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)