Koduri Marakathamani Keeravani prevalently known as M.M. Keeravani is an Indian film music writer and playback artist. He works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi silver screen. He has numerous monikers names, for example, M.M. Kreem, Marakathamani, and Veda Narayana and so on. He has recorded a most extreme number of melodies with artists S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and K. S. Chithra. In 1997, he was granted the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the motion picture Annamayya.
M.M. Keeravani Personal Life:
Keeravani was born on 4 July 1961 (age 56) into a Telugu family in Kovvur, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh to Koduri Siva Shakti Dutta. He has a sibling who is additionally a music chief and artist, Kalyani Malik. M.M. Keeravani wife name is Sri Valli. She works as a line producer in films.His child, Kaala Bhairava, is a vocalist and has sung for his dad’s various arrangements (“Dandalayya” song).He is the cousin of chief S. S. Rajamouli and music chief, vocalist M. M. Srilekha. He is the nephew of Telugu and Bollywood movie screenwriter and chief K. V. Vijayendra Prasad. For quite a while, Keeravani lived in the Raichur District of Karnataka before settling on a choice to move to Madras (now Chennai).
Career Life:
Keeravani initially started his profession as a collaborator music executive with the prominent arranger K. Chakravarthy in 1987. He aided films, for example, Collectorgari Abbayi and Bharathamlo Arjunudu in the late 1980s. Amid this time, he likewise looked for the direction of the veteran lyricist Veturi for over a year. Keeravani’s first massive break as an autonomous performer accompanied the film Kalki in 1990, yet the film never got discharged, and the soundtrack likewise went unnoticed. It was director Mouli’s 1990 film Manasu Mamatha that conveyed him to the spotlight and was viewed as his initially released movie.
In any case, it was Ram Gopal Varma’s blockbuster movie Kshana Kshanam (1991) that made Keeravani a set up music director. Every one of the tunes of this motion picture went ahead to end up top chartbusters, and Keeravani was overwhelmed with offers from the whole way across south Indian film ventures. His first real Hindi film was Criminal.
He is known for his playback singing commitments to the Telugu film industry with arrangements for hit movies, for example, Annamayya. He has created music for Hindi movies, for example, Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (1996), Sur – The Melody of Life, Zakhm, Saaya, Jism, Criminal, Rog and Paheli. In Malayalam, he has scored for movies, for example, Neelagiri (1991), Soorya Manasam (1992) and Devaraagam (1996). He has made for more than 220 films in different Indian dialects. M. Keeravani created the music and foundation for the movies Baahubali: The Beginning and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion.
M.M. Keeravani Awards List:
M. M. Keeravani got five Filmfare for Best Music Director for the films Kshana Kshanam, Allari Priyudu, Criminal, Subha Sankalpam, Pelli Sandadi and Magadheera. M. M. Keeravani won eleven Nandi Awards. Eight awards for Best Music Director and three awards for Best Male Playback Singer. Nandi Awards for Best Music Director in 1992,1993,1995,2002,2005,2009,2012 and 2015. Nandi Awards for Best Male Playback Singer in 2001,2010 and 2015.
M.M. Keeravani won National Film Award for Best Music Direction for Annamayya in 1997. In 1991, he got Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director for Azhagan.
