Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is a prominent and the
top most Kannada film director, lyricist, producer and screenwriter. He is
most predominantly known for the 2006 film Mungaru Male, which he co-wrote with
Preetam Gubbi He was also the director of the film and was one of the
lyricists in the film. The film recorded the highest box-office collections in
the history of Kannada cinema and currently holds the record for the longest
running film at a multiplex. He is given the credit of bringing some of the
very talented technicians to the film industry that include Pawan Kumar of Lucia
fame,Pawan Wadeyar and many more.
He is the top most lyricist of the Kannada Film Industry
today and is considered as the lucky mascot for all.[ He started his
journey as a lyricist from the song 'Mungaru Maleye' from the mega hit film
Mungaru Male and from then on, there was no looking back for him. He has
rendered lyrics to hundreds of popular, super hit songs for the films Mungaru
Male, Gaalipata, Circus, Jackie, Junglee, Inthi Ninna Preethiya, Hudugaru,
Paramathma, Manasaare, Pancharangi, Kiladi Kitti, Devru, Chingari, Drama,
Puttakkana Highway, Super, Anna Bond, Only Vishnuvardhana, Kichha Huchha, Crazy
Loka, Lucky, Lifeu Ishtene, Shiva, Jaanu, Cheluveye Ninna Nodalu, Johny Mera
Naam, Victory, Paramatma,Male Barali Manju Irali, Dyaavre, Preethi Geethi
Ityadi, Victory and many more.[6] He is considered the most versatile writer
who can pen lyrics for slow songs such as Mungaru Maleye, Doora Swalpa Doora,
Nadheem Dheem Thana, Hookanasa Jokali, Chendutiya Pakkadali, Eradu Jadeyannu,
Naa Naguva modalene, Hesaru Poorthi Helale and others and can pen fast songs
like Hale Paathre, Kathlalli Karadi, Khali Quarter Bottle, Shiva Antha
hoguthidde, Pancharangi Pom Pom and others very easily. He has won a film fare
award and many other awards for penning the super hit song, 'Bombe Aadsonu'
from the film Drama.
Early life
Yogaraj Bhat was born on October 8, 1972, in Thiluvalli
village, Hangal taluk, in the Haveri district of the erstwhile Mysore State
(now in Karnataka). He was the youngest of Ramachandra and Jayalakshmi Bhat's
seven children. He lost his father to a boat mishap.
Career
During his college days in Mysore he watched a lot of
foreign classics like Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, Akira Kurosawa's
Ran. He is a great fan of Kurosawa and fed upon a staple diet of Fellini and
Godard films. These films inspired him a lot. He came to Bangalore at the age
of 22 hoping to be a film cameraman.
As a new entrant to the film industry, Yograj Bhat served as
an assistant director under Girish Kasaravalli, V. Ravichandran, Sunil Kumar
Desai and B Suresha. Talking about this experience he says "It was not
about who the guru was. It was about being employed, It was the thrill of
watching film-making at close quarters. I even enjoyed being admonished by
these directors. The thrill of standing next to a camera and listening to its
sound is inexplicable." He directed a TV serial, Chakra before making
his first feature film.
It took him eight years before he found a producer to back
him as an independent director. His first Kannada movie as a director was Mani.
The highlight of the film was memorable performances by Umashree and Rangayana
Raghu, both of whom won Karnataka State's Best Supporting Actor award for their
respective roles in this movie. His second movie Ranga SSLC (2004) did not
perform as expected. The film included Sudeep and Ramya in the lead, and
Umashree as Sudeep's mother and Rangayana Raghu as "Bomb Naga." The
story of the film was written by his friend Soori. The music of the film was
composed by Sandeep Chowta.
For the next two years he did not direct any movies as it
was very much testing times for him. He spent his time doing a lot of corporate
films and documentaries. He had also decided to give himself a bit of time
before he ventured into another film project. That was when the idea of
Mungaaru Male came up. He spent almost one year writing the script.
"Comedy Time" Ganesh liked the script very much, and he introduced a
producer E Krishnappa who eventually produced the film. Mungaaru Male became
the biggest blockbuster of South India, creating a record of having a one-year
run at the box office. It was followed by another blockbuster, Gaalipata.
He also started his acting career in the film Dyavre
directed by one of his assistants.
His next movie Manasaare got rave reviews from the critics
and did well all over Karnataka. After Manasaare, he directed and co-produced
next movie titled Pancharangi which stars Diganth and Nidhi Subbaiah in the
lead roles. Rediff declared as one of the best Kannada movies of 2010.
Next movie in 2011 was Paramathma starring Puneeth Rajkumar
which was another hit movie liked by all class people. In 2012, he directed a
film titled Drama with Yash and Radhika Pandit in the lead roles but the film
was not like his regular movies but managed to gain decent appreciation. His
next movie will be Nataraja Service, likely to release in June 2014.
Filmography
| Year | Film | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Producer | ScreenWriter | Lyricist | Notes | |||
| 2001 | Chakra (T.V. Serial) | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2003 | Mani | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2004 | Ranga S.S.L.C | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2006 | Mungaru Male | Yes | Yes | Karnataka State Film Awards, Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada, Screened for more than a year | |||
| 2008 | Gaalipata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Screened for 45 Weeks and was a run away hit | ||
| 2008 | Inthi Ninna Preethiya | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2009 | Manasaare | Yes | Yes | Yes | Screened for 150 days-was a super hit | ||
| 2010 | Pancharangi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Screened for 100 days-was a super hit | |
| 2011 | Paramathma | Yes | Yes | Yes | Screened for 50 days-was an average hit | ||
| 2011 | Lifeu Ishtene | Yes | Yes | Screened for 100 days-was a super hit | |||
| 2012 | Drama | Yes | Yes | Yes | Super Hit | ||
| 2014 | Vastu Prakara | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Filming | |
| 2014 | Totaram | Yes | Yes | Filming(Hindi Film Debut) |
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