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Damodar Raao
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Background information | |
Native name | दामोदर राव |
Born | 21 August 1977 |
Genres | Filmi, Folk |
Occupation(s) | Music Composer, Singer, Actor, Performer, Record Producer |
Instruments | Singing, Vocals, Harmonium, Keyboard, Voice Over |
Years active | 2007 – present |
Labels | Venus, Times Music, Sony Music Entertainment, T-Series, Indya Records, Moser Baer, Sai Recordds |
Website | www |
Damodar Raao (Hindi: दामोदर राव) (born 21 August 1977) is an Indian composer, singer, record producer, and live performer. His music genre is about acoustic folk with some trace of Indian classical music.
In 2000, Damodar got his first break as a singer in the Hindi film "Shaitan Tantrik" which was composed by Nikhil Vinay and lyric by Vinay Bihari.
Later in the end of the year 2007 Raao moved with his family for Mumbai. In 2008, he composed music for a low-budget Hindi film "Once More" aka "Gorakh Dhandha".
Raao has composed more than 30 films in bhojpuri language which are Dil Ho Gail Qurban, Teri Meri Ashiqui, Sargana Kushi Nagar Rangdari Tax, Gunday (Bhojpuri), Bagi Ishq, Inspector Chandani, Jungal Raj, Dil Aur Deewar, The Power of Dahshat, Sajan Ki Bahon Me (Bhojpuri), Majnu Motorwala., Baap Re Baap, etc. Teri Meri Ashqui was a musical film which was praised by critics.
In the year 2014 he got Best music director award of the year 2012 by Darshnik Mumbai Press Media Award and he was also honoured by Aapki Awaz Foundation for Best Music Director & Mumbai Gaurav Award of the year 2014 for the Bhojpuri film Majnu Motorwala Damodar Raao is honored with Chhatrapati Shivaji Gaurav Award in the year 2016 by Darshnik News Paper nad Evershine Mitramandal in mumbai. Raao has achieved record of making 50 no filmy album, devotional album of various singer(s), in the month of october in 2016.