Prakash Alex
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Background information | |
Born | Mallappally, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India. |
Occupation(s) | Music composer, Singer |
Instrument(s) | keyboard, guitar |
Years active | 2018–present |
Spouse | Renu |
Prakash Alex is an Indian music composer and singer who has been associated with South Indian movies.[1] He made his debut as a music director with the 2018 movie Kalyanam.[2][3]
Early life
[edit]Prakash Alex was born to Reverend K. P. Alexander and school teacher Leelamma in Pathanamthitta. He has an elder brother, Prasanth Alexander, an actor in the Malayalam film industry, and two elder sisters, Priya and Preethy.[4]
He started playing the piano from class five without any formal training; his sister Preethy taught him the basics. Initially, his parents wanted him to join the priesthood, but he wished to pursue music. Prakash was part of the choir team in his church.[4] He later joined a multimedia course at St. Joseph College of Communication , and started making music videos.
Career
[edit]He has been active in the South Indian movie music composing field for the past 15 years, working in multiple languages like Malayalam, Tamil, and Marathi.[4] He started programming and song production for albums, devotionals, and short films from 2005. He began his career in the Malayalam industry as a music programmer for Siddarth Siva’s short film Amour Code in 2006.
Prakash also worked as a music programmer/producer with eminent musicians like Poly Varghese, Stephen Devassy, Rajamani, Vidyasagar, Mani Sharma, S. Thaman, HipHop Tamizha, Arjun Janya, Gopi Sunder, Jakes Bejoy, Hariharan and Lesle Lewis, Gurukiran, Alphonse Joseph, Alex Paul, Berny Ignatius, Bijibal, Deepak Dev, Mejo Joseph, and others.[5] One of his notable works as a music producer includes the production of the song "Nenchodu Cherthu (Yuvvh)", which was a tremendous hit.[6][7]
His first movie as a music director was Kalyanam (2018).[8] His recent movie was Qalb (2024).[7] His songs "Ektha Boss" from Shylock featuring Unni Mukundan,[9] "Monjathi" from Qalb,[7] and "Dhrithangapulakithan" featuring Dulquer Salmaan from Kalyanam were very well received.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Prakash is married to Renu. He composed their wedding video song himself. The couple currently resides in Ernakulam.[4]
Filmography
[edit]Years | Film | Language | Songs | Background Score |
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2018 | Kalayanam | Malayalam | Yes | Yes |
Mohanlal | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | |
Manasi | Tamil | No | Yes | |
2019 | Ulta | Malayalam | No | Yes |
Ratri Jha Pause | Marati | No | Yes | |
2020 | Lona | Malayalam | Yes | Yes |
Soulmates | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | |
Shylock | Malayalam | Yes | No | |
2021 | Cold case | Malayalam | Yes | Yes |
2021 | 18Hours | Malayalam | Yes | Yes |
2021 | Khali purse of billionaires | Malayalam | Yes | Yes |
2022 | Varayan | Malayalam | Yes | Yes |
2022 | Paachil | Malayalam | Yes | Yes |
2022 | In | Malayalam | Yes | Yes |
2023 | Hope | Malayalam | Yes | Yes |
2024 | Qalb | Malayalam | Yes | Yes |
2024 | DNA | Malayalam | Yes | No |
Awards
[edit]28th State Television Award(2021) for Music direction - tele serial/ telefilm category for the program titled Side Effect[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Prakash Alex | Composer, Music Department, Soundtrack". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ "Varayan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Songs: Varayan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) MP3 Malayalam Songs by Prakash Alex Online Free on Gaana.com". Gaana. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ Anand, Shilpa Nair (2020-01-30). "Sanah Moidutty sings for Malayalam film". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ a b c d "പള്ളീലച്ചനാക്കാൻ ഒരുങ്ങി വീട്ടുകാർ, പാട്ടിന്റെ തച്ചനായി പ്രകാശ് അലക്സ്". Mathrubhumi. 2022-04-19. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ "പത്തനംതിട്ടയില് അവാര്ഡ് തിളക്കമെത്തിച്ച സംഗീത സംവിധായകന്; പ്രകാശ് അലക്സിന്റെ വിശേഷങ്ങളിലേക്ക്". Samayam Malayalam (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ "Kinavu Menjoru Koodu song from Dhyan Sreenivasan's Partners out". Cinema Express.
- ^ a b c "Trailer of Qalb is out". Indian Express.
- ^ Correspondent, D. C. (2018-01-17). "Hitting a catchy note". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Shylock | Song - Ektha Boss | Malayalam Video Songs - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ "Kalyanam's second song is sung by Dulquer Salmaan and Jacob Gregory". The Times of India. 2018-01-13. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ Reporter, Staff (2020-09-19). "State Television Awards announced". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-08-13.