Vijaya Naarasimha


Vijaya Naarasimha was an Indian lyricist who worked in Kannada cinema.

Career

Naarasimha's first Kannada film song was "Yee Dehadinda Dooranaade" for the 1956 film Ohileshwara. He worked with filmmaker Puttanna Kanagal and music director Vijaya Bhaskar.
He worked with major singers and music directors throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, including on some Kannada films with Tamil actor Rajinikanth. His last film wasOdahuttidavaru. He wrote a Kannada song for a Tamil movie in M. G. Ramachandran's Nadodi Mannan. He was always writing, despite having bad eyesight. According to his family, three days before his death, he was still writing devotional songs on Rama for a cassette. Other than nearly 4,000 film songs, he wrote three novels: Badukina Bairagi, Srimanchakrayana, and Sanjegempu, as well as Puttanna Kanagal's biography and lyrics for many devotional cassettes. His cassette Bhadrapada shuklada chauti sold a record number of copies.

Filmography

Kallu Sakkare Bevarina Bele Mallammana Pavaada Uyyale Baalu Belagithu Sharapanjara Hrudaya Sangama Naagarahaavu Nanda Gokula Belagidesose Bilee Hendthi

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