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{{Short description|Indian music composer}}
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'''Vidyasagar''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]] : வித்யசாகர்) the [[National Film Awards|Indian national award]] winning [[music director]] who is presently one of the most sought after music composers in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Malayalam]] film industry. From evergreen melody 'Nee Katru' to soulful 'Orey Manam', from fast numbers like 'Appadi Podu' to classical numbers like 'Anandam Anandam' or 'Kana Kandenadi', Vidyasagar has done it all. The master of melodies and playful numbers has lately been composing fast numbers for movies starring Tamil superstars [[Ajith]], [[R. Madhavan]], [[Joseph Vijay|Vijay]] and [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]] proving big hits.
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'''Vidyasagar''' (born 2 March 1963) is an Indian composer, musician and singer who works predominantly in the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]], [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]], and [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] film industries. After working with several composers as assistant and conductor, Vidyasagar made his debut as a film composer in the 1989 Tamil film ''[[Poo Manam]]'' and is nicknamed as "Melody King".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/events/22528.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620231004/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/events/22528.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 June 2010 |title=Events – Vidyasagar: Music Matters |website=IndiaGlitz.com |date=25 June 2010 |access-date=2013-07-10}}</ref> Working for over 225 feature films, he is the recipient of one [[National Film Awards|National Award]], multiple State Awards<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/vidya-sagar-felicitated/article3178958.ece|title=Vidya Sagar felicitated|work=The Hindu|date=15 February 2006 }}</ref> and five [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director (Malayalam)|Filmfare Awards]]. He is widely regarded as one of the finest and most acclaimed composers in the history of Indian cinema.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=K. Pradeep |date=7 February 2019 |title=Weaving magic with music |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/composer-vidyasagar-traces-his-musical-journey/article26202928.ece |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Vidya Sagar was born into a [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-speaking family of U. Ramachandar, a musician, in Suryakantham in [[Vizianagaram]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="birthplace location">{{cite news |title=Vidyasagar: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday {{!}} eTimes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Vidyasagar |newspaper=The Times of India |publisher=Times of India}}</ref> His grandfather was a court [[vidwan]] in [[Bobbili Estate|Bobbili Samsthanam]].<ref name=":0" />

Vidya Sagar is settled in [[Chennai]].<ref name=":0" /> He is married and has 3 daughters and a son. One of his daughters, Susarla Pallavi is a social media influencer, and another daughter Srivardhani is a playback singer. His son, Harsha Vardhan, works as a musician and programmer in Tamil Cinema Industry. He underwent [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] vocals training first and then started taking classical guitar classes in Chennai from [[Master Dhanraj]] and then later piano.<ref name="co" />

Vidyasagar became an independent film composer with the song ''En Anbe'' in the 1989 Tamil movie ''Poomanam''. Vidyasagar started his music career with a Tamil film, he gained recognition good in the Tamil music industry at a later stage.<ref name=co>{{cite web|url=http://www.chennaionline.com/interviews/vsagar.asp|title=An informal chat with Vidyasagar|work=Chennai Online|access-date=20 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050405142519/http://www.chennaionline.com:80/interviews/vsagar.asp|archive-date=5 April 2005}}</ref> He also started composing for Telugu Films in 1989.

In 1993–94, Vidya Sagar was approached by Tamil actor-director [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]], with whom he worked for many musical films like ''Jai Hind'', ''Karna'' and ''Subash''. Their combination resulted in acclaimed Tamil language melodic songs like ''Malare'' and ''Paadu .. Paadu''.

From 1996 to 2001 Vidyasagar mainly concentrated on Malayalam films.<ref name="sify.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/interview.php?id=13222367&cid=2406|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211091313/http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/interview.php?id=13222367&cid=2406|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-02-11|title=Welcome to Sify.com|work=sify.com}}</ref> During this period, Vidyasagar also composed for a few Tamil movies like ''[[Nilaave Vaa]]'' and ''[[Uyirodu Uyiraga]]''. He won three [[Kerala State Film Award]]s. About his stint in the [[Malayalam Cinema]], Vidyasagar was quoted saying "I believe that it was a God sent opportunity for me to work in one of the finest film industries".<ref name="sify.com"/>

From the year 2001, he started composing soundtracks for ''[[Dhil]]'', ''[[Run (2002 film)|Run]]'', ''[[Dhool]] (ithunondu muthathile)'', ''[[Ghilli]]'' etc. in Tamil and ''[[Summer in Bethlehem]]'', ''[[Meesha Madhavan]]'', ''[[Kilichundan Mampazham]]'', ''[[Pattalam (2003 film)|Pattalam]]'', ''[[C.I.D. Moosa]]'' etc. in Malayalam. His [[Bollywood]] venture ''[[Hulchul (2004 film)|Hulchul]]'' directed by [[Priyadarshan]] was a box-office blockbuster, but the songs only became nominal hits, not bringing him the acclaim he was usually used to in Tamil and Malayalam films.

