The song 'Aa Ante Amalapuram' enjoyed wide popularity in Telugu states and other parts of India. Devi made his first collaboration with Sukumar, who his regular collaborator. He continued his 'romantic music' style in his next big hit Arya (2004). A critic described that he gave a perfect sound to the film and made a deep impact on the audiences with his soulful, melodious and romantic music. The soundtrack fetched him three awards, those include Santosham Best Music Director, CineMAA Awards Best Music Director and Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu. The film was a huge hit at the box office.

Devi introduced his brother Gandham Sagar debut into the music industry by 'Neeti Mulla' song of the album.

Raju, who introduced him to the film industry through Devi in 1999. It is his second collaboration with producer M. By the time, Devi became one of the most sought after music composers in Telugu cinema and Telugu music.Īlthough the film Varsham was released in 2004, its soundtrack album was released on 18 December 2003 through Aditya Music at the film's audio launch event at Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad. Krishna Prasad Chigurupati of The Times of India wrote: ' ‘Meme Indians’ composed by Devi Sri Prasad depicts the real attitude and unity among Indians with a hint of satire and humour.' 'Nuvvu Nuvvu' sung by Sumangali is another biggest hit of the album. The picturization of the songs has elevated the audio of Manmadhudu.' The same year, devi composed music for a patriotic film Khadgam. Even the background score is pretty good. A critic writing for Manmadhudu review, stated that 'Music by Devi Sri Prasad is excellent. Most of the songs in these albums were widely appreciated. Films Sontham and Manmadhudu were regarded as musical hits of the year. These films were critically and commercially successful, music composition by DSP also contributed to the films' successes. In 2002, he has five album releases, of these soundtrack albums of the films Kalusukovalani, Manmadhudu and Sontham became the biggest chartbusters of the time. In the same year, he composed film score for a Tamil film Badri.

This is his first major successful film album. Devi Sri Prasad has got a chance to work with a fulltime love story, which has scope for good music'. Idlebrain stated that, 'music of the film is good though some of the tunes are inspired by 'back street boys' work. He has written and sung the song 'Premante Emitante' and lent his vocals for another song 'Monalisa'. The film marked his first collaboration with director Srinu Vaitla. Devi once again collaborated with Kodi Ramakrishna for the film Navvuthu Bathakalira (2001) after Devi (1999).ĭevi made his breakthrough with the soundtrack album of the film Anandam in the same year. He also composed Tamil version of the soundtrack for the film. He then composed score and soundtrack of the 1999 Telugu film Devi, thus marking his debut as a film music composer at the age of 19. In his debut music album Dance Party, he collaborated with veteran singer SP Balasubrahmanyam's son S. Satyamurthy, died in December 2015.Ĭareer Film score and soundtracks 1999–2001: Career beginnings and breakthrough He has one younger sister and one younger brother, Gandham Sagar who is a playback singer. Nagar.Ĭontrary to popular belief that 'Devi' was prefixed to his name after his debut film, he was named after his maternal grandparents, Devi Meenakshi, and Prasada Rao. He grew up in Madras (now Chennai) and attended M. He is named after his maternal grandparents, Devi Meenakshi, and Prasada Rao. Satyamurthy was a writer in Telugu cinema who has penned popular films like Devatha, Khaidi No. ĭevi Sri Prasad was born as Gandham Devi Sri Prasad in Vedurupaka, Andhra Pradesh into a Telugu speaking family. Devi also choreographed a song in the 2015 film Kumari 21F. In the same year, he made his Tamil debut by composing the film score and singing two songs of Badri. He composed the soundtrack of Anandam in 2001, by which he made breakthrough in Tollywood and Telugu music. Devi began his music career in 1997, by composing one of the eight tracks in the studio album Dance Party. In a span of 20 years, he has worked on over 100 films. He is one of the highest paid music composers in Tollywood. He is a recipient of Ten Filmfare Awards, Nine of which are Best Music Director – Telugu and one Special Award for Best Background Music, five CineMAA Awards – Best Music Director, five SIIMA Award for Best Music Director (Telugu) and one Nandi Award for Best Music Director. Popularly known by his initials DSP, he is best known for his work in Telugu films. Devi Sri Prasad ( Telugu pronunciation: born 2 August 1979) is an Indian film composer, lyricist, singer-songwriter, and performer.

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