Madhavapeddi Suresh

Madhavapeddi Suresh is Tollywood music director and playback singer, winner of Nandi Award for Best Music Director in 1996.

Suresh was born to Vasundhara Devi, a diploma holder in Veena, Vocal and Bharatanatyam and Nageswara Rao, also an artiste, at Tenali. Having picked up the musical strains quite early in his childhood, he began his career playing harmonium for the Sriramanavami programmes at Vijayawada in 1967 and participated in hundreds of programmes. His brother Ramesh first began his career as a film playback singer.

Suresh first played accordion in the troupe of music director T. Chalapathi Rao for the film Parivartana. Later he became a keyboard player and worked for all the big names like Pendyala, S.Rajeswara Rao, M.S. Viswanathan, K.V. Mahadevan, Ramesh Naidu, JV Raghavulu, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Bappi Lahiri and Hamsalekha and worked for about 1,000 films. He was keyboard player for playback singer S.P. Balasubramanyam’s tours abroad from 1979 to 1985.

A contemporary of Jandhyala, the late director first gave him a break in Hai Hai Nayaka. Suresh became a big success with Brundavanam, which he recalled is his first 100 days film. He followed it up with the evergreen Bhairavadweepam, the music of which he describes as the high point of his career. The Balakrishna-starrer has won nine Nandi awards. Nandi for Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam subsequently. He scored music for the three Chandamama-Vijaya Combines films in a row.

Career

• Bala Ramayanam 1996 Music Director
• Maato Pettukoku 28th Jul 1995 Music Director
• Bhairava Dweepam 14th Apr 1994 Music Director
• Brindavanam Music Director

Awards

Nandi Award for Best Music Director in 1996.