Kalyani Malik

Kalyana Ramana (born Kalyan Koduri), known professionally as Kalyani Malik, is an Indian music director and playback singer in Telugu cinema. Since achieving recognition through Chandra Sekhar Yeleti's film Aithe, Malik has provided musical scores for many other films. His most recent works are composing for Oohalu Gusagusalade and sound supervisor for Baahubali: The Beginning.

Kalyani Malik
Born	Kalyan Koduri[1] 1972 Kovvur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Other names	Kalyana Ramana
Occupation	Composer playback singer
Years active	2003–present
Relatives	See Koduri family

Early life

Kalyani Malik was born and brought up in Kovvur,[2] to Siva Shakti Dutta and Bhanumathi. He is the brother of music composer M. M. Keeravani and cousin to director S. S. Rajamouli and M. M. Srilekha. Kalyan has always been close to music and cinema. At a very young age, his inclination to music made him start assisting his brother M. M. Keeravani. His uncle K. V. Vijayendra Prasad is a popular script writer in the Telugu film industry.

He suffixed Malik to his name, as he is a devotee of Mallikarjuna Swamy, and uses screen name Kalyani Malik.[2]

Career

Malik started off as a chorus singer with his brother M. M. Keeravani's compositions.[3][4] Later, it was with the song "Sannajaji Poova" from Yuvaratna, composed by his brother, that he was noticed as a full fledged singer. After singing quite good number of songs for his brother, he started assisting his brother and learned the nuances of music composing. After gaining experience, his journey as a solo music director started with jingles, TV serials and finally the entry to the silver screen happened with Aithe, which instantly got him into the limelight. This was follow by hit albums such as Ashta Chemma, Ala Modalaindi, Golconda High School and Oohalu Gusagusalade.[5]

Discography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Notes
2003	Aithe
2003	Naam	Tamil film
2004	Manasu Maata Vinadu
2005	Andhrudu
2006	Boss - I Love You
2006	Valliddari Vayasu Padahare
2006	Amrutha Varsham
2008	Ashta Chemma
2010	Ala Modalaindi
2011	Golconda High School
2012	Adhinayakudu
2013	Anthaku Mundu Aa Taruvatha[6]
2014	Oohalu Gusagusalade[7][8]
2014	Antha Scene Ledu
2015	Bandipotu
2015	Hora Hori
2016	Kalyana Vaibhogame	[9]
2016	Jyo Achyutananda
2018	Ammammagarillu
2019	Lakshmi's NTR
2020	Amrutham Dhvitheeyam	web-television series
2021	Check	Post-production[10]

Awards and nominations

Mirchi Music Awards South

• 2014 – Best Playback singer Male – Oohalu Gusagusalade for "Em Sandeham Ledu" – won[11]
• 2014 – Music Composer of The Year – Oohalu Gusagusalade – won[11]

Filmfare Awards South

• 2012 – Best Music Director – Telugu – Ala Modalaindi – nominated
• 2014 – Best Music Director – Telugu – Oohalu Gusagusalade – nominated

South Indian International Movie Awards

• 2015 – Best Music Director (Telugu) – Jyo Achyutananda – nominated

References

1. "Kalyan Koduri changes his name". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
2. "Kalyani Malik - chitchat - Telugu film music director". www.idlebrain.com. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
3. "Don't Blame Directors For Those Songs".
4. "Confessions of a Renegade Music Director".
5. "Kalyana Ramana completes 14 years in industry". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
6. "Music director Kalyani Koduri interview about Anthaka Mundu Aa Tarvatha".
7. "62nd Filmfare Awards South 2015 (Telugu): Allu Arjun, Mohan Babu, Nagarjuna, Sharwanand, Venkatesh Nominated".
8. "Oohalu Gusagusalade completes 50 days".
9. "Kalyani Koduri to team up with Nandini Reddy".
10. "First glimpse of Yeleti and Nithiin's 'Check'". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 4 January 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 January 2021.CS1 maint: others (link)
11. "Winners". Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

External links

• Kalyani Malik on Facebook
• Kalyani Malik at IMDb