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From TelugupediaVidyasagar (Tamil : வித்யசாகர்) is an award winning, Indian music director and music composer in the Tamil and Malayalam film industry. [1]His compositions include "Nee Katru", "Orey Manam","Appadi Podu" as well as classical numbers like "VaralManjal", "Anandam Anandam" or "Kana Kandenadi". Vidyasagar has lately been composing fast numbers for movies starring Tamil stars Vikram, Vijay, Ajith, and R. Madhavan. BiographyVidyasagar was born to a family of musicians in Chennai. His father U. Ramachander was a musician who could play eight instruments[citation needed] and his grandfather Varaha Narasimha Murthy was the court 'Vidhwan' for the king of Vijayanagaram Bobili in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Vidyasagar started learning vocal classical music and harmonium from his father at the age of four. When he was eight-years-old Vidyasagar joined Dhanraj Master. In fact both A. R. Rahman and Vidyasagar had joined on the same day. Vidyasagar learnt guitar for 3-4 years there, then the piano. Vidyasagar studied Western classical music at the Trinity College of Music, London. At age of eleven, Vidyasagar knew how to play a dozen musical instruments and signed up to work as a regular musician for many music directors. Vidyasagar could play for all languages because then, most films had their recording at Chennai. Vidyasagar wanted to then compose his own tunes and have someone else play them. He had assisted various music directors and even done ghost music for some of them. So he had the experience and wanted to compose independently. Vidyasagar - 1989 to 1996Vidyasagar became an independent music director with the song "En Anbe" in the 1989 Tamil movie 'Poomanam' directed by Rajasekhar (Robert). Though Vidyasagar started his music career with a Tamil film, recognition in Tamil music industry came to him much later. He shifted base to Telugu and from 1993 to 1996, Vidyasagar became the top music director in Telugu. In 1994-95, Vidyasagar was picked up by Tamil actor-director Arjun, with whom he worked for many musically acclaimed films like 'Jai Hind', 'Karna', 'Subash' and 'Sengothai' though the movies themselves didn't do well. Vidyasagar composed some of his best music for Arjun's films with some melodic numbers like 'Malare', 'Bhoomiae', and 'Padu Padu' some of which went unnoticed. After a not so impressive start in Tamil film industry Vidyasagar was discovered by Malayalam film industry. Vidyasagar - 1996 to 2001From 1996 to 2001 Vidyasagar mainly concentrated on Malayalam films where he became the top music director. In Malayalam right from his first film "Azhagiya Ravanan" to "Meesa Madhavan" he struck the right cord. He has created scores in which ragas and rhythms combined to a good melody, which even bagged him four Kerala State Awards. Vidyasagar's love for melody has made him turn to Malayalam film industry time and again, and the songs in hit films like Azhagiya Ravanan, Meesa Madhavan, Gramaphone, CID Moosa and Kilichundan Mambazham were all well received. In his music he experienced all kinds of song situations and he explored his talent to the maximum in that period. His film 'Pranayavarnangal' is still considered by many one of the best albums ever cut in Malayalam industry. Malayalee listeners still see Vidyasagar as their hot favourite after Ravindran. Undoubtedly the talented music director has given his best in malayalam film industry. His career best was "Millennium Stars"(1999),in Malayalam, which was a WorldClass soundtrack.Some songs were Bilingual, and India's best singers,Dr. K.J. Yesudas and Hariharan sang together in these songs.Songs like "Parayan Nhaan Marannu" and "Shravan Gange" in this movie, were truly of the class of the world's top soundtracks. During this period, Vidyasagar's song compositions in Tamil movies like 1998 Vijay starrer "Nilaave Vaa" and "Uyirodu Uyiraaga" starring Ajith did catch attention and became quite popular but still the bad patch in Tamil films continued for Vidyasagar during this period. Vidyasagar was probably the only composer in South India who has delivered many super hit songs during his early days but was not considered a success. Even today, some of Vidyasagar's