R. P. Patnaik

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R. P. Patnaik
R. P. Patnaik in 2025
Background information
Born	(1970-03-10) 10 March 1970 (age 55)
Occupations	Singer Music Composer Writer Music director Director
Years active	1999–present

Ravindra Prasad Patnaik is an Indian music composer, singer, actor, screenwriter and film director who works in Telugu, Kannada and Tamil language films.^[1] He won three Filmfare Awards and three Nandi Awards.

He has toured the world to perform his live shows.

Patnaik had entered the film industry with a desire to become a film director, and began first as a music director with the movie Nee Kosam. Cinematographer-turned-director Teja gave him a break with Chitram, that Patnaik made his directorial debut with the 2008 film Andamaina Manasulo. As of March 2016, he finished his sixth Telugu language film Manalo Okkadu. His brother Gautam Patnaik is a director who made his directorial debut with Keratam (2011).