Vijay Prakash

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Vijay Prakash
Born (1976-02-21) 21 February 1976 (age 48)
Mysuru, Karnataka, India
Alma materSri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore, Karnataka, India
OccupationSinger
Years active1997–present

Vijay Prakash (born 21 February 1976) is an Indian Playback singer and also a Music director from Karnataka. He has given his voice for predominantly Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu language films, in addition to Hindi, Malayalam and Marathi language films.[1] He has also performed shows with Zakir Hussain. Prakash won the Karnataka Government's 'Best Playback Singer' award for the year 2016 for the song "Nammooralli Chaligaladalli" from the film Beautiful Manasugalu.[2]

He is also one of four artists credited for the song "Jai Ho", which won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song.[3] Specifically, he sang the portion with the words "Jai Ho" that takes an extended high pitch at numerous junctures of the song.[4] The song also won a Grammy Award in the category "Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media."[5] He has also won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Artist – Kannada twice for the songs Gatiya Ilidu from the Kannada film Ulidavaru Kandante and Belageddu from Kirik Party.[citation needed]. He is one of the judges for the Kannada and Tamil reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee Kannada and Zee Tamil.

  1. ^ Gulaśana., Rahman, A. R. Kumāra (2009), A.R. Rahman signature collection : Roja to jai ho - the journey continues ..., T-Series, OCLC 647752182, retrieved 14 March 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Karnataka State Film Award Winners for 2016". The Times of India. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. ^ Kamaleshan, Kumar (24 February 2009). "Meet the man who said Jai Ho". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
  4. ^ Tuteja, Joginder (25 February 2009). "Vijay – The man who too deserves credit for 'Jai Ho'". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  5. ^ ""Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media" One of the Artists: Vijay Prakash". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 5 December 2009.