Yogaraj Bhat

Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian film-maker, director,^[1] screenwriter,^[2] lyricist and producer who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He is most known for the 2006 film Mungaru Male. The film recorded the highest box-office collections in the history of Kannada cinema at the time of its release and the longest running film at a multiplex.^[3]

Yogaraj Bhat
Bhat in 2012
Born	(1972-10-08) 8 October 1972 (age 52) Mandarthi, Udupi district, Karnataka, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Director, lyricist, producer, screenwriter and actor
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Renuka Bhat

Early life

Yogaraj Bhat was born in Mandarthi, in Udupi district in Karnataka. He grew up in Tilavalli, Haveri. He was the youngest son of Ramachandra and Jayalakshmi Bhat's seven children. He lost his father to a boat mishap.^[4]

Career

Director

His film Mungaru Male collected estimated 50-75 crore,^[5][6][7] this was his third film, created history in Southern Film Industry. The film ran for 464 days – first in any language to run for a whole year continually in a multiplex, beating the records of the biggest Hindi Film Industry records. It naturally brought him many rewards, awards and appreciations, including Nine State Film Awards (including Best Director and Best Film Award) and Four Filmfare Awards (Best Film, Best Music, Best Lyrics and Best Cinematography). The movie has been remade in all South Indian languages & Bengali. The rights for the movie to be made in Hindi has been bought by Shri. Boney Kapoor.^[8] He has also directed Gaalipata, Manasare, Pancharangi, Paramatma, Drama, Vaastu Prakara, Dana Kayonu, Mugulu Nage and others.

Lyricist

Yogaraj Bhat has worked as lyricist in many Kannada movies Mungaru Male, Gaalipata, Junglee, Jackie, Manasaare, Pancharangi, Paramatma, Victory, Hudugaru, Drama, Kaddipudi, Bachchan, Adhyaksha, Gajakesari, Rajahuli and others.

He won Filmfare Award, Karnataka State Award for the song, 'Bombe Aadsonu' from the film Drama.^{[full citation needed]}

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Credited as
		Director	Producer	Writer	Lyricist	Notes
2001	Chakra	Yes		Yes		Television series
2003	Mani	Yes
2004	Ranga S.S.L.C	Yes		Yes
2006	Mungaru Male	Yes		Yes	Yes
2008	Gaalipata	Yes		Yes	Yes
	Inthi Ninna Preethiya		Yes		Yes
2009	Manasaare	Yes		Yes	Yes
2010	Pancharangi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2011	Prema Chandrama				Yes
	Paramathma	Yes		Yes	Yes
	Lifeu Ishtene		Yes		Yes
2012	Drama	Yes		Yes	Yes
2013	Dyavre			Yes	Yes
2014	Kwatle Satisha				Yes
2015	Vaastu Prakaara	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2016	Dana Kayonu	Yes		Yes	Yes
2017	Mugulu Nage	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2019	Panchatantra	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2022	Gaalipata 2	Yes		Yes	Yes	[9]
2023	Garadi	Yes		Screenplay
2024	Karataka Damanaka	Yes				[10]
2025	Manada Kadalu	Yes		Yes	Yes	[11]

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref
2013	Dyavre	Bhimsen	Lead role	[12]
2016	Parapancha	Kaalipeeli
2019	Bell Bottom	Marakutika
	Padde Huli		Cameo appearance	[13]
	Avane Srimannarayana	Guptananda Swamiji	Cameo appearance
2022	Lucky Man	Himself	Cameo appearance
2023	South Indian Hero
2024	Uttarakaanda†	Patila	Filming	[14]

Awards

• 2013 – won Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Kannada for the song "Bombe Adsonu" from his own directorial film Drama.^[15]
• 2013 – won the Bangalore Times Film Awards in "Best Lyricist" category for the song "Bombe Adsonu".^[16]