Vijaya Narasimha

Vijaya Naarasimha (ಕನ್ನಡ:ವಿಜಯ ನಾರಸಿಂಹ)(16th January 1927 – 31 October 2001) was an Indian lyricist who worked in Kannada cinema.

Vijaya Naarasimha
Born16 January 1927
Halebeedu, Pandavapura taluk, Mysore district, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (now Mandya district, Karnataka, India)
Died31 Oct 2001
Bengaluru, India
OccupationLyricist
SpouseSaraswati
FamilyH. R. Shastry (brother)
Anu Prabhakar (great granddaughter)[1]

Career

Vijaya Naarasimha's first Kannada film song was "Yee Dehadinda Dooranaade" (Oh soul, why did you depart this body) for the 1956 film Ohileshwara.[2] He was part of the magic trio of director S. R. Puttanna Kanagal and music director Vijaya Bhaskar, which came up with widely appreciated songs.

He worked with every major singer and music director through the 60s, 70s and 80s, and with every major actor, including a couple of Kannada films with Tamil superstar Rajnikanth. His last film was the Rajkumar-starrer Odahuttidavaru. He was always writing, despite having a bad eyesight, because it was a passion of his. According to his family, even three days before his death, he was writing devotional songs on lord Rama for a cassette. Other than nearly 4,000 film songs, he wrote three novels: Badukina Bairagi, Srimanchakrayana and Sanjegempu, and also Puttanna Kanagal's biography and lyrics for countless devotional cassettes. His cassette bhadrapada shuklada chauti sold a record number of copies 30 years ago.

He also holds the unique distinction of writing Kannada song for a Tamil movie in M.G. Ramachandran's Tamil classic Nadodi Mannan (1958).

Filmography
  • Kallu Sakkare (1967)
  • Bevarina Bele (1968)
  • Mallammana Pavada (1969)
  • Uyyale (1969)
  • Shara Panjara (1971)
  • Baalu Belagithu (1972)
  • Hrudaya Sangama (1972)
  • Naagara Haavu (1972)
  • Nandagokula (1972)
  • Belagidesose (1973)
  • Bilee Hendthi (1975)
  • Bhagyajyothi (1975)
  • Shubha Mangala (1975)
  • Kathaa Sangama (1975)
  • Besuge (1976)
  • Chiranjeevi (1976)
  • Phalithaamsha (1976)
  • Teerada Bayake (1976)
  • Deepa (1977)
  • Adalu Badalu (1978)
  • Amrutha Ghalige (1983)
  • Aparanji (1983)
  • Dharanimandala Madhyadolage (1983)
  • Bankar Margayya (1983)
  • Akashavani (1985)
  • Giri Mallige (1988)
  • Bisilu Beladingalu (1988)
  • Odahuttidavaru (1994)

Selected songs

References
  1. ""ಗೆಜ್ಜೆ ಪೂಜೆ", "ಶರಪಂಜರ"ದಂಥ ಹಿಟ್ ಸಿನೆಮಾ ಮಾಡಿಯೂ ನಾಪತ್ತೆಯಾದ ಗಂಗಾಧರ್..| Cinema Swarasyagalu Part 57". Total Kannada. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  2. "Lyricist Vijaya Narasimha is no more". The Times of India. 31 October 2001. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
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