Damodar Raao

Damodar Raao
Damodar Raao
Background information
Native name	दामोदर राव
Genres	Filmi, Folk
Occupation(s)	Music Composer, Singer, Actor, Performer, Record Producer
Instruments	Singing, Vocals, Harmonium, Keyboard, Voice Over
Years active	2007 – present
Labels	Venus, Times Music, Sony Music Entertainment, T-Series, Indya Records, Moser Baer
Website	www.damodarraao.com

Damodar Raao is an Indian Composer, Singer, Record producer, and live Performer. His music genre is about acoustic folk with some trace of Indian classical music.^[1]

Career

In 2000 Damodar got his first break as a singer in the Hindi film "Shaitan Tantrik" which was composed by Nikhil Vinay and lyric by Vinay Bihari.

Later in the end of the year 2007 Raao moved with his family for mumbai. In the starting of 2008 he got chance to compose music for a low budget Hindi film "Once More" aka "Gorakh Dhandha".

Awards and honors

In the year 2014 he got Best music director award of the year 2012 by Darshnik Mumbai Press Media Award^[2] and he was also honoured by Aapki Awaz Foundation for Best Music Director & Mumbai Gaurav Award of the year 2014 for the Bhojpuri film Majnu Motorwala^[3] Damodar Raao is honored with Chhatrapati Shivaji Gaurav Award in the year 2016 by Darshnik News Paper nad Evershine Mitramandal in mumbai.^[4]

Upcoming projects

• Dream City Mumbai ^[5]
• Teri Meri Aashiqui^[6]
• Keep Safe Distance

Discography

Films

Year	Film Name	Language	Singer	Actor	Other Notes
2015	Ye Hai Yuva Aandolan[7]	Hindi	Udit Narayan, Shahid Mallya, Alok Kumar, Vinod Rathod, Manoj Mishra, Bhavesh Bhanushali, Sanchiti Sakat, Khushboo Jain, Pamela Jain, Sonu Rao, Damodar Raao	Kalyanji Jana, Rashika Sinha, Ramesh Goyal, Akhil Nayak, Dharmendra Singh, Sapna Khatik, Damodar Raao
2014	Dream City Mumbai [8]	Hindi	Udit Narayan, Shahid Mallya, Alok Kumar, Vinod Rathod, Manoj Mishra, Bhavesh Bhanushali, Sanchiti Sakat, Khushboo Jain, Pamela Jain, Sonu Rao, Damodar Raao	Kalyanji Jana, Rashika Sinha, Ramesh Goyal, Akhil Nayak, Dharmendra Singh, Sapna Khatik, Damodar Raao
2014	Sajan Ki Bahon Mein[9]	Bhojpuri	Indu Sonali, Mohan Rathore, Damodar Raao, Rupesh Mishra, Khushboo Jain, Lali Mishra, Manoj Mishra	Rs Tiwari, Renuja Singh, Rita Ray, Chandan Rajput, Riya Rastogi, Brijesh Tripathi, Vishnushankar Belu, Damodar Raao, Anoop Arora, Ritu Pandey, Pappu Tiwari	Actor Also
2014	Teri Meri Ashiquie[10][11]	Bhojpuri	Alok Kumar, Indu Sonali, Mamta Raut, Khushboo Jain, Kumar Alam, Khushbu Uttam, Manohar Singh, Santosh Puri, Sajan Dubey	Sujeet Puri, Tanushree, Abhishek Giri, Rajkapoor Shahi	Co Composer - Sujeet Puri
2016	Baap Re Baap[12]	Bhojpuri[13]	Alok Kumar, Mohan Rathore, Mamta Raut, Indu Sonali, Gaurav Jha, Poonam Pandey, Alka Jha	Gaurav Jha, Aanchal Soni, Cp Bhatt, Ritu Pandey, Glori Mahanta, Umesh Singh, Sonu Jha	Director - G J Rock
2016	Dahshat[14]	Bhojpuri	Udit Narayan,[15] Alok Kumar, Mamta Raut, Madan Ray, Vicky Babua, Damodar Raao, Manoj Mishra, Indu Sonali, Mohan Rathore, Pamela Jain, Khushboo Jain	Viraj Bhatt, Baleshwar Singh, Monalisa Satyendra Singh, Priyanka Pandit
2015	Maai Ke Karz[16]	Bhojpuri	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Sadhna Sargam, Khushboo Jain, Manoj Mishra, Indu Sonali, Damodar Raao, Alok Kumar, Sumeet Baba, Priyanka Singh, Pamela Jain, Jaydev	Rani Chatterjee, Vinay Anand, Roshan Kumar, Akshara Singh, Bipin Singh, Sanjay Pandey, Partibha Pandey, Seema Singh, Maya Yadav, Prakash Jais, Rukhsar, Damodar Raao, Ratnesh Barnwal, Jai Prakas Singh,	Co Composer - Rajesh Mishra, Amresh Shahabadi
2013	Dhundh Lenge Manjil Hum[17]	Hindi	Shahid Mallya, Sanchiti Sakat, etc	Kalyanji Jana, Dharmendra Singh	Released in year of 2013 in some theatre.[18]
2012	Majnu Motorwala	Bhojpuri	Vinod Rathod, Roop Kumar Rathod, Indu Sonali, Mohan Rathore, Alok Kumar, Khushboo Jain, Kalpana Patowary, Damodar Raao	Kunal Tiwari, Kajal Raghwani, Aaditya Ojha, Rajat Mani, Seema Singh, Ajay Suryavanshi, Ranjan Kumar, Sanjay Pandey, Manoj Tiger, Ratnesh Barnwal	Winner, Darshnik Mumbai Press Media Award for Best Music Director[19]

