| Prakash Alex | |
| Birth Place: | Mallappally, Kerala, India. |
| Occupation: | Composer, Singer |
| Instrument: | Keyboard, guitar |
| Years Active: | 2018–present |
| Spouse: | Renu |
Prakash Alex is a South Indian composer and singer known for his musical contributions to South Indian movies.[1]
Prakash Alex was born to Reverend K. P. Alexander, and Leelamma, a school teacher, in Pathanamthitta, India. He has an older brother, Prasanth Alexander, an actor in the Malayalam film industry, and two older sisters, Priya and Preethy.[2]
Alex started learning piano at the age of 5, with his sister Preethy as his instructor. Prakash was part of the choir team in his church. He later joined a multimedia course at St. Joseph College of Communication and started making music videos.
Prakash has been involved in South Indian film music composition for 15 years, working in various languages, including Malayalam, Tamil, and Marathi. 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.
In 2018, he made his debut as music director for the 2018 movie, Kalyanam (film)[3]
He has collaborated with musicians such as Poly Varghese, Stephen Devassy, Bijibal, Deepak Dev, and Mejo Joseph. Notably, he produced the song "Nenchodu Cherthu (Yuvvh)."[4] [5] [6]
His first movie as a music director was Kalyanam (2018).[7] His recent movie was Qalb (2024). His songs "Ektha Boss" from Shylock featuring Unni Mukundan,[8] "Monjathi" from Qalb, and "Dhrithangapulakithan" featuring Dulquer Salmaan from Kalyanam were very well received.[9]
Prakash is married to Renu. He composed their wedding video song himself. The couple currently resides in Ernakulam.
| 2018 | Kalayanam | Malayalam | |||
| Mohanlal | Malayalam | ||||
| Manasi | Tamil | ||||
| 2019 | Ulta | Malayalam | |||
| Ratri Jha Pause | Marati | ||||
| 2020 | Lona | Malayalam | |||
| Soulmates | Malayalam | ||||
| Shylock | Malayalam | ||||
| 2021 | Cold case | Malayalam | |||
| 2021 | 18Hours | Malayalam | |||
| 2021 | Khali purse of billionaires | Malayalam | |||
| 2022 | Varayan | Malayalam | |||
| 2022 | Paachil | Malayalam | |||
| 2022 | In | Malayalam | |||
| 2023 | Hope | Malayalam | |||
| 2024 | Qalb | Malayalam | |||
| 2024 | DNA | Malayalam |
28th State Television Award (2021) for Music direction - Tele Serial/Telefilm category for "Side Effect."[10]