Some info from Wikipedia. So he was a student of Suresh Wadkar ji. So he is also a judge in a Kannada show.
Prakash was born in Mysore, India to Carnatic singers L. Ramashesha and Lopa Mudra Prakesh, and is himself trained in Carnatic music. He attended Sri Jayachamarajendra (SJC) Engineering College in Mysore.[2]
[edit] Career
After moving to Mumbai in 1996, he became a student of Suresh Wadkar.[4] Prakash was a participant in the program Sa Re Ga Ma on Zee TV, hosted by Sonu Nigam. He made it to the mega-finals in 1999. Later he compered Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee Kannada. He got his first break in Hindi cinema with Karisma Kapoor starrer Baaz in 2002, and his first song for A R Rahman was in Ashutosh Gowariker's Swades followed by the same composer's tamil title track for the movie New [5].
He has sung for about 25 foreign films including a Chinese film with music by Surender Sodhi. He has recorded for ads like "Kabhi chatpataa" for Knorr Soups and "Na sar jhuka hain kabhi" for HDFC Life Insurance. In 2008 he sang the "Condom a capella" ringtone composed by Rupert Fernandes and produced by the BBC World Service Trust for an Indian safe sex campaign.[6] In 2009, his song, "Jai Ho", won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song.[2]
He is presently one of the Judges in Confident Star Singer 2 (Kannada), airing on Asianet Suvarna from 7-8 PM on weekdays.
[edit] Personal life
Prakash's brother, Paneender Prakash, is an artist. Prakash is married to Mahati,[2] a Malayalam playback singer.
[edit] Films as a singer
| Year | Movie | Language | Song | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Yuvvraj | Hindi | "Manamohini" | ||||||||
| 2008 | Gaalipata | Kannada | "Kavithe" | ||||||||
| 2008 | Slumdog Crorepati | Hindi | "Jai Ho"
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2008 | naan kadavul | Tamil | "om siva om"
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2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | English | "Jai Ho" |
| 2009 | Blue | Hindi | "Fiqrana" |
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