Music albums

Year	Non Filmy Albums	Language	Singer	Other Notes
2016	Sabse Badhiya Aapan Bihar[20]	Hindi/Bhojpuri	Udit Narayan, Pamela Jain, Khushboo Jain, Amod Kumar	Telefilm
2016	Hasratein[21]	Hindi[22]	Sanchiti Sakat, Sonu Rao[23]	UnReleased

References

1. "Damodar Raao is a tuneful Music Director". 10 March 2015.
2. "Best Music Director of The Year 2012 : IndiaEvery.in". Retrieved 10 March 2015.
3. "Best Music Director of The Year 2013 : IndiaEvery.in". 27 December 2014.
4. "दामोदर राव को छत्रपति शिवाजी गौरव अवार्ड : pressnote.in". Retrieved 10 March 2015.
5. "Bhojouri film 'Dahshat' launched in Azamgarh : Times of India". 19 November 2015.
6. "Bhojpuri film 'Teri Meri Aashiqui' : Times of India".
7. "'Sahild Mallya sung for Ye Hai Yova Aandolan - Hamara Mahanagar". Retrieved 11 Nov 2015.
8. "'Sahild Mallya sung for Ye Hai Yova Aandolan - Hamara Mahanagar". Retrieved 11 Nov 2015.
9. "'Saajan Ki Baahon Mein' to release soon - Times of India". Retrieved 9 March 2015.
10. "'तेरी मेरी आशिक़ी की शूटिंग समाप्त - Hungama Media Group". Retrieved 9 March 2015.
11. "'तेरी मेरी आशिकी, रिलीज के लिए तैयार - Times of India.". Retrieved 9 March 2015.
12. "बाप रे बाप का म्यूजिक रिलीज़ किया गया वर्ल्डवाइड रिकॉर्ड से - Pressnote.in". 12 August 2015.
13. "Bhojpuri Film - Baap Re Baap". 12 August 2015.
14. "'Bhojpuri Film Dahshat Music Launch". Retrieved 11 Nov 2015.
15. "Bhojpuri Film Recording "Dahshat" Singer Udit Naryan". 12 August 2015.
16. "Ganga Ke Lal Kashi Vishwanath shoot completed - Times of India". Retrieved 9 March 2015.
17. "Dhund Lenge Manzil Hum Release - Bollywood Hungama - Times of India". Retrieved 11 October 2015.
18. "Dhund Lenge Manzil Hum Release - Bollywood Hungama". Retrieved 11 October 2015.
19. "दामोदर राव को बेस्ट संगीतकार का अवार्ड दिया गया - Jogira.Com". Retrieved 10 March 2015.
20. "छातापुर के छोरे ने गायकी में बॉलीवुड में मारी इंट्री - Jagaran". Retrieved 11 Nov 2015.
21. "Song recording of Hasratein - Jagaran". Retrieved 11 Nov 2015.
22. "Song recording of Hasratein - Jagaran". Retrieved 11 Nov 2015.
23. "Song recording of Hasratein - The Times of India.in". Retrieved 11 Nov 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Damodar Raao at the Internet Movie Database