Munna Kasi

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Munna Kasi
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Background information
Birth name Munna Kasi
Born (1985-08-16) 16 August 1985 (age 38)
Vishakapatnam, India
Genres Film score
Occupation(s) Music Composer, Music Director, Singer and Lyricist
Years active 2011–present

Munna Kasi (born August 16, 1985) is an Indian film music composer, who works predominantly in Telugu cinema and recently in Kannada, Tamil and Hindi cinema. [1] Munna Kasi’s first composition was for Abheera, a cartoon animation serial, telecast in Maa TV in the year 2011. He wrote the title song, and composed tunes and music for Abheera, which ran successfully for a year in Maa TV and Maa Juniors. [2] His formal debut in filmdom was Junior SVR starrer Mr.7 in 2012. [3]

Early life and education

Munna Kasi was born in Visakhapatnam. He completed his school education, college and graduation in Narsipatnam and pursued his MBA from Dr N.S. Kolla School of Business, Visakhapatnam. He is an accomplished MBA gold medalist. [4]

Munna Kasi is currently based in Hyderabad,Telangana.[5]

Career

Munna Kasi shared a strong passion for music right from childhood. He considers himself a diehard fan of music maestro Ilayaraja and was inspired by his compositions, right from a very young age. [6] After completion of MBA in 2007, he left to Dubai where he worked as a radio jockey and music composer for international jingles in Dubai radio station. Realizing that his passion was to make music, he quit his job and pursued his passion. An accomplished keyboard player, he offered live music for plays in Andhra University, Vizag.

After working for Abheera for Maa TV in 2011, he has also created fusion albums along with playback singer Sai Shivani in the same year. After composing tunes for Mr. 7, his debut project, producer Anil Sunkara gave him an opportunity in his film Action 3D. [7]

He has also penned a song ‘Neelone e Kalaham’ along with late Uday Kiran for his last film Chitram Cheppina Katha. Munna Kasi also rendered his voice for a song 'Udayinche Kiranamla' in this film, as a tribute for Uday Kiran. [8] When Ram Gopal Varma’s landmark film Shiva released in 1989, Munna Kasi says he was only a kid, but he became a big fan of RGV and music director Ilayaraja, when he finally watched the film after completing his schooling. Munna Kasi’s dream came true when Ram Gopal Varma selected him for Spot and he has also teamed up with Ramu for films like Sridevi and Attack. [9]

Filmography

Film Year Language
Mr.7 2012 Telugu Debut
Action 3D 2013 Telugu
Amma Nanna Oorelthe 2014 Telugu
Chitram Cheppina Katha 2015 Telugu
Chitram Sonna Kathai 2015 Tamil Debut
Killing Veerappan 2015 Tamil & Telugu; Debut in Hindi & Kannada
Keechurallu Filming Telugu
Untitled Filming Telugu
Love & Horror comedy genre Filming Telugu & Tamil

References

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