K Kalyan (born 1 January 1975) is an Indian songwriter and music composer known for his works in Kannada film industry. He is also called as "Premakavi.[1]

K. Kalyan
Born	(1975-01-01) 1 January 1975 (age 47) Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Song writer, music director
Genre	Film, devotional

Career

K.Kalyan entered the film industry at the age of 17 as a Music director cum lyricist for Kannada movies. He learnt Karnatic classical music under the guidance of Chenna Krishnappa. In the early days, he worked under music director Hamsalekha.[2]

K.Kalyan has written almost 3000 songs.[3] He as worked with many music directors including Ilayaraja, Hamsalekha, A.R.Rahman, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vijaya Bhaskar, Rajan-Nagendra, Upendra kumar, C. Ashwath, Singeetham Shrinivasa Rao, Manjula Gururaj, V. Ravichandran, V. Manohar, Mano Murthy, L.N. Shasthri, Anu Mallik, M M Keeravani, Koti, Deva, S A Rajkumar, Sadhu Kokila, Gurukiran, V. Harikrishna, Arjun Janya, Ravi Basruru, Veer Samarth, S. Narayan, R.P Patnayak, Santhosh Narayanan, Rajesh Ramanath, Ajanish Lokanath, Abhiman Roy, Sangeetha Raja, Shyam, Anoop Seelin, Anup Rubens, Bharathwaj, Chakri, Dhina, Imman, Jassie Gift, Joshua Sridhar, Mani Sharma, M.N Krupakar and others[4][5]

Filmography

Songwriter

Composer

• Chandramukhi Pranasakhi (1999)
• Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu (2000)
• Rowdy Aliya (2004)
• Tananam Tananam (2006)
• Manasugula Mathu Madhura (2007)

Honours and Awards

Karnataka State Film Awards

References