prior songs composed for movies are sung by music troupes. But the total success of the film counts ultimately because the music director will be identified with the film. Vidyasagar - 2001 to PresentAfter a successful Malayalam career he made a come back into Tamil with "Dhill" and "Poovellam Un Vasam". Songs in both of these films were instant hits. Then came "Dhool" which opened new doors in Tamil songs with highly successful folk song 'Ithanadu Kara Kodumae', and great melody in 'Aasai Aasai'. With "Dhool" and "Dhill" under his belt, Vidyasagar was the talk of the town, for which he had to wait for 13 years. With a successful come back he then went on to give music to some of most successful films of the year 2002-2003 like "Anbe Sivam" and Madhavan's "Run" which was a huge musical hit as well as commercial hit. The music composed by Vidyasagar for movies released in 2003 "Iyarkai", "Thithukudhe", "Parthiban Kanavu" were highly popular in spite of the fact that some of these movies failed at the box office. Vijay's "Thirumalai" was another hit album. The year 2004 saw Vidyasagar come up with "Ghilli" which was an instant hit with song 'Appadi Podu Podu' ruling the charts in Tamil music world. This was followed by other hits like "Madurey", "London" and "Ji" in 2004-05. In the year 2005 Vidyasagar received national award for the Telugu movie 'Swarabhishkam' by K. Vishwanath featuring carnatic classical music. Vidyasagar continued his success spree by composing music for Rajnikanth starrer 'Chandramukhi' (he mentions this as a call from God), which was the biggest hit of the year 2005 and a comeback movie for Rajnikanth. The audio of the movie was a best seller and the BGM (Back Ground Music) of the film was also released for the first time in the Indian music industry. He has composed music for the Hollywood movie "Beyond the Soul" directed by Rajeev Anchal. The 2004-05 year also saw him score music for the Hindi movie "Hulchul" from Priyadarshan. With Mozhi, Vidyasagar once again gave listeners some songs like "Katrin Mozhiye" and "Sevvanam Selaikatti" which were instant hits of 2007. In 2008 Vidyasagar came with chart topping songs for "Kuruvi" starring Vijay. "Kuruvi"'s music was well received by music critics and Vijay's fans. Vidyasagar is now a well known figure in the Tamil film music, often for his hugely popular numbers composed for movies starring Tamil super stars Vijay and Vikram. As said by Vidyasagar about recognition for music, "When success eludes you, nobody is bothered about you, what you know and what you could do. That is why mediocrity succeeds. If you are successful, nobody questions your knowledge." AwardsHe won Prestigious National Award for the best Music Director in 2006 FilmographyTelugu 1989 Poomanam 1989 Seetha 1989 Nila Penna 1996 Edhirum Pudhirum 1997 Aahaa Yenna Porutham 1998 Nilaave Vaa 1998 Uyirodu Uyiraga 2001 Snehithiye 2001 Dhill 2001 Vedham 2001 Alli Thandha Vaanam 2001 Poovellam Un Vaasam 2001 Thavasi 2001 Well Done 2002 Anbe Sivam 2002 Dhool 2002 Run 2002 Pallavan 2003 Parthiban Kanavu 2003 Thithikudhe 2003 Alai 2003 Thirumalai 2003 Jhoot 2003 Thendral 2003 Aaha Ethanai Azhagu 2004 Varnajalam 2004 Gilli 2004 Madurey 2004 Sadhurangam 2004 Karmegam 2005 Ji 2005 Chandramukhi 2005 Kana Kandaen 2005 Ponniyin Selvan 2005 Majaa 2006 Aathi 2006 Paramasivan 2006 Thambi 2006 Poi 2006 Em Mahan 2006 Sivappathikaram 2007 Mozhi 2008 Arai En 305il Kadavul 2008 Kuruvi 2008 Jayamkondaan 2008 Alibabha Partial FilmographyMalayalam1. Azhakiya Ravanan 2. Indraprastam 3. Ilavankodu Desam 4. Krisnagudiyil Oru pranayakalathu 5. Oru maravathoor Kanavu 6. Pranayavarnangal 7. Chandranudikkunna Dhikkil 8. Varnapakittu 9. Summer In Bethlahem 10. Ustaad 11. Ezhupunnatharakan 12. Millennium Stars 14. Niram 15. Daivathinte Makan 16. Satyam Sivam Sundaram 17. Dubai 18. Dreams 19. Devadoothan 20. Dhosth 21. Rakkilippattu 22. Madhura nombarakkattu 23. Mr. Butler 24. Randam Bhavam 25. Meesamadhavan 26. Gramaphone 27. Kilichundan Mambazham 28. Pattalam 29. CID moosa 30. Rasikan 31. Kochirajavu 32. Chandrolsavam 33. Alice In Wonderland 34. Made In USA 35. Chandhupottu 36. Sidhartha 37. GOAL 38. Rock n Roll 39. Mulla 40. Vande Mataram (Filming) Tamil
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