V. Harikrishna

V Harikrishna born 5 November 1974 is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, playback singer and film producer He has mainly scored music for Kannada films After his stint as a programmer and assistant musician, Harikrishna made his debut as an independent composer in actor Darshan's first production venture Jothe Jotheyali in 2006 Since then, he has been scoring for majority of Darshan's films besides working for many other leading production houses He owns an audio company called "D-Beats" Dedicated for Challenging Star Darshan established: 2013 and produces music under his own company starting from the film Bulbul 2013

Harikrishna has won three consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Music for Gaalipata in 2008, Raaj The Showman in 2009 and Jackie in 2010

Contents

• 1 Personal life
• 2 Career
  • 21 Music programming and arranging
  • 22 Music direction
  • 23 Film production
• 3 Discography
• 4 Awards
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Personal life

Harikrishna was born in 1974 in Bangalore, in the Karnataka state of India At eight years old, he began playing keyboard in an orchestra that he father bought and named after him, in 1982 He took to playing the keyboard professionally in 1987 and discontinued his studies after matriculation In his first professional assignment, he worked with composer, Manoranjan Prabhakar Following his father's passing away in 1990, Harikrishna took over his mechanic shop, where he worked as a mechanic In 1994, following composer Sadhu Kokila's insistence, Harikrishna took to music again

Harikrishna is married singer and composer Vani Harikrishna, the granddaughter of veteran composer G K Venkatesh in 1997 They have a son, Aditya, who started as a playback singer with one of Harikrishna's composed films

Career

Music programming and arranging

Harikrishna started out working as an assistant to many leading music directors in 1990's including Hamsalekha, V Ravichandran, Sadhu Kokila, Gurukiran among others He has worked as a programmer, an arranger and as a keyboard player for many music directors He has worked for feature films, short films, daily soaps, ad jingles and private musical albums

Music direction

In 2006, Harikrishna was first signed up to compose music for actor Darshan's first home production Jothe Jotheyali Until this time, Harikrishna was a struggling musician under the protege of actor - director V Ravichandran Despite the industry's negative feedback for his move, Darshan went on to sign him as the music director The film, starring Prem and Ramya in the lead and Darshan in a guest role, was directed by Dinakar Thoogudeepa and had a successful run for about 25 weeks The film's soundtrack was hugely popular upon release and this immediately silenced the critics This was immediately followed by the actor's second home production Navagraha Since then, Harikrishna has been the official composer for most of the Darshan starrer films and productions Some of the successful collaborations with Darshan include Bhoopathi 2007, Gaja 2008, Porki 2010, Prince 2011, Saarathi 2011 and Chingari 2012 to name a few

His first collaboration with director - lyricist Yogaraj Bhat for the film Gaalipata 2008 starring Ganesh fetched him his maiden Filmfare award for his successful soundtrack Another film Payana in the same year saw him belting out soft romantic melodies which was appreciated The year 2009 proved to be more successful for him with back to back successful soundtracks for the films such as Ambari, Junglee, Raam, Maleyali Jotheyali and Raj, The Showman While in the former film, he debuted as a playback singer, the latter film fetched him his second Filmfare award for best music direction

In 2010, Harikrishna composed for 8 feature films and most of them were received very well upon release Most noteworthy being Jackie which fetched him his third and hatrick Filmfare award and Super directed and enacted by Upendra The year 2011 saw him composing for over 14 films with many of them turning to be blockbusters and musically well appreciated Prince, Hudugaru, Vishnuvardhana, Saarathi, Paramathma and Jogayya turned out to be biggest musical blockbusters cementing the top status for him The success was followed in 2012 with Chingari, Anna Bond, Katariveera Surasundarangi, Addhuri, Jaanu, Drama Yaare Koogadali and Prem Adda receiving enormous positive response both musically and at the box-office He was also awarded for his singing in Anna Bond by the SIIMA His fourth Filmfare award was for his second collaboration with Yogaraj Bhat, Drama Addhuri won him Udaya awards for his music direction

The successful journey continued further in 2013 with many chartbuster soundtracks for the films such as Topiwala, Bachchan, Bulbul, Kaddipudi, Sakkare and Shravani Subramanya In 2014, his first musical release Gajakesari evoked mixed response while his scores for upcoming films such as Fair & Lovely and Ambareesha is highly expected to be successful

