V. Nagendra Prasad
Born	(1975-12-03) 3 December 1975 (age 48) 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 a lyricist, composer and director who predominantly works for Kannada cinema. He has penned more than 3000 songs,^[1] particularly for Kannada cinema.

Early life

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

He did his schooling in Doddaballapura, Bangalore and completed his Post-Graduation in Kannada Literature at Manasa Gangothri, Mysore University.^{[citation needed]}. Prasad obtained his D.Litt (Doctor of Literature) from Hampi University In the year 2021.^[2]

Career

V. Nagendra Prasad made his debut as a Kannada lyricist for the movie Gajina Mane directed by K. V. Jayaram in 2000^{[citation needed]}.^[3][4] He was appreciated for his another debut as a dialogue writer for supernatural film written and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao, Sri Manjunatha.^[5] His debut as a director for Nalla featuring Sudeep was remarkable. He has also worked in music composition, direction, acting and dialogue writing for Television.^[4][6] He is also known to be involved in Theatre both on Stage and in Street plays.^[6] In 2018, he made his debut as a lead actor in his own directorial Googal movie. His another appearance as a lead actor in the movie Guruji.^[6]

As lyricist

V. Nagendra Prasad has penned more than 3000 songs for over a 1000 movies, 100s Devotional, Classical, Patriotic, Promotional albums and over 50 TV serials.^[4][7][8] He has worked with most of the 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, Charan Raj and others.^{[citation needed]}

Notable songs

Music director

Dialogue writer

• Sri Manjunatha (2001)
• Romeo Juliet (2002)
• Swathi Muthu (2003)
• Dharma (2004)
• Shivalinga (2016)
• Rogue (2017)
• Muniratna Kurukshetra (2018)

Director

Awards and nominations

Partial list of awards.