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Music composer Devi Sri Prasad is on cloud nine following the success of 'Pushpa - The Rise'. The movie directed by Sukumar and produced by Mythri Movie Makers in association with Muttamsetty Media was released in multiple languages recently. Allu Arjun, Rashmika and Fahadh Faasil played the prominent roles in the flick. Songs from the movie have become a huge hit pan India and the BGM for the film too was much appreciated by all. In an  interview, Devi Sri Prasad talks about the work that went into the music for the movie and much more. Excerpts: How do you feel about the success of Pushpa's songs in all five languages?* I am really happy and excited. The effort that went into all the songs has really paid off. It almost took me one month to complete each and every song in the film. I meticulously selected the singers to suit a particular language. In fact Andrea Jeremiah who sung the 'Oo Solriya' song in Tamil was busy with a shooting. She took permission from the...

By Rinku Gupta  Zee Tamil is set to introduce an exciting and innovative format with its celebrity music reality show, 'Rockstar '. It will be aired on Zee Tamil and Zee Tamil HD, starting 28" March onwards. The show brings the  music composer, singer,  'RockStar ' Devi Sri Prasad aka DSP on the judging panel for the first time in Television. Along with him will be a renowned set of judges that include Singer Mano and Singer Srinivas The novelty behind 'Rockstars' is that it brings together an accomplished group of musical stars who are  a talented group of professional singers who come together to compete and emerge as Tamil Nadu's first ever musical Rockstar thereby presenting an experience that is different from other music reality shows. The show had a grand launch with a host of industry celebs gracing the event.  "There will be no winner or loser at the end since all the contestants are established artists, who are already favourites among th...

By Rinku Gupta The super talented music director Devi Sri Prasad is a world renowned powerhouse of musical talent with a humungous fan base. But due to the corona lockdown, a different facet of his creative talent has come to the fore with his recent trending video  for the #BeTheRealMan challenge on social media. The video came in for huge praise from industry folks apart from fans. Even Kamal Haasan called DSP personally to convey how much he enjoyed the video and how on point the message pertaining to the importance of women, especially the mother in the family was. ( click here to view what Kamal said). It so happens that DSP has not only acted in the clip, but also conceptualised,  directed, shot and edited  it himself,  all at his home studio, under the lockdown period!  When we quizzed him about how he made the video which features various camera angles, several people and all with a dose of humor and emotion in perfect measure, DSP gave us an...

By Rinku Gupta When ace music director Devi Sri Prasad took up the # BeTheRealMan ch allenge thrown at him on social media and made a video of his Corona Lockdown activities   little did he imagine the response. The quirky , fun video with a beautiful message in the end, was trending and the phone didn't stop ringing for the next few days.( click here to view video ). Devi Sri Prasad is overwhelmed with the response from friends, fans and industry folks. Says he, " I am surprised everyone is so loving this video.. It was on trending too and on all the media ! All directors like Sukumar , Harish Shankar , Prabhu Deva master, everyone appreciated. Even Shruthi Haasan." Even as he was soaking it all in,  he recieved a bigger surprise. It was a call that left him feeling on cloud nine! An elated DSP reveals, "And the most unbelieveable thing was,  Kamal Hassan Sir called and  said he loved my video! The dedication to the Mother, is the highlight he said...