V. Nagendra Prasad


Dr. V. Nagendra Prasad is a lyricist, composer and director who predominantly works for Kannada cinema. He has written more than 3000 songs, largely for Kannada cinema.
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Early life

Prasad was born on 3 December 1975. He is the elder son of M.V. Venkata Ramanappa and Chandramma of Ijjala Ghatta village in Nagamangala Taluk, Mandya District.
He completed his schooling in Doddaballapura, Bangalore, and his Master's degree in Kannada Literature at Manasa Gangothri, Mysore University.. Prasad obtained his D.Litt. from Hampi University in 2021.

Career

Dr.V. Nagendra Prasad made his debut as a Kannada lyricist for the movie Gajina Mane directed by K. V. Jayaram in 2000. He was appreciated for his debut as a dialogue writer for a supernatural film written and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao, Sri Manjunatha. His debut as a director for Nalla featuring Sudeep has been remarked by many. He has also worked in music composition, direction, acting and dialogue writing for Television. He is also known to be involved in Theatre, both on Stage and in Street plays. In 2018, he made his debut as a lead actor in his own directorial Googal movie. His other appearance was as a lead actor in the movie Guruji.

As lyricist

Dr.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.
He has worked with numerous music composers including Ilayaraja, 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, and Charan Raj, amongst others.

Dialogue writer

Awards and nominations

Partial list of awards.
CeremonyCategoryFilmSong Result
Siri Ganda AwardBest Lyricist- 2002Premakke SaiOlavu ShuruvaytuWon
2003 Hello Gandhinagara AwardBest LyricistExcuse MeAll SongsWon
South Indian Film Fans Association-Chennai Best Director- 2004 – KannadaNallaWon
Udaya Film AwardsBest Lyricist 2007 – KannadaDuniya"Kariya I Love U"Won
2009–10 Karnataka State Film AwardsBest LyricistSathya"Akshara Akshara Eradakshara"Won
2009 Mirchi Music Awards SouthAlbum of the YearRaaj the ShowmanWon
2014 Santosham Film AwardsBest Lyricist – KannadaShravani Subramanya"Kannalle Kannittu"Won
Zee KannadaBest LyricistWon
2015 Karnataka State Film AwardsBest LyricistMuddu Manase"Edeyal Yaro Ghazal"Won
62nd Filmfare Awards SouthBest Lyricist – KannadaAmbareesha"Kannalli"Won
65th Filmfare Awards SouthBest Lyricist – KannadaChowka"Appa I Love You"Won
2017 Ragavendra Chitravani AwardBest LyricistChowka"Appa I Love You"Won
2018 International Innovative Film Festival Carrier Best AwardChowka"Appa I Love You"Won
2017 Kannada International Music Academy Best LyricistChowka"Appa I Love You"Won
Mirchi Music Awards SouthBest Lyricist Award 2017Chowka"Appa I Love You"Won
Zee KannadaHemmeya Kannadiga-2017Chowka"Appa I Love You"Won
2018 Zee Kannada AwardsHemmeya KannadigaKGF: Chapter 1"Salam Rocky Bhai"Won
Chithara Magazine Awards Readers Choice AwardKGF: Chapter 1"Salaam Rocky Bhai"Won
11th South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Lyricist – KannadaBanaras"Belakina Kavithe"Won
International Peace Award By HMC CommunitiesBest Lyricist – Kannada Mukunda Murari ""Neene Rama Neene Shama""Won
Chittara Star Awards Best Lyricist – KannadaKrishnam Pranaya Sakhi""DWAPARA""Won
Chandanava Critics Awards 2024Best Lyricist – KannadaKrishnam Pranaya Sakhi""DWAPARA""Won
India Superhits Awards 2025 jio Saavn Most Streamed Lyricist Of the YearKrishnam Pranaya Sakhi""DWAPARA""Won
Shri Raghavendra Chitravani Awards 2024P.G. Srinivasamurthy Memorial AwardKrishnam Pranaya Sakhi""DWAPARA""Won