Vijaya Bhaskar

Vijaya Bhaskar (; 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, Bhaskar worked in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Tulu and Konkani language films as well. He had a noted association with directors including KSL Swamy (Ravi), Puttanna Kanagal, Adoor Gopalakrishnan and a long association with singers including P. Susheela and Vani Jairam.

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 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. Provided by Wikipedia