Vandemataram Srinivas

Vandemataram Srinivas
Vandemataram Srinivas
Birth name	Kanneboina Srinivasa Rao Yadav
Born	9 September 1964 (age 60); Village: Ramakrishna puram, District: Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Telangana, India)
Genres	Film score, theatre
Occupation(s)	Composer, record producer, music director, singer, actor, director.
Instrument	Keyboards
Years active	1985–present

Kanneboina Srinivasa Rao Yadav, known professionally as Vandemataram Srinivas, is an Indian music director and playback singer who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has won two Filmfare Awards and six Nandi Awards. He got the prefix "Vandemataram" from the title song of the film Vande Mataram (1985).^[1]

Early life

Vandemataram Srinivas was born as Kanneboina Srinivasa Rao.^[2] He was born in a Ramakrishnapuram village in Khammam district of Telangana India.^[3]

Awards

Filmfare Awards:

Best Music Director – Telugu - Osey Ramulamma^[4]^[5] (1997)
Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu for Aahaa..!^[6] (1998)

Nandi Awards^[7]

Best Music Director :Osey Ramulamma(1997)
Best Music Director :Swayamvaram (1999)
Best Music Director :Devullu(2000)
Best Male Playback Singer : Orey Rikshaw (1995)
Best Male Playback Singer :Sri Ramulayya (1998)
Best Male Playback Singer:Dandakaranyam (2016)

Other Honors

Doctorate from Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM)

Discography

As composer

Telugu films

Year	Film	Notes
1994	Amma Na Kodala
1994	Erra Sainyam
1995	Orey Rikshaw
1996	Maa Aavida Collector
1996	Maa Inti Adapaduchu
1997	Priyamaina Srivaaru
	Maa Aayana Bangaram
	Rowdy Durbar
	Osey Ramulamma
	Sri Ramulayya
	Kurralla Rajyam
	Pelli Pandiri
1998	Aahaa..!
	Daddy Daddy
	Suprabhatam
	Suryudu
	O Panaipothundi Babu
1999	Swapnalokam
	Yamajathakudu
	Bharata Ratna
	Swayamvaram
	Maa Balaji
	Sambayya
2000	Sammakka Sarakka
	Uncle
	Adavi Chukka
	Kante Koothurne Kanu
	Ammo! Okato Tareekhu
	Jayam Manadera
	Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa
	Kshemamga Velli Labhamga Randi
	Postman
	Manasunna Maaraju
	Devullu
2001	Pandanti Samsaram	^[8]
	Khaki Chokka	Only score
	Chirujallu
	Tholi Valapu
	Thank You Subba Rao	Only score
	Ammayi Kosam
	Orey Thammudu
	Apparao Ki Oka Nela Thappindi
	Muthyam	^[9]
	Bhadrachalam
2002	Jenda
	Girl Friend
	Kubusam
2003	Chantigadu
	Aayudham
	Ammulu
	Missamma
	Golmaal
	Fools
2004	Koduku
	Sankharavam
	Oka Pellam Muddu Rendo Pellam Vaddu
2005	Okkade
	Sravanamasam
	Ayodhya
	Good Boy
2006	Samanyudu
2007	Pagale Vennela
	Seema Sastri
	Aadivaram Aadavallaku Selavu
2008	Erra Samudram
2008	Gajibiji
2008	Deepavali
2009	Anjani Putrudu
2010	Amma Leni Puttillu
2010	Badmash
2011	Telugammayi
2011	Seema Tapakai

Kannada films

Year	Film	Notes
2003	Mane Magalu	remake of Maa Inti Adapaduchu (1996)
2004	Rowdy Aliya
2006	Hettavara Kanasu
2008	Citizen

As playback singer

Vande Mataram (1985) (Debut)
Zoo Laka Taka (1989)
Palnati Pourusham (1994)
Orey Rikshaw (1995)
Money Money (1995)
Prema Lekha (1996)
Sri Ramulayya (1998)
Aahaa..! (1998)
Aawaragaadu (2000)
Adavi Chukka (2000)
Kante Koothurne Kanu (2000)
Gemeni (2002)
Jai Bolo Telangana (2011)
Poru Telangana (2012)
Biriyani (2013)
Udyama Simham (2019)
Ee Ammayi (2022)

Filmography

As actor

Konguchaatu Krishnudu (1993)
Ammulu (2003) as. Kishtaiah

As director

Badmash (2010)

