Vidyasagar (music director)
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| Native name | విద్యాసాగర్) |
| Birth name | Vidyasagar Ramachander |
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| Born |
2 March 1963 Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India Residence - Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Genres | Film score, world music, dance music, classical music |
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| Instruments | Keyboard, piano, guitar, vocal. |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Website | vidyasagarmusic |
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. Working for over 250 feature films, he is the recipient of the prestigious National Award and five Filmfare Awards.
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 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.
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. 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".
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