1. Vijaya Bhaskar was an Indian music director and composer who composed music for several mainstream and experimental feature films in the Kannada film industry.
23 Facts About Vijaya Bhaskar
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Vijaya Bhaskar had a noted association with directors including KSL Swamy, Puttanna Kanagal, Adoor Gopalakrishnan and a long association with singers including P Susheela and Vani Jairam.
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Vijaya Bhaskar is credited for inspiring producers to select popular works of Kannada poets through his music.
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Vijaya Bhaskar was a recipient of Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director six times.
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Vijaya Bhaskar started his training in Music early in his life.
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Vijaya Bhaskar learnt the intricacies of Carnatic Classical music and the piano.
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Vijaya Bhaskar was busy in Bombay, assisting music directors like Naushad and Madan Mohan.
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In Bombay Vijaya Bhaskar was sitting in a restaurant in Matunga and chatting with a friend and then accidentally met B R Krishnamurthy.
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Vijaya Bhaskar asked him whether he would make music for a Kannada picture they were making.
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Vijaya Bhaskar finally came down from Bombay in 1953 to do the score for film Sri Rama Puja.
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Vijaya Bhaskar took charge and single-handedly changed the face of Kannada film music.
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Vijaya Bhaskar worked with Kanagal continuously till the '80s and then there was a break when M Ranga Rao took over for films like Ranganayaki.
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Boral and Mukul Mehta, Vijaya Bhaskar developed his own style of music.
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Vijaya Bhaskar proved that Kannada films too can have theme music.
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Vijaya Bhaskar did not limit his musical talent for commercial movies alone.
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Vijaya Bhaskar's specialty lay in the fact that he was equally comfortable using a minimum number of instruments as well as a whole orchestra.
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Vijaya Bhaskar was comfortable composing light songs as well as ghazals.
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Vijaya Bhaskar has quite a few devotional and popular light songs to his credit.
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Vijaya Bhaskar's range was extensive and included all genres of music.
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Vijaya Bhaskar directed music for experimental movies like Grahana, Yellindalo Bandavaru and Naandi.
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Vijaya Bhaskar is credited for inspiring producers to select popular works of Kannada poets through his music.
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Gopalakrishnan was very much impressed when Vijaya Bhaskar gave music for his movie Mathilukal which had no songs at all.
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Vijaya Bhaskar was 77, and left behind his wife, a son, two daughters and 5 grandchildren.