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Vijaya Bhaskar was born on 1924 in Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India, is an Indian music composer. Discover Vijaya Bhaskar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?
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Composer, instrumentalist |
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78 years old |
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1924 |
| Birthday |
1924 |
| Birthplace |
Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India |
| Date of death |
2002 |
| Died Place |
Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
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India
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Vijaya Bhaskar Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Vijaya Bhaskar Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Vijaya Bhaskar worth at the age of 78 years old? Vijaya Bhaskar’s income source is mostly from being a successful artist. He is from India. We have estimated Vijaya Bhaskar's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Bhaskar finally came down from Bombay in 1953 to do the score for film Sri Rama Puja.
He took charge and single-handedly changed the face of Kannada film music.
The Kannada film industry got its first original music composer.
Puttanna Kanagal who was assisting BR Pantulu, with Bellimoda became independent Director.
VB was the music director for Belli Moda.
Film became an instant success and cemented their association.
After Belli Moda, there was Gejje Pooje, and later Naagarahaavu.
He worked with Kanagal continuously till the '80s and then there was a break when M. Ranga Rao took over for films like Ranganayaki.
Bhaskar came back for Maanasa Sarovara.
He has scored music for nearly 670 movies.
Influenced by R.C. Boral and Mukul Mehta, Bhaskar developed his own style of music.
He also proved that Kannada films too can have theme music.
Bhaskar did not limit his musical talent for commercial movies alone.
According to Vijaya Bhaskar folk music was the forerunner of all existing forms of music in the world.
His specialty lay in the fact that he was equally comfortable using a minimum number of instruments as well as a whole orchestra.
Vijaya Bhaskar's compositions are melodious and lilting.
He was comfortable composing light songs as well as ghazals.
He also has quite a few devotional and popular light songs to his credit.
His range was extensive and included all genres of music.
He directed music for experimental movies like Grahana, Yellindalo Bandavaru and Naandi.
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 600 feature films, Bhaskar worked in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Tulu and Konkani language films as well.
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.
Vijaya Bhaskar was born in Bangalore.
He started his training in Music early in his life.
His guru in Hindustani Classical music was Govinda Bhave who taught him the basics.
Vijaya Bhaskar also learnt the intricacies of Carnatic Classical music and the piano.
Vijaya Bhaskar was busy in Bombay, assisting music directors like Naushad and Madan Mohan.
In Bombay Bhaskar was sitting in a restaurant in Matunga and chatting with a friend and then accidentally met B R Krishnamurthy (BRK).
Bhaskar was speaking in Kannada and overheard BRK.
BRK used to work as an assistant to R. Nagendra Rao and had worked on several pictures with him.
Bhaskar told him he was a musician.
He asked him whether he would make music for a Kannada picture they were making.