During this period, Vidya Sagar became the first South Indian Composer to have composed for an English language feature, ''Beyond The Soul'', an Indo American film directed by [[Rajiv Anchal]].


Between 2003 and 2005, he composed songs for several notable films like ''[[Anbe Sivam]]'', ''[[Madhurey]]'', ''[[Kochi Rajavu]]'', ''[[Ji (film)|Ji]]'' and ''[[Chandrolsavam]]'' in 2004–05. The year 2005 saw Vidyasagar receiving his first [[National Film Awards]] for his music in the Telugu film ''[[Swarabhishekam]]'' directed by [[K. Vishwanath]]. The music in the film was predominantly [[carnatic music|Carnatic]].<ref>Chandramukhi Review. [https://web.archive.org/web/20041024095326/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/interview/6137.html Vidaysagar on Chandramukhi]</ref> The same year, he composed music for the film ''[[Chandramukhi]]''.
== Biography ==
Vidyasagar was born to a family of musicians. His father U. Ramachander was a musician who could play eight [[Musical instrument|instruments]] and his grandfather Varaha Narasimha Murthy was the court 'Vidhwan' for the king of Vijayanagaram Bobili. Vidyasagar started learning vocal classical music and harmonium from his father at the age of four. When he was eight-years-old Vidyasagar joined Dhanraj Master. In fact both [[A. R. Rahman]] and Vidyasagar had joined on the same day. Vidyasagar learnt guitar for 3-4 years there, then the piano. Vidyasagar studied Western classical music at the [[Trinity College of Music]], [[London]].


In 2007, Vidyasagar was signed by [[Prakash Raj]] for his production venture ''[[Mozhi (film)|Mozhi]]'' starring [[Prithviraj Sukumaran]] and [[Jyothika]]. The film directed by Radha Mohan had critically acclaimed melodies like ''Kaatrin Mozhiye'' and ''Sevvanam''. The songs of ''Mozhi'' had the distinction of being completely devoid of duets. The only female voice was of Sujatha Mohan in Katrin Mozhi. In 2008 Vidyasagar's notable releases were [[Joseph Vijay|Vijay's]] ''[[Kuruvi]]'' and the Priyadarshan directed ''[[Mere Baap Pehle Aap]]'' in Hindi.
At a tender age of eleven, the child prodigy in Vidyasagar knew how to play a dozen musical instruments and signed up to work as a regular musician for many music directors. Vidyasagar could play for all languages because then, most films had their recording at [[Chennai]]. Vidyasagar wanted to then compose his own tunes and have someone else play them. He had assisted various music directors and even done ghost music for some of them. So he had the experience and wanted to compose independently.


After his brief dull phase in [[Malayalam]], he bounced back into the scene with the [[Lal Jose]] directorial ''[[Neelathamara (2009 film)|Neelathamara]]'', scripted by [[M.T. Vasudevan Nair]], with the song ''Anuraga Vilochananaayi'' becoming a cult favourite. He followed it up with hits in [[Apoorva Ragam]] and [[Makeup Man]]. Meanwhile, in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], he delivered hits with [[Karthi]]'s ''[[Siruthai]]'' and [[Joseph Vijay|Vijay's]] ''[[Kaavalan]]''.
=== Vidyasagar - 1989 to 1996 ===
Vidyasagar became an independent music director with the song "En Anbe" in the 1989 Tamil movie 'Poomanam' directed by Rajasekhar (Robert). Though Vidyasagar started his music career with a Tamil film, recognition in Tamil music industry came to him much later. He shifted base to Telugu and from 1993 to 1996, Vidyasagar became the top music director in Telugu.


In 2012, Vidyasagar had three releases in [[Malayalam]] with ''[[Diamond Necklace (film)|Diamond Necklace]]'', Thappana and ''[[Ordinary (film)|Ordinary]]''.
In 1994-95, Vidyasagar was picked up by Tamil actor-director Arjun, with whom he worked for many musically acclaimed films like 'Jai Hind', 'Karna', 'Subash' and 'Sengothai' though the movies themselves didn't do well. Vidyasagar composed some of his best music for [[Arjun (actor)|Arjun]]'s films with some intensely melodic numbers like 'Malare', 'Bhoomiae', and 'Padu Padu' some of which went totally unnoticed. After a not so impressive start in Tamil film industry Vidyasagar was discovered by Malayalam film industry.


