Viswa (lyricist)
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| Born | Vemuri Visweswar |
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Vemuri Visweswar (Viswa) is a Telugu movie lyricist, music director, singer, and dubbing artist. He has worked on more than 250 films.
His lyrics often incorporate elements from Sanskrit, English, and Hindi. He has contributed to a range of film projects, including introduction and title songs for various actors.[1][2][3][4][5]
Career
[edit]His works include lyrics for Pavan Kalyan starrer movie "OG" Fire storm song, title songs of Mahesh Babu starrers Athadu, and Dookudu, and Jr. N.T.R. starrers Baadshah and Temper, also Venkatesh starrers "Dhaga Dhaga" from the movie Lakshmi and "Gola Gola" from the movie Shadow, and Allu Arjun starrers "Down Down" from the movie 'Race Gurram, "Violin Song" from the movie Iddarammayilatho, and "You Rock My World" from the movie Arya. His other work includes "Nartanatara" from the movie Ek Niranjan, "Dole Dole" from the movie Pokiri, "Khiladi Koona" from the movie Athidhi, "Gichhi Gichhi" and "Chandramukhi" from the movie Super, "Ye Oore Chinnadana" from Bhadra, "Va Va Vareva" from the movie Bunny, "Chal Chal Re" from the movie Happy, "Mayadari Chinnodu" from the movie Devadasu, "Yedalo Yedo" and "Rock & Roll" from the movie Style.[6]
Viswa wrote and performed the title song of Athadu. He also contributed songs such as "Don Bosco" from Amar Akbar Anthony, and ''Asha Pasham" from C/o Kancharapalem. His work includes “Ningi Chutte” from Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya. He turned into a composer and music director through the film Hyderabad Nawabs, and later contributed to films including Police Police and Nenu Naa Rakshasi. He composed, wrote, and sung the song "Padithinammo."[7]
The title song of Dookudu, "Nee Dookudu," won the Big FM Best Lyrics Award for 2011. In the same year, "Chiguru Boniya" from the movie Teen Maar, which was sung and written by Viswa, also became a hit. His latest hits are "Violin Song" from Iddarammayilatho, "Down Down" from Race Gurram, and "Choolenge Aasma" from Temper movies. Viswa sang the poignant song "Kshaminchu Lakshmi" in Lakshmi's NTR, which became an instant hit. His current projects as a lyricist are the hero Naga Chaitanya Starrer Movie Thank You, in which he has written the song "Maaro Maaro," and Srinivas Avasarala's movie Nootokka Jillaala Andagaadu.
As a dubbing artist, Viswa has lent his voice to a major voice over that helps in the narrative of the Vijay Devarakonda starrer "Kingdom", Kabir Bedi in Gautamiputra Satakarni, Jackie Shroff in Sakthi, Supreeth Reddy in Chatrapathi, Prabhu in Bejawada, Ponniyin Selvan: I, Abhimanyu Singh in Rakta Charitra, Rahul Dev in Simhadri, Pasupathy in Nenunnanu, the opening voiceover in Damarukam, and many more. His baritone voice has elevated the characters of villains in many films. His latest films include lending a voice to Raza Murad in Padmaavat and legendary Hollywood actor Lloyd Owen in Thugs of Hindostan. He lent voice to the Telugu legendary superstar N.T.R. character in Ram Gopal Varma's Lakshmi's NTR, for which he was widely appreciated. He also lent his voice to Bollywood actor Sonu Sood, who played Arjuna in the magnum opus Kurukshetra. Viswa has lent his voice to legendary sound recordist and drummer Ranjit Barot, who played a savvy role with negative shades in A. R. Rahman. Produced the film 99 Songs. Viswa has dubbed for Vijay Sethupathi in the National Film Awards winning film Super Deluxe.
Filmography
[edit]- As lyricist
| Year | Film | Song | Notes |
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| 2005 | Athadu | "Adaraku" | Also singer[8] |
| 2011 | Teen Maar | "Chiguru Boniya" | Also singer |
| 2018 | Amar Akbar Anthony | "Don Bosco" | |
| 2018 | C/o Kancharapalem | "Asha Pasham",
"Sotta Buggala O Sinnadi" |
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| 2020 | Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya | "Ningi Chutte" |
- As dubbing artist
| Year | Film | Actor | Notes |
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| 2003 | Simhadri | Rahul Dev | |
| 2004 | Nenunnanu | Pasupathy | |
| 2005 | Chhatrapati | Supreeth | |
| 2010 | Rakta Charitra | Abhimanyu Singh | |
| 2011 | Shakti | Jackie Shroff | |
| Dookudu | Sonu Sood | ||
| Bejawada | Prabhu | ||
| 2017 | Gautamiputra Saatakarni | Kabir Bedi | |
| 2019 | Lakshmi's NTR | P Vijay Kumar |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Vishwa". filmyfocus.com. Filmy Focus. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ↑ "All-rounder Viswa on a roll". Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ↑ "Viswa". chillentertain.com. Chill Entertain.
- ↑ "Viswa". nettv4u.com. nettv4u.
- ↑ "Visweswar Vemuri". www.musixmatch.com. Musix Match.
- ↑ "Viswa to work on a fusion album". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Nenu Naa Rakshasi Music Review". indiaglitz.com. Indiaglitz. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ↑ "Vishwa". filmibeat.com. Filmibeat. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
External links
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- Viswa at IMDb
- Vishwa discography at MusicBrainz
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