Poornachandra Tejaswi (composer)

Poornachandra Tejaswi
Poornachandra Tejaswi
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Background information
Born	6 October 1982 (age 41); Karnataka, India
Genres	Film score; soundtrack; theatre; world;
Occupation(s)	Film composer, Instrumentalist, Playback Singer, Lyricist
Years active	2013–present

Poornachandra Tejaswi S V (Kannada: ಪೂಣ೯ಚಂದ್ರ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ ಎಸ್. ವಿ) is an Indian film composer, lyricist and playback singer who primarily works in Kannada Film Industry. He made his film debut through Pawan Kumar directorial 'Lucia'; the film's background score, lyrics and songs received acclaims and honors both from audience and critics.^[1] His music includes a unique blend of western and folk, with a great emphasis on orchestration. While still actively involved with cultural organization Niranthara foundation (R), he currently composes and scores feature films.

Personal life

Poornachandra Tejaswi was born (6 October 1982) into a teaching parentage. He hails from the historical town of Srirangapatna in Mandya District, Karnataka. Poornachandra Tejaswi did his Bachelors in Engineering from NIE College, Mysore and worked as a software engineer in Mysore for few years. He belongs to that group of artists in Kannada Film Industry who came from Theatre background; he was part of the Rock band - Stone age and is an active member of Niranthara foundation(a theatre group).

Journey into Films

Poornachandra Tejaswi began his film journey through critically acclaimed Lucia in 2013. He quotes^[2]

"Pawan Kumar, on a social networking site, asked interested musicians to send him samples of their works and I like hundreds of others did so. Pawan immediately responded and even before I realised was a part of Team Lucia".

The song with track voice of "Thinbedakammi" was a huge hit when released on YouTube, it is noteworthy here to mention that Tejaswi penned the lyrics and was also lead playback singer for the song which instantly grabbed attention. He also composed the background score for the film. Lucia album was a massive hit and contributed immensely for the success of the film.^[3]^[4] What followed after the release was a series of nominations and awards including prestigious Karnataka State Award - 2014.

Discography

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Language	Notes	Director
2013	Lucia	Kannada	Karnataka State Award (2014) - Best Music Director	Pawan Kumar
2014	Chaturbuja	Kannada		Krishna Lekhana
2014	Walking With Wolves	English	International Wild Life Film	Senani Hegde
2015	Vascodigama	Kannada		Madhu Chandra
2015	Rocket	Kannada		Shiva Shashi
2016	Bhujanga	Kannada		Jeeva
2016	Prema Geema Jane Do	Kannada		Kenja Chetan Kumar
2016	U Turn	Kannada		Pawan Kumar
2018	U Turn	Tamil, Telugu		Pawan Kumar
2018	Hebbet Ramakka	Kannada		N R Nanjunde Gowda
2019	Chambal	Kannada		Jacob Verghese
2019	Fortuner	Kannada		Manjunath J Anivaarya
2019	Hikora†	Kannada		Krishna Poorna
2019	Babru†	Kannada		Sujay Ramaiah
2019	Gramayana†	Kannada		Devnuruchandru

Awards

Karnataka State Award 2014 - For Best music director for Lucia
Filmfare Award (2014) - Best Male Playback Singer for Lucia
Mirchi award (2014) - Upcoming Music Composer for Lucia
Big FM Award (2014) - Best Debut song for Lucia
Raghavendra Chitravani award (2014) - Best Music Director for Lucia
Santhosham Cine Award Hyderabad (2014) - Best Music Director for Lucia
Santhosham Cine Award Hyderabad (2014) - Best Playback Singer for Lucia
KIMA Award (2014) - Best Background score for Lucia

Nominations

SIIMA award (2014) - Best Music Director category
SIIMA award (2014) - Best Lyricist category

References

External links

Poornachandra Tejaswi at IMDb

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[1] "Local band member debuts as music director".

[2] "Sandalwood's latest find — Poornachandra Tejaswi".

[3] "Lucia made with small budget turns out to be a hit".

[4] "A lyricist and music director".

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