Film production

In 2012, Harikrishna announced his intention in producing films and he started it with the upcoming film Jai Bhajarang Bali starring Ajay Rao and Sindhu Lokanath in the lead roles He was also reported to be directing the Yogesh starrer Raate His audio company D-Beats acquired the audio rights of the film Adyaksha in 2014 which had music composed by Arjun Janya

Discography

Year	Title	Notes	Director
2006	Jothe Jotheyali		Dinakar Thoogudeep
2007	Bhoopathi		S Govinda
2007	Snehana Preethina		Shahuraj Shindhe
2007	Krishna		M D Sridhar
2007	Ee Preethi Yeke Bhoomi Melide	Background score only	Prem
2008	Gaja		Madesha k
2008	Gaalipata	Winner Filmfare Award for Best Music Director	Yogaraj Bhat
2008	Indra		Vasu
2008	Arjun		Shahuraj Shinde
2008	Payana		Kiran Govi
2008	Paramesha Panwala		Mahesh Babu
2008	Navagraha		Dinakar Thoogudeep
2009	Ambari		A P Arjun
2009	Meghave Meghave		Nagendra Prasad
2009	Junglee		Duniya Soori
2009	Rajakumari		GovindrajuS
2009	Raj, The Showman	Winner Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Winner Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director Winner Suwarna Film Award for Best Music Director	Prem
2009	Vayuputra		Kishore Sarja
2009	Abhay		Mahesh Babu
2009	Maleyali Jotheyali		Preetham Gubbi
2009	Raam		Madesha
2010	Porki		M D Sridhar
2010	Hoo		V Ravichandran
2010	Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu		RaghuRam
2010	Jackie	Winner Filmfare Award for Best Music Director	Suri
2010	Kiccha Huccha		Chi Guru Dutt
2010	Eno Onthara		Mussanje Mahesh
2010	Super		Upendra
2010	Modala Sala		Purushottham
2010	Chalaki	Telugu film	K Madesh
2011	Boss		Raghu Raj
2011	Veerabahu		SMahendar
2011	Rama Rama Raghu Rama		Raghu Raj
2011	Prince		Om Prakash Rao
2011	Prema Chandrama		Shahuraj Shinde
2011	Dandam Dashagunam		K Madesh
2011	Dhool		Dharani
2011	Hudugaru		K Madesh
2011	KoolSakkath Hot Maga		Ganesh
2011	Johny Mera Naam Preethi Mera Kaam		Preetham Gubbi
2011	Vinayaka Geleyara Balaga		Nagendra Prasad
2011	Jogayya		Prem
2011	Saarathi	Suvarna Film Award for Best Music Director	Dinakar Thoogudeep
2011	Paramathma		Yogaraj Bhat
2011	Vishnuvardhana		Pon Kumaran
2012	Chingari		Harsha
2012	Shikari		Abhaya Simha
2012	Anna Bond	Winner SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer	Soori
2012	Katariveera Surasundarangi		Suresh Krishna
2012	Addhuri	Winner Udaya Award for Best Music Director	Arjun
2012	Ready For Dhee	Telugu film
2012	Snehitaru		Ram Narayanan
2012	Jaanu		Preetham Gubbi
2012	Manjina Hani		V Ravichandran
2012	Mr 420		Pradeep Raj
2012	Prem Adda		Mahesh Babu
2012	Drama	Winner Filmfare Award for Best Music Director	Yogaraj Bhat
2012	Yaare Koogadali		Samuthirakani
2012	Kalpana		Ramnarayan
2013	Topiwala		Sri
2013	Bachchan		Shashank
2013	Bulbul	Winner SIIMA Award for Best Music Director	M D Sridhar
2013	Kaddi Pudi		Suri
2013	Brindavana		Madesha K
2013	Sakkare		Abhaya Simha
2013	Shravani Subramanya		Manju Swaroop
2014	Gajakesari		Krishna
2014	Endendu Ninagagi		Mahesh Rao
2014	Bahaddur		Chethan Kumar
2014	Jai Bhajarangabali		Ravivarma Gubbi
2014	Fair & Lovely film		Raghuram
2014	Ambareesha
2014	Mr and Mrs Ramachari	Winner, SIIMA Award for Best Music Director	Santhosh Ananddram
