Home LeisureWho is RRR Music Composer MM Keeravani, The ‘Golden Globes’ Man of The Moment? Here’s All You Need to Know
Meet RRR music composer MM Keeravani, the person who simply gained a Golden Globes for India for his prolific ‘Naatu Naatu’ music within the SS Rajamouli directorial.
Published: January 12, 2023 7:12 AM IST
By IANS
Who is RRR Music Composer MM Keeravani, The ‘Golden Globes’ Man of The Moment Here’s All You Need to Know (Photo: AP)
All About MM Keeravani, Golden Globes Winner: With the Golden Globe win of RRR monitor ‘Naatu Naatu’, Indian composer MM Keeravaani has grow to be the toast of the 2023 Hollywood awards season, however his join with audiences goes method again to the Nineties era nonetheless mesmerised after they hear the romantic Telugu monitor ‘Thelusa Manasa’.
Better identified to audiences up north as ‘Tum Mile’ in Hindi from Mahesh Bhatt’s 1994 movie ‘Criminal’, ‘Thelusa Manasa’, a breezy love ballad sung by SP Balasubrahmanyam and KS Chithra, is all the things that ‘Naatu Naatu’ isn’t.
‘Naatu Naatu’, which interprets to bucolic in Telugu, was a runaway hit at residence in India with the discharge of SS Rajamouli‘s magnum opus. Soon, the viewers within the West have been additionally swept away within the irreverent and but inclusive vibe of the 4.35-minute music enacted on display by main stars Ram Charan and Jr NTR. “Overwhelmed by the response from all over for the Golden Globe. Thank You for all your wishes,” Keeravaani wrote on Twitter after the win.
The rousing soundtrack and background rating of ‘RRR’, a fictional story set in pre-Independent India following the adventures of real-life revolutionaries Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR) is the bedrock of the movie’s success across the globe. Who can overlook the viral visuals of foreigners attempting to match steps to the rhythm of the music as they erupted in a euphoric dance in the course of the screening of the interval motion epic in a number of theatres?
Apart from Telugu, the movie launched in 4 extra languages, and so did the music. It is ‘Naattu Koothu’ in Tamil, ‘Naacho Naacho’ in Hindi, ‘Karinthol’ in Malayalam, and ‘Haali Naatu’ in Kannada. Keeravaani, who works throughout movie industries in India, made his debut in 1990 with the Telugu movie ‘Manasu Mamatha’. But he first tasted success with Ram Gopal Varma’s Telugu blockbuster movie ‘Kshana Kshanam’ a 12 months later.
Interestingly, he’s credited for his work beneath totally different names. While he’s M M Keeravaani within the Telugu and Malayalam industries, the celebrated music director is named Marakathamani in Tamil and M M Kreem in Hindi. His given title is Koduri Marakathamani Keeravaani.
While ‘Kshana Kshanam’ is a wide-ranging album packaged in conventional song-and-dance model, he acquired vital acclaim and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for the very best music director for “Azhagan”.
As MM Kreem, Keeravaani left an indelible mark on the psyche of the Hindi movie music aficionado.
For the 2002 Hindi movie ‘Sur – The Melody of Life’, he balanced a pining ‘Aa Bhi Ja’ with the intoxicating playfulness of latest love with ‘Dil Mein Jaagi’. He reunited with Bhatt for the 1998 vital hit ‘Zakhm’, for which he created jewels such because the rhythmic ‘Gali Mein Aaj Chaand Nikla’, hoping that the wait would finish and the beloved would lastly present up on the doorstep.
Then there are haunting numbers in ‘Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai’ and ‘Aawarapan Banjarapan’ from ‘Jism’ (2003), and ‘Maine Dil Se Kaha’ from ‘Rog’ (2005). He even tried his hand at ‘Paheli’, Amol Palekar’s movie set in a Rajasthan village, with songs equivalent to ‘Dheere Jalna’, ‘Kangna Re’, and ‘Minnat Kare’.
Music and cinema all run within the household. Born in a Telugu household in Kovvur in Andhra Pradesh, the 61-year-old composer is the son of Koduri Siva Shakthi Datta, a lyricist, and screenwriter, greatest identified for the music ‘Mamathala Thalli’ from “Baahubali: The Beginning”, one other Rajamouli hit movie. Rajamouli’s father and “RRR” co-writer V Vijayendra Prasad is the youthful brother of Datta, making the director and Keeravaani first cousins.
In his Golden Globe acceptance speech, the music composer thanked Rajamouli for his “vision”.
“It has been an age-old practice to say that this award actually belongs to someone else. So I was planning to not say those words when I get an award like this, but I’m sorry to say that I’m going to repeat the tradition because I mean my words.
“This award belongs to, in order of priority, my brother and the director of the movie, SS Rajamouli for his vision. I thank him for this constant trust in my work and support,” Keeravaani mentioned from the dais.
Call it a familial bond or belief in his capability, Rajamouli has wager massive on his elder cousin proper from his directorial debut ‘Student No 1’, the 2001 Telugu movie.
The pathbreaking success of the film, which starred Jr NTR, Gajala, and Rajeev Kanakala, began a collaboration that has continued with various style Telugu titles equivalent to Jr NTR’s actioner ‘Simhadri’ and sports activities motion film ‘Sye’, fantasy epic ‘Magadheera’ with Ram Charan, and the 2005 actioner ‘Chatrapati’ and the epic fantasy movie collection ‘Baahubali’, each fronted by Prabhas.
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Published Date: January 12, 2023 7:12 AM IST
