Prakash Alex Explained

Prakash Alex
Birth Place:Mallappally, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India.
Occupation:Music composer, Singer
Instrument: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

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. He later joined a multimedia course at St. Joseph College of Communication, and started making music videos.

Career

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. 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). His songs "Ektha Boss" from Shylock featuring Unni Mukundan,[9] "Monjathi" from Qalb, and "Dhrithangapulakithan" featuring Dulquer Salmaan from Kalyanam were very well received.[10]

Personal life

Prakash is married to Renu. He composed their wedding video song himself. The couple currently resides in Ernakulam.

Filmography

!Years!Film!Language!Songs!Background Score
2018KalayanamMalayalam
MohanlalMalayalam
ManasiTamil
2019UltaMalayalam
Ratri Jha PauseMarati
2020LonaMalayalam
Soulmates Malayalam
Shylock Malayalam
2021Cold caseMalayalam
202118HoursMalayalam
2021Khali purse of billionairesMalayalam
2022VarayanMalayalam
2022PaachilMalayalam
2022InMalayalam
2023HopeMalayalam
2024QalbMalayalam
2024DNAMalayalam

Awards

28th State Television Award(2021) for Music direction - tele serial/ telefilm category for the program titled Side Effect[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prakash Alex Composer, Music Department, Soundtrack . 2024-08-13 . IMDb . en-US.
  2. Web site: Varayan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Songs: Varayan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) MP3 Malayalam Songs by Prakash Alex Online Free on Gaana.com . . 17 April 2023 . en . 17 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230417191830/https://gaana.com/album/varayan-original-motion-picture-soundtrack . live .
  3. News: Anand . Shilpa Nair . 2020-01-30 . Sanah Moidutty sings for Malayalam film . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-04-17 . 0971-751X . 2023-04-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230417184018/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/the-singer-makes-her-malayalam-film-debut-in-varayan/article30690247.ece . live .
  4. Web site: 2022-04-19 . പള്ളീലച്ചനാക്കാൻ ഒരുങ്ങി വീട്ടുകാർ, പാട്ടിന്റെ തച്ചനായി പ്രകാശ്‌ അലക്‌സ്‌ . 2024-08-13 . Mathrubhumi . en.
  5. Web site: പത്തനംതിട്ടയില്‍ അവാര്‍ഡ് തിളക്കമെത്തിച്ച സംഗീത സംവിധായകന്‍; പ്രകാശ് അലക്‌സിന്റെ വിശേഷങ്ങളിലേക്ക്‌ . 2024-08-13 . Samayam Malayalam . ml.
  6. Web site: Kinavu Menjoru Koodu song from Dhyan Sreenivasan's Partners out. Cinema Express.
  7. Web site: Trailer of Qalb is out. Indian Express.
  8. Web site: Correspondent . D. C. . 2018-01-17 . Hitting a catchy note . 2024-08-13 . www.deccanchronicle.com . en.
  9. Web site: Shylock Song - Ektha Boss Malayalam Video Songs - Times of India . 2024-08-13 . The Times of India . en.
  10. News: 2018-01-13 . Kalyanam's second song is sung by Dulquer Salmaan and Jacob Gregory . 2024-08-13 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  11. News: Reporter . Staff . 2020-09-19 . State Television Awards announced . 2024-08-13 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.