In 2013, [[Priyadarshan]] signed him in for his film, ''[[Geethaanjali]]'' in [[Malayalam]] with [[Mohanlal]] in the lead role. Lal Jose's ''[[Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum]]'' and ''[[Jannal Oram]]'', the Tamil remake of ''[[Ordinary (film)|Ordinary]]'' were his other releases of the year. The end of veteran filmmaker [[Sathyan Anthikkad]]'s 10-film long collaboration with composer [[Ilaiyaraaja]] saw him collaborate with Vidyasagar for the film ''[[Oru Indian Pranayakatha]]''. [[Sathyan Anthikad]] continued his collaboration with Vidya Sagar for his next 2 films, ''[[Ennum Eppozhum]]'' (released in 2015) and ''[[Jomonte Suvisheshangal]]''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/master-of-melodies-vidyasagar-is-back/article29390302.ece|title=Master of melodies Vidyasagar is back|last=Kumar|first=P. k Ajith|date=2019-09-11|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-09-16|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> (released in 2017).
=== Vidyasagar - 1996 to 2001 ===
From 1996 to 2001 Vidyasagar mainly concentrated on Malayalam films where he became the top music director. In Malayalam right from his first film "Azhagiya Ravanan" to "Meesa Madhavan" he struck the right cord. He has created scores in which ragas and rhythms combined to a good melody, which even bagged him four Kerala State Awards. Vidyasagar's love for melody has made him turn to Malayalam film industry time and again, and the songs in hit films like Azhagiya Ravanan, Meesa Madhavan, Gramaphone, CID Moosa and Kilichundan Mambazham were all super hits.
Vidyasagar has given some of the best music of his career to Malayalam film industry. Since malayalee listeners liked melody and classical based compositions Vidyasagar could come up with the best melodies without having the fear of being unnoticed. In his music he experienced all kinds of song situations and he explored his talent to the maximum in that period. His film 'pranayavarnangal' is still considered one of the best albums ever cut in Malayalam industry. Malayalee listeners still see Vidyasagar as their hot favourite after Ravindran. Undoubtedly the talented music director has given his best in malayalam film industry.


==Discography==
During this period, Vidyasagar's song compositions in Tamil movies like 1998 Vijay starrer "Nilaave Vaa" and "Uyirodu Uyiraaga" starring [[Ajith]] did catch attention and became quite popular but still the bad patch in Tamil films continued for Vidyasagar during this period. Vidyasagar was probably the only composer in South India who has delivered many super hit songs during his early days but was not considered a success. Even today, some of Vidyasagar's prior songs composed for movies are sung by music troupes. But the total success of the film counts ultimately because the music director will be identified with the film.
{{main|Vidyasagar discography}}


== Awards ==
=== Vidyasagar - 2001 to Now ===
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Vidyasagar}}
After a successful Malayalam career he made a come back into Tamil with "Dhill" and "Poovellam Un Vasam". Songs in both of these films were instant hits. Then came "[[Dhool]]" which opened new doors in Tamil songs with highly successful folk song 'Ithanadu Kara Kodumae', and great melody in 'Aasai Aasai'. With "[[Dhool]]" and "Dhill" under his belt, Vidyasagar was the talk of the town, for which he had to wait for 13 years. With a successful come back he then went on to give music to some of most successful films of the year 2002-2003 like "[[Anbe Sivam]]" and Madhavan's "[[Run (film)|Run]]" which was a huge musical hit as well as commercial hit. The music composed by Vidyasagar for movies released in 2003 "Iyarkai", "Thithukudhe", "Parthiban Kanavu" were highly popular in spite of the fact that some of these movies failed at the box office. Vijay's "Thirumalai" was another hit album.


==See also==
The year 2004 saw Vidyasagar come up with "[[Ghilli]]" which was an instant hit with song 'Appadi Podu Podu' ruling the charts in Tamil music world. This was followed by other hits like "Madurey", "London" and "Ji" in 2004-05. In the year 2005 Vidyasagar received national award for the Telugu movie 'Swarabhishkam' by [[K. Vishwanath]] featuring carnatic classical music. Vidyasagar continued his success spree by composing music for [[Rajnikanth]] starrer '[[Chandramukhi]]' (he mentions this as a call from God), which was the biggest hit of the year 2005 and a comeback movie for Rajnikanth. The audio of the movie was a best seller and the BGM (Back Ground Music) of the film was also released for the first time in the Indian music industry. He has composed music for the Hollywood movie "Beyond the Soul" directed by Rajeev Anchal. The 2004-05 year also saw him score music for the Hindi movie "Hulchul" from [[Priyadarshan]]. With [[Mozhi]] Vidyasagar once again gave some soul full song like "Katrin Mozhiye" and "Sevvanam Selaikatti" which were instant hits of 2007.
* [[List of films directed by Lal Jose featuring Vidyasagar]]
* [[Varsha Vallaki Studios]]


