Micky J.Mayer

Background information
Origin
Hyderabad, India
Occupation(s)
Film composer, music director
Instrument(s)
Vocals (playback singing), keyboard/violin/piano
Years active
2005 – present

Mickey J Meyer is an Indian film composer and singer. He has composed songs in Telugu for four movies until September, 2007. He has composed over 25 songs and for the first time in his fledgling career, he has provided the background score for the movie Happy Days. He is based in Hyderabad, India.
Mickey J Meyer is said to be one of the promising new entrants into Telugu music industry. This industry, which has seen greats such as Ilayaraja and A R Rahman, has welcomed and appreciated his music. His work has mostly seen hints of Western music. He owes this to his schooling from the Trinity College of Music, London. Going by his apparent success for the music of Happy Days, this 25 year old music director is here to stay.

Early life and education
Mickey J Meyer was born and brought up in Hyderabad, India. He had been learning violin and piano since his childhood. He is also trained in Carnatic music and even while he was a kid, he used to render ghazals in All India Radio. After his fifth standard, he got admission into the prestigious Trinity College of Music, London. Established music directors from the South Indian music industry such as Harris Jayaraj and Yuvan Shankar Raja graduated from Trinity. He graduated from the eight-year long music course in the year 2002 and thereafter began practicing music. Mickey J.Meyer is the third person from South India to complete the coveted eight-year course from Trinity College of Music, London after Maestro Ilayaraja and A.R.Rahman.

Career
Most of his life he grew up listening to A R Rahman's music and this was how he got addicted to music. After graduating from Trinity College, in [2005], he decided to become a music director. He approached Tammareddy Bharadwaja and in the form of Pothe Poni (2005), he got his first break in the Telugu music industry. His music for Pothe Poni was succeeded by 10th Class (2006) and Notebook (2007) in the following years. Thereafter, he was signed by Sekhar Kammula for Happy Days. With the success of the Happy Days audio songs a bright future lies ahead of this young music director.

Discography
Year
Album
2009
Inidhu Inidhu - Tamil - Remake of Telugu movie Happy Days
2009
Galipatam
2008
Kotha Bangaru Lokam
2008
Hare Ram
2007
Happy Days
2007
Notebook
2006
10th Class
2005
Pothe Poni

Devi Sri Prasad

born on August 2nd,1982) is a musical director and playback singer in South Indian films, especially Tollywood.

Early life

He was born in a small village(Vedurupaka) in Amalapuram, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh but later moved to chennai. He completed his schooling in Sir M. Venkatta Subba Rao, T.Nagar.

Career

He began his musical-direction career in 1999 with Devi; Devi Sri Prasad was a disciple of Mandlolin Srinivas (U Srinivas) and he has directed music for dozens of South Indian films, including such box-office successes as Manmadhudu, Varsham, Sachien, Venky, Shankar Dada MBBS, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana, Shankar Dada Zindabad, Bommarillu and Jalsa. Devi Sri is big fan of Ilaiyaraaja and attended his recent live concert.Devi Sri Prasad has a twin,Sagar , who sung the song uryire uryrie in the movie Santhosh Subramaian and "Nuvvunte nijamega satyam" from film Arya(2004).

Awards

One of the youngest composers in the field,Devi is already considered a genius,not only by the music-lovers,but also by his crazy fans.Here are a few awards he's won:

• 2004: Best Music Director for Varsham
• 2004: Santosham Best Music Director Award for Varsham
• 2005: Best Music Director for Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
• 2005: Santosham Best Music Director Award for Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
• 2006: Best Music Director for Bommarillu

Filmography

• Current (2009)
• Arya 2 (2009)
• Villu {2009} (Tamil)
• Kanthaswamy {2009} (Tamil)
• King (2008)
• Ready(2008)
• Sangama (2008) (Kannada)
• Santosh Subramaniam (2008) (Tamil)
• Dasavathaaram (2008) (Tamil)(Background music only)
• Jalsa(2008)
• Tulasi (2007)
• Shankar Dada Zindabad (2007)
• Aata (2007)
• Jagadam (2007)
• Rakhi (2006)
• Something Something ... Unakkum Enakkum (2006) (Tamil)
• Bommarillu (2006)
• Pournami (2006)
• Maayavi (2005) (Tamil)
• Sachien (2005) (Tamil)
• Mazhai (2005) (Tamil)
• Oka Oorilo (2005)
• Aaru (2005) (Tamil/Telugu)
• Andarivadu (2005)
• Bhadra (2005)
• Bunny (2005)
• Naa Alludu (2005)
• Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005)
• Mass (2004)
• Shankar Dada MBBS (2004)
• Arya (2004)
• Abhi (2004)
• Venky (2004)
• Varsham (2004)
• Thottigang (2003)
• Ice (2003)(Tamil)
• Khadgam (2002)
• Manmadhudu (2002)
• Sontham (2002)
• Kalusukovalani (2002)
• Anandam (2001)
• Navvutu batakalira (2000)
• Devi (1999)

K.V.Mahadevan

Biography
K. V. Mahadevan, or "mAmA" as he was popularly known among his colleagues, has a special place in South Indian film music.A contemporary of Mr. M.S. Viswanathan, KVM has scored music for over 600 films, spanning four decades, after starting his career in the late fifties with Avan Amaran. Health reasons hastened the end of his career in the mid- nineties. Known for mythologicals such as Sampoorna Ramayanam and Thiruvilayadal, KVM is said to have been a path-breaker in blending classical music with film music and was a `guru' to many music directors. His hits include Sankarabharanam, Kandan Karunai, Vasantha Maaligai, Vietnam Veedu, Padikkatha Methai and Vaanambaadi. KVM is survived by his wife, two sons and three daughters. He started his career as a happy composer with 'Anandhan' in 1942, contributed immensely for nearly half a century, before surrendering in 1990 with 'muruganE thuNai'. During this period he scored music for about 250 Tamil films. The special features of his compositions were: giving primary importance to lyrics and composing music that is perfectly suited to lyrics; always keeping a base in the Carnatic music systems; and giving independence to singers and other assistants to freely contribute ideas for improving his compositions. Some of the famous Tamil movies for which he composed include 'Adimai Penn', 'Thiruvilayaadal', 'Vaanampadi', 'Thillaana Moganambal', 'Kandhan Karunai', 'Muthalali'. His most famous and recent composition in Telugu was in the movie directed by K.Vishwanath, Swathi Kiranam (1991).He was the first recipient of National Film Award for Best Music Direction. Mr. K.V. Mahadevan, passed away on 21 June 2001 morning in the Chennai city. He was 83.a