Vidyasagar

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Vidyasagar is an Indian composer,

musician and singer who works
predominantly in the Malayalam, Telugu,
Tamil and Hindi film industries. After
working with several composers as
assistant and conductor, Vidyasagar
made his debut as a film composer in the
1989 Tamil film Poomanam.[1] Working
for over 225 feature films, he is the
recipient of the prestigious National
Award[2] and five Filmfare Awards.
 Vidyasagar

Background information

Birth name Vidyasagar

Ramachander

Also known as Melody King

Vidyaji

Born 2 March 1963

Vizianagaram, Andhra
Pradesh, India
Residence - Chennai,
Tamil Nadu

Genres Film score, world

music, dance music,
classical music
Occupation(s) Singer · Songwriter ·
Composer ·
Record producer ·
Music director ·
Arranger · Conductor

Instruments Keyboard, piano, guitar,

vocal.

Years active 1984–present

Website vidyasagarmusic.com

Early life
Vidyasagar was born to a Telugu musical
family, brought up in Bobbili, who got
exposed to music at a very early age of 3
by his father Ramchander, who was a
self-led musician. He underwent carnatic
vocals training first and then started
taking classical guitar classes in Chennai
from Master Dhanraj along with A. R.
Rahman and then later piano..

Career
Vidyasagar became an independent film
composer with the song En Anbe in the
1989 Tamil movie Poomanam.
Vidyasagar started his music career with
a Tamil film, he gained recognition in the
Tamil music industry at a later stage. He
shifted base to Telugu cinema in 1989.

In 1994–95, Vidyasagar was approached

by Tamil actor-director Arjun, with whom
he worked for many acclaimed musical
films like Jai Hind, Karna and Subash.
Their combination resulted in acclaimed
Tamil language melodic songs like
Malare and Padu Padu.

From 1996 to 2001 Vidyasagar mainly

concentrated on Malayalam films.[3]
During this period, Vidyasagar also
composed for a few Tamil movies like
Nilaave Vaa and Uyirodu Uyiraga. He won
four Kerala State Film Awards. About his
stint in the Malayalam Cinema,
Vidyasagar was quoted saying "I believe
that it was a God sent opportunity for me
to work in one of the finest film
industries".[3]
From the year 2002, he started
composing churning out blockbusters in
Tamil and Malayalam simultaneously,
with Dhil, Run, Dhool, Ghilli etc. in Tamil
and Meesha Madhavan, Kilichundan
Mampazham, Pattalam, C.I.D. Moosa etc.
in Malayalam.The song 'appadi podu' in
Ghilli was accepted widely by all the
listeners. Akshay Kumar brought the
rights of the song from Vidyasagar and
used it in the Hindi movie Boss. Every
song of Meesha Madhavan was a
colossal hit. The film too emerged as an
all-time blockbuster.[4]

During this period, Vidyasagar composed

for his first English language feature,
Beyond The Soul, a low-budget
independent film directed by Rajiv
Anchal.

Between 2003 and 2005, he composed

songs for several notable films like Anbe
Sivam, Madhurey, Ji and Chandrolsavam
in 2004–05. The year 2005 saw
Vidyasagar receiving his first National
Film Awards for his music in the Telugu
film Swarabhishekam directed by K.
Vishwanath. The music in the film was
predominantly Carnatic.[5] The same year,
he composed music for the film
Chandramukhi, the only Rajinikanth
starrer he has composed for till date. The
songs become chartbuster, and so was
the background score. Vidyasagar has
notably used rare Carnatic ragas
otherwise unheard of in film music in his
compositions; Thendral ennum thereri
(from the movie Pasa Kiligal) set to
Nasikabhushani, or Ding dong koyilmani
(from the movie Ji) set to Rasikapriya
being some examples.

In 2007, Vidyasagar was signed by

Prakash Raj for his production venture
Mozhi starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and
Jyothika. The film directed by Radha
Mohan had critically acclaimed melodies
like Kaatrin Mozhiye and Sevvanam. The
songs of Mozhi had the distinction of
being completely devoid of duets. The
only female voice was of Sujatha Mohan
in Katrin Mozhi. In 2008 Vidyasagar's
notable releases were Vijay's Kuruvi and
the Priyadarshan directed Mere Baap
Pehle Aap in Hindi.

After his brief dull phase in Malayalam,

he bounced back into the scene with the
Lal Jose directorial Neelathamara,
scripted by the legendary M.T.
Vasudevan Nair, with the song Anuraga
Vilochananaayi becoming a cult
favourite. He followed it up with hits in
Apoorva Ragam and Makeup Man.
Meanwhile, in Tamil, he delivered hits
with Karthi's Siruthai and Vijay's
Kaavalan.
In 2012, Vidyasagar delivered two
superhits in Malayalam with Diamond
Necklace and Ordinary.

In 2013, Priyadarshan signed him in for

his ambitious psychological thriller,
Geethaanjali in Malayalam with Mohanlal
in the lead role. Lal Jose's Pullipulikalum
Aattinkuttiyum and Jannal Oram, the
Tamil remake of Ordinary were his other
releases of the year. The end of veteran
filmmaker Sathyan Anthikkad's 10-film
long collaboration with composer
Ilaiyaraaja saw him join hands with
Vidyasagar for the film Oru Indian
Pranayakatha. The film became a
success and Sathyan Anthikad continued
his collaboration with Vidyasagar in for
his next, Ennum Eppozhum which starred
Mohanlal and Manju Warrier in the lead,
which opened to packed theaters in
2015. The duos association is
continuing, and Vidyasagar has created
chart toppers for Anthikkad's latest
movie Jomonte Suvisheshangal,
released in 2017.

Awards

Discography

See also
List of films directed by Lal Jose
featuring Vidyasagar
References
1. "Events – Vidyasagar: Music Matters" .
Indiaglitz.com. 25 June 2010. Retrieved
2013-07-10.
2. "Vidya Sagar felicitated" . The Hindu.
3. "Welcome to Sify.com" . sify.com.
4. "Vidyasagar comes to his own in Tamil
films" . rediff.com.
5. Chandramukhi Review. Vidaysagar on
Chandramukhi

External links
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to VidyaSagar.

Official website
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