	"Edeyal Yaro Ghazal"	Won [17]
62nd Filmfare Awards South	Best Lyricist – Kannada	Ambareesha	"Kannalli"	Won [18] [19] [20]
65th Filmfare Awards South	Best Lyricist – Kannada	Chowka	"Appa I Love You"	Won [21]
2017 Ragavendra Chitravani Award[ citation needed ]	Best Lyricist	Chowka	"Appa I Love You"	Won
2018 International Innovative Film Festival [ citation needed ]	Carrier Best Award	Chowka	"Appa I Love You"	Won
2017 Kannada International Music Academy [ citation needed ]	Best Lyricist	Chowka	"Appa I Love You"	Won
Mirchi Music Awards South	Best Lyricist Award 2017	Chowka	"Appa I Love You"	Won
Zee Kannada	Hemmeya Kannadiga-2017	Chowka	"Appa I Love You"	Won
2018 Zee Kannada Awards	Hemmeya Kannadiga	KGF: Chapter 1	"Salam Rocky Bhai"	Won
Chithara Magazine Awards [ citation needed ]	Readers Choice Award	KGF: Chapter 1	"Salaam Rocky Bhai"	Won
11th South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Lyricist – Kannada	Banaras	"Belakina Kavithe"	Won
Internatinal Peace Award By HMC Communities	Best Lyricist – Kannada	Mukunda Murari	""Neene Rama Neene Shama""	Won [22]
Chittara Star Awards	Best Lyricist – Kannada	Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi	""DWAPARA""	Won
Chandanava Critics Awards 2024	Best Lyricist – Kannada	Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi	""DWAPARA""	Won
India Superhits Awards 2025 jio Saavn	Most Streamed Lyricist Of the Year	Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi	""DWAPARA""	Won
Shri Raghavendra Chitravani Awards 2024	P.G. Srinivasamurthy Memorial Award	Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi	""DWAPARA""	Won

References

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External links

• V. Nagendra Prasad at IMDb