References

^ Narasimham, M. L. (7 August 2017). "'Vandemataram', the song that became a surname for singer Srinivas". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "సంగీత అకాడమీ చైర్మన్‌గా వందేమాతరం శ్రీనివాస్‌". lit.andhrajyothy.com. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "జర్నలిస్టులే నాకు ఈ పేరు పెట్టారు". Andhra Jyothy (in Telugu). 10 December 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "45th Filmfare South Best Music Directors : Santosh : Free Download & …". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.
^ "45th Filmfare South Music Directors Playbacksinger Winners Photo : Sa…". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.
^ "The Winners - Best Playback Singer" (JPG).
^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
^ "Krishna without Mustache". Idlebrain.com. 27 February 2001. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
^ jeevi (26 October 2001). "Movie review - Muthyam". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

External links

Vandemataram Srinivas at IMDb

[1] Narasimham, M. L. (7 August 2017). "'Vandemataram', the song that became a surname for singer Srinivas". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[2] "సంగీత అకాడమీ చైర్మన్‌గా వందేమాతరం శ్రీనివాస్‌". lit.andhrajyothy.com. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[3] "జర్నలిస్టులే నాకు ఈ పేరు పెట్టారు". Andhra Jyothy (in Telugu). 10 December 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[4] "45th Filmfare South Best Music Directors : Santosh : Free Download & …". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.

[5] "45th Filmfare South Music Directors Playbacksinger Winners Photo : Sa…". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.

[6] "The Winners - Best Playback Singer" (JPG).

[7] "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)

[8] "Krishna without Mustache". Idlebrain.com. 27 February 2001. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

[9] vi (26 October 2001). "Movie review - Muthyam". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu
1990–2000	Ilaiyaraaja (1990) M. M. Keeravani (1991) K. V. Mahadevan (1992) M. M. Keeravani (1993) M. M. Keeravani (1994) Raj–Koti (1994) M. M. Keeravani (1995) M. M. Keeravani (1996) Vandemataram Srinivas (1997) Mani Sharma (1998) S. A. Rajkumar (1999) Mani Sharma (2000)
2001–2010	R. P. Patnaik (2001) R. P. Patnaik (2002) Mani Sharma (2003) Devi Sri Prasad (2004) Devi Sri Prasad (2005) Devi Sri Prasad (2006) Mickey J. Meyer (2007) Mickey J. Meyer (2008) M. M. Keeravani (2009) A. R. Rahman (2010)
2011–2018	S. Thaman (2011) Devi Sri Prasad (2012) Devi Sri Prasad (2013) Anup Rubens (2014) Devi Sri Prasad (2015) Devi Sri Prasad (2016) M. M. Keeravani (2017) Devi Sri Prasad (2018)
2020–present	Devi Sri Prasad (2020–2021) M. M. Keeravani (2022) Vijai Bulganin (2023)

v t e Nandi Award for Best Music Director
1977–1980	Rajan–Nagendra (1977) M. S. Viswanathan (1978) K. V. Mahadevan (1979) S. Rajeswara Rao (1980)
1981–1990	Ilaiyaraaja (1981) Ramesh Naidu (1982) K. Chakravarthy (1983) Ramesh Naidu (1984) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1985) K. Chakravarthy (1986) K. V. Mahadevan (1987) Ilaiyaraaja (1988) O. P. Nayyar (1989) Ilaiyaraaja (1990)
1991–2000	K. V. Mahadevan (1991) M. M. Keeravani (1992) M. M. Keeravani (1993) Raj–Koti (1994) M. M. Keeravani (1995) Madhavapeddi Suresh (1996) Vandemataram Srinivas (1997) Mani Sharma (1998) Vandemataram Srinivas (1999) Vandemataram Srinivas (2000)
2001–2010	R. P. Patnaik (2001) M. M. Keeravani (2002) Mani Sharma (2003) Vidyasagar (2004) M. M. Keeravani (2005) K. M. Radha Krishnan (2006) Mickey J. Meyer (2007) Mickey J. Meyer (2008) M. M. Keeravani (2009) Chakri (2010)
2011–present	Ilaiyaraaja (2011) Ilaiyaraaja & M. M. Keeravani (2012) Devi Sri Prasad (2013) Anup Rubens (2014) M. M. Keeravani (2015) Mickey J. Meyer (2016)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Male Playback Singer
1997–2010	Mano (1997) Vandemataram Srinivas (1998) Sriram Prabhu (2000) Chakri (2003) Shankar Mahadevan (2005) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2006) Karthik (2007) Karthik (2008) Anuj Gurwara (2009) Ramesh Vinayakam and N. C. Karunya (2010)
2011–2018	Rahul Nambiar (2011) Vaddepalli Srinivas (2012) Kailash Kher (2013) Simha (2014) M. L. R. Karthikeyan (2015) Karthik (2016) Hemachandra (2017) Sid Sriram (2018)
2020–present	Sid Sriram (2020–2021) Kaala Bhairava (2022) Sreerama Chandra (2023)

Authority control databases
International	VIAF WorldCat
National	United States
Artists	MusicBrainz