R.P.Patnayak

Ravindra Prasad Patnaik is a South Indian music composer with about 60 films to his credits in three south Indian languages (Telugu, Tamil and Kannada).He won three Filmfare Awards and three Nandi Awards.

Patnaik had entered the film industry with a desire to become a film director, and began first as a music director. It was after cinematographer-turned-director Teja gave him a break,that Patnaik made his directorial debut with the 2008 film Andamaina Manasulo.As of March 2016, he finished his fifth Telugu language film Tulasi Dalam.