Kaviraj

Kaviraj is a Kannada poet, lyricist, director and writer. He is currently one of the top-rated lyricists in the Karnataka Film Industry. He started his journey as a songwriter in 2003 and has written over 1000 songs for various movies. His debut film was Kariya which was released in 2003. Since 2013, he has also been working on becoming a writer and film director. Allegedly, he has penned a story similar to the Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in A >> Read More... starring Bollywood hit Paa. The film will be called Bul Bul Mathadkilva. He has won many awards and accreditations for his work like the Suvarna Film Awards, Filmfare Awards, South Indian International Movie Awards, Mirchi Music Awards South, etc. He has won the Filmfare and Mirchi Music three times each respectively.

His notable works as a lyricist in the Karnataka Cinema include Dashaguna, Cool and Happy, Sanju weds Geetha in 2011, Aptharakshaaka in 2010, among others. He has been involved with movies like Charavyuha, Moda Modala Mathu Chanda, etc. He is also a beneficiary of the famous Darshan free call sheet which includes only four other people, namely, Dinakar, Krishnakumar, V Harikrishna and MD Shridhar.

He debuted as a Film Director in 2016 with Maduveya Mamatherya Kareyole. He was born in Shivamoga, Karnataka and brought up in Thirthahalli. He claims that he started writing poems in his school days itself where writing was just a hobby but later became the reason for his fame and the earnings that came from his job as a writer. He adds that his keenness to read helped him develop and nurture his ideas in poems. He has one elder sister and a younger sister, namely Kavitha and Kalpana respectively.

To pursue his ambition of becoming a songwriter, he came to Bangalore where he stayed with his relatives for a while. During this period of struggle, he also worked as a medical rep. He was staying in Vijayanagar in the city of Bangalore where he, fortunately, met music director Guru Kiran. Guru advised him to start penning the lyrics of the song “Nannalli Manadalli” which was his first song. This song also became the foundation of his fame in the industry.