2015	Siddhartha		Prakash
2015	Rudra Tandava		Guru Deshpande
2015	Rhaatee	Also producer	A P Arjun
2015	Vaastu Prakaara		Yogaraj Bhat
2015	Rana Vikrama		Pavan Wadeyar
2015	Endendigu		Imran Sardhariya
2015	Ranna		Nanda Kishore
2015	Kendasampige		Duniya Soori
2015	Mr Airavata		A P Arjun
2015	Boxer		Preetham Gubbi
2015	Minchagi Nee Baralu		Randeep Shantharam
2015	Masterpiece		Manju Mandavya
2016	Viraat		H Vasudeva
2016	Maduveya Mamatheya Kareyole		Kaviraj
2016	Dana Kayonu		Yogaraj Bhat
2016	Shivalinga		P Vasu
2016	Jaggu Dada		Raghavendra Hegde
2016	Mr and Mrs Sadachari	Marathi film	Ashish Wagh
2016	Doddmane Hudga		Duniya Soori
2016	Santhu Straight Forward		Mahesh Rao
2016	Naanu Mattu Varalakshmi		Preetham Gubbi
2016	Happy Birthday		K Mahesh Sukhadare
2017	Chowka	One song only	Tarun Sudhir
2017	Raajakumara		Santhosh Ananddram
2017	Bangara s/o Bangarada Manushya		Yogi G Raj
2017	Saheba		Bharath
2017	Uppina Kagada		B Suresh
2017	Mugulu Nage	100th Film	Yograj Bhat
2017	Bharjari		Chethan Kumar
2018 Punith Raj Kumar's Untitled Project 2018 Kurukshethra 2018 Darshan's Untitled Project Awards Won 3 consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Music Gaalipata, Raaj The Showman and Jackie RNJ awards in 2009 Suvarna Film Awards for Best Music Director Raaj the Showman, Drama 2012 – Filmfare Award for Drama Karnataka State Award for the film Raaj The Showman 2012 – Nominated – Best Music Director for Anna Bond References ^ a b "Harikrishna's 75th project: Endendigu" The Times of India 28 April 2015 Retrieved 25 June 2015  ^ "Happy birthday Harikrishna sir" Facebook Lodde Official Facebook page  ^ a b "Harikrishna turns producer!" Indiaglitz 28 April 2012  ^ "'Bul Bul' Audio from D Beats" Indiaglitz 18 March 2013  ^ a b Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Kannada ^ "Turning music director gave me a purpose: Vani Harikrishna" Times of India 6 Jan 2014  ^ "'Snehana Preethina' leaves to 3 countries – Kannada Movie News" IndiaGlitz Retrieved 20 February 2012  ^ "'Jothe'" Whereincitycom 29 December 2006 Retrieved 20 February 2012  ^ "'My music conveys everything - V Harikrishna'" South Scope 6 May 2013  ^ "Payana review" Indiaglitz 18 October 2008  ^ "Music for Sharan's Adyaksha acquired by V Harikrishna's company" Times of India 21 March 2014  ^ Super Admin 3 August 2009 "Moggina Manasu | 56th Filmfare Awards | Shashank | Radhika Pandit | Yash Shubha Poonja" Entertainmentoneindiain Retrieved 20 February 2012  ^ "RNJ awards presented – Kannada Movie News" IndiaGlitz Retrieved 20 February 2012  External links V Harikrishna on IMDb v e Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Kannada 1991-2000 Hamsalekha 1991 C Ashwath 1992 Hamsalekha 1993 Hamsalekha 1994 No award 1995 V Manohar 1996 V Manohar 1997 Hamsalekha 1998 K Kalyan 1999 Hamsalekha 2000 2001-2009 Gurukiran 2001 Gurukiran 2002 R P Patnaik 2003 Gurukiran 2004 Hamsalekha 2005 Mano Murthy 2006 Mano Murthy 2007 V Harikrishna 2008 V Harikrishna 2009 2010-present V Harikrishna 2010 Jassie Gift 2011 V Harikrishna 2012 Arjun Janya 2013 BAjaneesh Lokanath 2014 Sridhar V Sambhram 2015 Harikrishna_Musicals

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