Vijay Prakash

Some Lesser Known Facts About Vijay Prakash

• He was born and brought up in a middle-class family in Mysuru, Karnataka.

  

• On 26 January 1993, he participated in the Republic Day parade in New Delhi as an NCC student.

  

• In 1996, to pursue his career in acting, he shifted from Karnataka to Mumbai.

• He has appeared as one of the judges in a season of the singing reality TV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.

  

• Vijay Prakash has given his voice to around 5000 multiple languages ​​songs, 10000 ad films, and 3000 jingles in 14 languages.

• He has sung songs in various Hindi films like Lakshya (2004), Kisna: The Warrior Poet (2005), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Force (2011), and Guru (2016).

• In the 2004 Hindi film ‘Swades,’ he lent his voice to the song Pal Pal Hai Bhaari. This song is composed by Indian music composer A. R. Rahman. This was his first song with A. R. Rahman.

• He has judged a few other TV shows like Super Singer T20 Season 1 Finals, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Championship, and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs.

• In 2008, he gave his voice to the “Condom a Capella” ringtone for the Indian safe sex campaign which was composed by Rupert Fernandes and produced by BBC World Service Trust.

• He has lent his voice to songs in various Kannada films like Kalgejje (2010), Godfather (2012), Kirik Party (2016), Dhairyam (2017), Trivikrama (2022), and Vaamana (2023).

• Some of his songs from Tamil films are Boss Engira Bhaskaran (2010), Aravaan (2011), Krishnaveni Panjaalai (2012), K.G.F: Chapter 1 (2018), and Meiyazhagan (2024).

• He has also lent his voice to songs in various Telugu films such as Orange (2010), Eega (2012), S/O Satyamurthy (2015), Kirrak Party (2018), and Pakka Commercial (2022).

• He has performed in various shows along with the Indian tabla player Ustad Zakir Hussain.

  

• He has sung for various TV commercials like “Kabhi Chatpataa” for Knorr Soups and “Na Sar Jhuka Hai Kabhi” for HDFC Life Insurance.

• In 2011, he composed the song Kannadi for the Kannada film ‘Aidondla Aidu.’

• On 22 November 2012, Vijay Prakash was appointed as the brand ambassador of the Nissan Evalia ‘Moves Like Music’ campaign in which six younger artists of India were included.

• He has composed a few other songs like Andar Bahar, Koneye Irada, Aasae, Maleyali Minda, and Ashada Masadali.

• In 2013, he appeared in the Indian TV singing show Coke Studio @ MTV.

• On 12 May 2019, he performed the song Shankar Nag in Charlotte, North Carolina. The mayor present there announced that day as “Vijay Prakash Day” in the books of Concord.

  

• In 2021, Vijay Prakash, along with Santhosh Ananddram, composed a song on the student-teacher relationship in the Kannada film ‘Yuvarathnaa’.

• He is one of the Indian musicians who got the opportunity to perform at Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA.