Devi Sri Prasad as D.S.P
Devi
Sri Prasad was born in Vedurupaka, East Godavari District .His family
later moved to Chennai where he completed his schooling and BBA
graduation. Music fascinated him since an early age and he won
several prizes in light music and dance competitions in his
childhood. At school, he used to learn Kabir Dos and other such stuff
and compose his own tune for them.His father G.Satya Murthy is an
accomplished script writer and his grandmother Devi Meenakshi is a
classical musician.
He started off by composing tunes for college functions. He gave music to '50-50', a serial on Gemini T.V and lent his voice to its title song. He got the big break whenMagnasound featured his song ‘Ey Unnoda’ in the their collection of Tamil pop songs called ‘Dance Party’. This song, along with the video, catapulted his music career into a new dimension. Later on, the company asked him to do his own album, and it was eventually released as 'Mr.Devi'.
Producer
M.S.Raju was impressed with his talent and asked him to compose for
his mythological movie 'Devi'. DSP, the 17-year-old debutant
surprised everyone with his songs and meticulous Re-recording
involving vedic chants and choral hymns. Both soundtrack and
background score were highly appreciated with the song "Nee
Navve" still being very popular. He then composed a single song
"Konte Baapu" for popular Telugu director Srinu Vaitla's
directorial debut venture Nee kosam. His next venture was 'Navvuthu
Bratakalira' and the songs "Dhinana Thom Thakita" and
"Konaseema Kurradanni Ro" became popular and earned him
more opportunities.
His
big breakthrough came with Anadam in 2001 and the album went on to
become a colossal hit and changed his life as a composer. Songs like
"Kanulu Therichina" and "Evaraina Epudaina" had a
huge impact and DSP's career took an upswing from here. The peppy
"Udayinchina" from Kalusukovalani.is still popular and is
performed in many dance shows.Krishna Vamsi patriotic film Kadgam
followed and became a big hit musically due to "Nuvvu Nuvvu",
"Govinda" and "Aha Allari".
His
first major venture Mamnmadudu, starring Tollywood biggie Nagarjuna.
The songs were appreciated for their freshness and melody. Even his
background score for the film was highly appreciated.
Varsham
earned him stardom as a composer with all songs becoming huge hits.
The songs "Nuvvostanante" and "Mellaga" are still
popular among the youth. The album is another landmark in DSP's
career after 'Anandam' and he was soon flooded with offers. It
fetched him his 1st
Filmfare Best Telugu Music Director Award. Venky was extremely
popular, thanks to dance numbers like "Silakemo" and
"Gongura Thotakada".
He
composed music for Sukumar's debut directon Movie Aarya . The whole
album became hugely popular, especially among the youth. He then
composed music for Megastar's Sankar dada MBBSand Nagarjuna starrer
Mass. They became huge hits and catapulted DSP to the top league of
music directors. These albums also cemented his place in the industry
and he proved his versatility in composing mass as well as melodious
songs Nuvvuostanante Nenoddantana and Bunny fared really well among
his next few albums. "Kanmoodi" and "Vaadi Vaadi"
from 'Sachien' were instant hits and DSP's success streak extended to
Tamil Industry too.
He
started off 2006 by composing Prabhu Devas periodic drama Pournami.
The album was well received, but it was overshadowed by the
tremendous musical success of Bommarillu. Consequently Devi Sri
Prasad won his second Filmfare Best Music Director Award for his
highly acclaimed work in 'Bommarillu'. After Jagadam
and shankar dada Zindabad, he got special recognition for composing
item Numbers.
The
music of Power Star Pavan Kalyan starrer Jalsa became a stupendous
success and fetched him his third Film fare Best Telugu Music
Director Award.
Kamal Haasan chose Devi Sri Prasad for the background
score of his magnum opus Dasavatharam his dream of working with the
legendary actor came true.His ability to compose, sing, write and set
the stage afire during live shows made Kamal Haasan call him 'The
Showman."Ringa
Ringa" from AARYA-2 was a chartbuster and received nation wide
recognition. Popular Bollywood actor Salman Khan used it in his movie
Ready.
His
collaborations with directors such as Srinu Vaitla, Sukumar and Trivikram Srinivas produced some of his career best works.
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