Vijaya Bhaskar

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Vijaya Bhaskar
Background information
Born	1924 (1924) Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Origin	Mysore State, India
Died	3 March 2002 (aged 77–78) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Genres	Film score, theatre
Occupation(s)	Composer, instrumentalist
Years active	1953–2001

Vijaya Bhaskar (Kannada: ವಿಜಯಭಾಸ್ಕರ್; 1924 – 3 March 2002) was an Indian music director and composer who composed music for several mainstream and experimental feature films in the Kannada film industry. Scoring music for over 720 films,^[1] Bhaskar worked in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Tulu and Konkani language films as well.^[2] He was a part of all films of director KSL Swamy (Ravi) and also shared a great association with acclaimed directors Puttanna Kanagal and Adoor Gopalakrishnan.

Influenced by R C Boral and Mukul Mehta, Bhaskar developed his own style of music and introduced the concept of theme music in Kannada film industry. He is credited for inspiring producers to select popular works of Kannada poets through his music. He was awarded with the Dr. Rajkumar Award and the prestigious Sur Singar Award from Mumbai music lovers (for his classical score in Malaya Marutha Kannada movie, directed by Ravi). He was also a recipient of Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director six times.

Some of Bhaskar's most popular soundtracks include Rani Honnamma, Santha Thukaram, Gejje Pooje, Mana Mechida Madadi, Belli Moda, Naandi, Sharapanjara, Naagarahaavu, Shubhamangala, Neela and Malaya Marutha.

Vijaya Bhaskar never got a chance to get Rajkumar to sing in his music direction (except for humming a few lines of Doniyolage Neenu in Uyyale) though Santha Thukaram in their combination won a National award. Rajkumar did sing at Vijaya Bhaskar's daughter's function.^[3]