Vijaya Narasimha

• Name — Vijaya Naarasimha • Born — 16 January 1927 • Birthplace — Halebeedu, Pandavapura taluk, Mysore district, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (now Mandya district, Karnataka, India) • Died — 31 October 2001 (aged 74) • Place of death — Bengaluru, India • Occupation — Lyricist • Spouse — Saraswati • Family — H. R. Shastry (brother) Anu Prabhakar (great granddaughter)

Naarasimha's first Kannada film song was "Yee Dehadinda Dooranaade" (Oh soul, why did you depart this body) for the 1956 film Ohileshwara. He worked with filmmaker Puttanna Kanagal and music director Vijaya Bhaskar. He worked with major singers and music directors throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, including on some Kannada films with Tamil actor Rajinikanth. His last film wasOdahuttidavaru. He wrote a Kannada song for a Tamil movie in M. G. Ramachandran's Nadodi Mannan (1958). He was always writing, despite having bad eyesight. According to his family, three days before his death, he was still writing devotional songs on Rama for a cassette. Other than nearly 4,000 film songs, he wrote three novels: Badukina Bairagi, Srimanchakrayana, and Sanjegempu, as well as Puttanna Kanagal's biography and lyrics for many devotional cassettes. His cassette Bhadrapada shuklada chauti sold a record number of copies.

• Kallu Sakkare (1967) • Bevarina Bele (1968) • Mallammana Pavaada (1969) • Uyyale (1969) • Baalu Belagithu (1970) • Sharapanjara (1971) • Hrudaya Sangama (1972) • Naagarahaavu (1972) • Nanda Gokula (1972) • Belagidesose (1973) • Bilee Hendthi (1975) • Bhagya Jyothi (1975) • Shubhamangala (1975) • Katha Sangama (1975) • Besuge (1976) • Chiranjeevi (1976) • Phalithaamsha (1976) • Teerada Bayake (1976) • Deepa (1977) • Adalu Badalu (1978) • Dharmasere (1979) • Amrutha Ghalige (1983) • Aparanji (1983) • Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage (1983) • Banker Margayya (1983) • Akashavani (1985) • Giri Mallige (1988) • Bisilu Beladingalu (1988) • Odahuttidavaru (1994)