Sagar (singer)

In this Telugu name, the surname is Gandham.

Sagar
Sagar in 2015
Background information
Born	Vedurupaka, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupations	singer lyricist performer
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Aditya Music Lahari Music

Gandham Sagar is an Indian playback singer, lyricist and dialogue writer who predominantly works in Telugu cinema and Telugu music.^[1][2] He started his singing career with the film Varsham (2004), composed by his brother Devi Sri Prasad. "Top Lechipoddi", "Sailaja Sailaja", "Nannaku Prematho", "Pakka Local", "Jatha Kalise", "Nammaka Thappani" and "Hello Guru Prema Kosame" are some of his popular songs.

Personal life and career

Sagar started his career with the film Varsham (2004) and then sang around 80 songs. He has mostly collaborated with his brother Devi Sri Prasad in playback singing. In June 2019, he married Dr. Mounica Sagar.^[3][4] He turned into dialogue writer with the film Rakshasudu.^[5][6] He is the son of veteran writer G. Satyamurthy, who died on 14 December 2015.

Discography

As playback singer

Year	Album	Song(s)	Language	Composer	Notes
2003	Varsham	"Neeti Mullai"	Telugu	Devi Sri Prasad
2004	Arya	"Nuvvunte"
2005	Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana	"Paripoke Pitta"
		"Padam Kadalanantundha"
	Oka Oorilo	"Ye Maikam"
	Bunny	"Jabilammavo"
	Mazhai	"Muthu Mazhaiye"	Tamil
2006	Bommarillu	"Nammaka Thappani"	Telugu
2006	Pournami	"Yevaro Raavali(Duet)"
2007	Shankar Dada Zindabad	"Good Morning Hyderabad"
	Tulasi	"Nee Kallathoti"
2008	Santosh Subramaniam	"Uyire Uyire Piriyadhey"	Tamil
	Ready	"Naa Pedavulu Nuvvaithe"	Telugu
	Sangama	"Sangama"	Kannada
	King	"O Manmadhuda"	Telugu
2009	Current	"Rekkalu"
	Arya 2	"Karige Loga (D-Plugged)"
2010	Namo Venkatesa	"Nee Kallalo"
	Kutty	"Yaaro En Nenjai"	Tamil
2011	Mr. Perfect	"Aakasam Badhalaina"	Telugu
	Dhada	"Chinnaga Chinnaga"
2012	Julayi	"Mee Intiki Mundu"
	Sarocharu	"Gusa Gusa"
2013	Iddarammayilatho	"Top Lechipoddi"
2014	Veeram	"Ival Dhaana"	Tamil
2015	Yevadu	"Pimple Dimple"	Telugu
	Legend	"Lasku Tapa"
	S/O Satyamurthy	"Jaaruko"
	Shivam	"Andamaina Lokam"
	Srimanthudu	"Jatha Kalise"
	Kumari 21F	"Baby U Gonna Miss Me"
2016	Nenu Sailaja	"Sailaja Sailaja"
	Nannaku Prematho	"Nannaku Prematho"
	Sardaar Gabbar Singh	"Nee Chepakallu"
	Janatha Garage	"Pakka Local"
2017	Nenu Local	"Next Enti"
		"Side Please"			Additional Vocals
	Rarandoi Veduka Chudham	"Bhramaramba"
	DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham	"Box Baddhalai Poyi"
	Jaya Janaki Nayaka	"A For Apple"
	Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi	"Vunnadi Okate Zindagi"
	Middle Class Abbayi	"Kothaga"
2018	Hello Guru Prema Kosame	"Hello Guru Prema Kosame"
	Rangasthala	"Entha Muddagidiye"	Kannada		Dubbed version
2019	F2: Fun and Frustration	"Girra Girra"	Telugu
2021	Alludu Adhurs	"Nadhila Nadhila"
	Rang De	"Bus Stande Bus Stande"
2022	Aadavaallu Meeku Joharlu	"Awesome"
	F3	"Woo Aaa Aha Aha"
	Khiladi	"Full Kick"
	Liger	"Akdi Pakdi"	Tamil	Lijo George, DJ Chetas, Sunil Kashyap	Dubbed version
	Ranga Ranga Vaibhavanga	"Ranga Ranga Vaibhavanga"	Telugu	Devi Sri Prasad
2024	Kanguva	"Yolo"			Dubbed version

As lyricist

Year	Film	Song	Composer	Language
2016	Nenu Sailaja	"The Night Is Still Young"	Devi Sri Prasad	Telugu
2022	Liger	"The Liger Hunt Theme"	Vikram Montrose	Tamil
		"Akdi Pakdi"	Lijo George Dj Chetas Sunil Kashyap

As composer

Year	Film	Director	Notes
2017	Kachche Din	Shailendra Singh	Hindi short film

Filmography

As Dialogue writer

Year	Film	Director	Language	Notes
2019	Rakshasudu	Ramesh Varma	Telugu	Debut as Dialogue writer

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Song	Film Album	Result
2005	Nandi Awards[7]	Best Male Playback Singer	"Nuvvunte"	Arya	Won
2006	Filmfare Awards South	Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu	"Jabilammavo"	Bunny	Nominated
2016	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu	"Jatha Kalise"	Srimanthudu	Won
2016	IIFA Utsavam	Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu			Won
2017	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu	"Sailaja Sailaja"	Nenu Sailaja	Won

References

1. Telugu, TV9 (29 September 2020). "రాక్‌స్టార్ తమ్ముడి కొత్త రూట్‌.. పూరీతో పనిచేస్తున్న సాగర్‌ - Singer Sagar Puri Jagannadh". TV9 Telugu (in Telugu). Retrieved 28 December 2020.
2. Tfn, Team. "Sagar". Telugu Filmnagar. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
3. "DSP's brother Sagar gets married, music composer posts pictures - Times of India". The Times of India. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
4. "DSP's brother Sagar gets married - Telugu News". IndiaGlitz.com. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
5. "Kierkegaard—What "Kind of" Writer? A Dialogue", Authorship and Authority in Kierkegaard's Writings, Bloomsbury Academic, 2018, doi:10.5040/9781350055988.ch-013, ISBN 978-1-350-05595-7, retrieved 28 December 2020
6. "మాటల రచయితగా మారిన సింగర్‌". Sakshi (in Telugu). 8 June 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
7. "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)