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L. N. Shastri (also credited as Chaitanya) is an Indian playback singer and music composer who primarily works in Kannada cinema. Starting his career as a playback singer in the film ''Ajagajantara'' (1996), Shastri went on to sing for more than 3000 songs. Upon his friends' suggestion, he rechristened as Chaitanya and composed music for over 25 films starting with ''Kanasalu Neene Manasalu Neene'' (1998). However, he dropped the name due to the identity crisis for the film ''Bellary Naga'' (2009).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Singer Shastri drops ‘composer’ Chaitanya )〕 His biggest hit song as a singer has been "Kolumande Jangamadevaru" from the film ''Janumada Jodi'' (1996) which gave him a career break and also fetched him the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. He has been closely associated with music directors Hamsalekha and V. Manohar who have been the main support for his growing career since his initial days. ==Career== In the early 90's Shastri was mainly seen singing track songs for major playback singers like S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and others. The film ''Ajagajantara'' (1991) composed by Hamsalekha offered him a chance to share the mic with Balasubrahmanyam for the song "Love Love Loveah". Following this, Shastri teamed up with composer V. Manohar and sung many songs for the films that featured actor Jaggesh in the lead. The songs "Anthintha Gandu Naanalla" from ''Bhanda Nanna Ganda'' (1992), "Priya Priya" from ''Super Nanna Maga'' (1992), "Dagar Dagar" from ''Tharle Nan Maga'' (1992), "Avanalli Ivalilli" from ''Shhh'' (1993) were some of his early hits which appealed to the masses. In the meantime, Shastri was working as an assistant composer to both Hamsalekha and V. Manohar for all their films. In 1996, the folk song "Kolumande Jangamadevaru" composed by V. Manohar and picturized on actor Shiva Rajkumar for the film ''Janumada Jodi'' turned his fortunes. The song became an ultimate hit and his rendition was widely acclaimed by critics and masses. He was awarded with the Karnataka State Award for this song. Following this, he recorded many songs for all the music directors of the 90's through 2000's . Many of his songs have been received extremely well by the masses. In 1998, Shastri turned into a complete music director with the film ''Kanasalu Neene Manasalu Neene''. Though the songs were received well, the film's dismal performance at the box-office could not help boost the songs. His next composition for the V. Ravichandran starrer ''Ravimama'' (1999) was also appreciated. Following this, he composed for about 25 feature films which could not help him to be among the top ranking music directors. His rechristened name Chaitanya was familiar only inside the film fraternity and the audience could not relate his new name with his original name. On insistence of actor Vishnuvardhan, his original name was credited for his compositions for the film ''Bellary Naga'' (2009) which proved to be the last feature film of the legendary actor. After a brief hiatus, Shastri returned back to composing for the films ''Flop'' (2015) and ''Melody'' (2015) which marked his reunion with director Nanjunda who gave him the first break as a composer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Melody Grand Audio )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「L. N. Shastri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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