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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	2
Parent(s)	M. V. Venkataramanappa (father) Chandramma (mother)
Awards	Karnataka State Film Awards Filmfare Awards South Best Director award from SIFFA

V. Nagendra Prasad is alyricist,composer and director who predominantly works forKannada cinema. He has written more than 3000 songs,^[1] largely forKannada cinema.

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

He completed his schooling inDoddaballapura,Bangalore, and his Master’s degree in Kannada Literature atManasa Gangothri, Mysore University.^{[citation needed]}. Prasad obtained his D.Litt (Doctor of Literature) fromHampi University in 2021.^[2]

V. Nagendra Prasad made his debut as aKannada lyricist for the movieGajina Mane directed byK. V. Jayaram in2000^{[citation needed]}.^[3][4] He was appreciated for his debut as a dialogue writer for a supernatural film written and directed byK. Raghavendra Rao,Sri Manjunatha.^[5] His debut as a director forNalla featuringSudeep 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 inTheatre, both on Stage and in Street plays.^[6] In 2018, he made his debut as a lead actor in his own directorialGoogal movie. His other appearance was as a lead actor in the movieGuruji.^[6]

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 includingIlayaraja,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, andCharan Raj, amongst others.^{[citation needed]}

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

Partial list of awards.

• V. Nagendra Prasad atIMDb

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