Vijaya Narasimha


Vijaya Narasimha was an Indian lyricist who worked in Kannada cinema He is the greatest lyricist in the history of Kannada Film Industry. Many actors became famous because of his amazing lyrics along with Vijay Bhaskar's classic music composition. Vijaya Narasimha - Vijaya Bhaskar combination is the greatest, legendary combination. The countless number of super-hit songs are the proof for the great talent of Vijay Narasimha. Vijaya Narasimha-Vijay Bhaskar- P.B.Srinivas-S.Janaki-P.Susheela combination created a record of hits in the Kannada Film Industry. Even today, people cherish the beauty of Vijay Narasimha's lyrics and Vijay Bhaskar's music.bPresent day musicians can no way come near the class of Vijay Narasimha & Vijay Bhaskar.

Career

Vijaya Narasimha's first Kannada film song was "Yee Dehadinda Dooranaade" for the 1956 film Ohileshwara. He was part of the magic trio of director S. R. Puttanna Kanagal and music director Vijaya Bhaskar, which came up with matchless songs. Be it bharata bhushira mandira sundari, panchama veda premada nada, sandesha megha sandesha or preethine aa dyavru tanda aasthi namma baalvege his words stuck to the mind as much for their cadence as for their meaning. Who can forget the enchanting viraha! of yedakallu guddadamele picturised on actress Jayanthi.
He worked with every major singer and music director through the 60s, 70s and 80s and with every major actor, including a couple of Kannada films with Tamil superstar rajnikanth. His last film was the Rajkumar-starrer Odahuttidavaru. He was always writing, though his eyesight was bad, it was a passion with him. According to his family, even three days before his death, he was writing devotional songs on lord rama for a cassette. Other than nearly 4,000 film songs, vijaya narasimha wrote three novels Badukina Bairagi, Srimanchakrayana and Sanjegempu and also Puttanna Kanagal's biography and lyrics for countless devotional cassettes. His cassette bhadrapada shuklada chauti sold a record number of copies 30 years ago. He also holds the unique distinction of writing Kannada song for a Tamil movie in M.G. Ramachandran's Tamil classic Nadodi Mannan.

Filmography