== References ==
Vidyasagar is now a well known figure in the Tamil film music, often for his hugely popular numbers composed for movies starring Tamil super stars Vijay and Vikram. As said by Vidyasagar about recognition for music, "When success eludes you, nobody is bothered about you, what you know and what you could do. That is why mediocrity succeeds. If you are successful, nobody questions your knowledge."
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==External links==
Vidyasagar is currently working for films by [[Vikram]] and [[K. Balachander]].
{{Commons category|VidyaSagar}}


* {{Official website|http://www.vidyasagarmusic.com}}
==Partial Filmography==
* [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0001558166|pure_url=yes}} Vidy Sagar] at [[AllMusic]]
===Tamil===
* [https://www.facebook.com/vidyasagarmusicofficial/ Vidyasagar] [[Facebook]]
*[[Kuruvi]]
* {{IMDb name|id=nm0004579}}
*[[Abhiyum Naanum]]
*[[Arai Enn 305-il Kadavul]]
*[[Pirivom Sandhipom]]
*[[Mozhi]]
*[[Periyar]]
*[[Sivapathigaaram]]
*[[Em Magan]]
*[[Poi (film)|Poi]]
*[[Thambi]]
*[[Aathi]]
*[[Paramasivan]]
*[[Majaa]]
*Kana Kandaen
*[[Chandramukhi]]
*[[Ji (ajith)|Ji]]
*Ponniyin Selvan
*Varnajalam
*Sullan
*[[Ghilli]]
*[[Madhurey]]
*Sathurangam
*[[Thirumalai]]
*Alai
*Jhoot
*Thithikudhae
*Iyarkai
*[[Run (film)|Run]]
*[[Anbe Sivam]]
*Parthiban Kanavu
*[[Villain (tamil film)|Villain]]
*[[Dhool]]
*Dhill
*Ali Thanta Vaanam
*Poovelam Un Vaasam
*Vedham
*Thavasi
*Snehitye


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== External links ==
{{KeralaStateFilmAwardBestMusicDirection}}{{Nandi Award for Best Music Director}}{{TamilNaduStateAwardForBestMusicDirector}}
* [http://www.tnlforums.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=45ffc70cadd94fcebfc1e806a9521a64&f=18 Hits of Vidyasagar]
* [http://www.sumanasa.com/vidyasagar-music/vidyasagar-introduction.html Vidyasagar Unofficial Home Page]
* [http://vidyasagar.fateback.com/bio.htm Official Website - Vidyasagar]
* [http://poll.imdb.com/name/nm0004579/ Vidyasagar on IMDB]
* [http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/music/Vidyasagar.html Vidysagar Albums Page on Raaga]
* [http://www.tfmpage.com/ Tamil Film Music Reviews and Discussion]


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Vidyasagar
Vidya Sagar in 2018
Vidya Sagar in 2018
Background information
Birth nameVidya Sagar
Born (1963-03-02) 2 March 1963 (age 61)
Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
GenresFilm score, dance music, classical music
Occupations
  • Singer
  • Songwriter
  • Composer
  • Record producer
  • Music director
  • Arranger
  • Conductor
InstrumentsHarmonium, Santoor, Vibraphone, Keyboard, Piano, Guitar, Vocal.
Years active1989–present

Vidyasagar (born 2 March 1963) is an Indian composer, musician and singer who works predominantly in the Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu film industries. After working with several composers as assistant and conductor, Vidyasagar made his debut as a film composer in the 1989 Tamil film Poo Manam and is nicknamed as "Melody King".[1] Working for over 225 feature films, he is the recipient of one National Award, multiple State Awards[2] and five Filmfare Awards. He is widely regarded as one of the finest and most acclaimed composers in the history of Indian cinema.[3]

Life and career

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Vidya Sagar was born into a Telugu-speaking family of U. Ramachandar, a musician, in Suryakantham in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh.[3][4] His grandfather was a court vidwan in Bobbili Samsthanam.[3]

Vidya Sagar is settled in Chennai.[3] He is married and has 3 daughters and a son. One of his daughters, Susarla Pallavi is a social media influencer, and another daughter Srivardhani is a playback singer. His son, Harsha Vardhan, works as a musician and programmer in Tamil Cinema Industry. He underwent Carnatic vocals training first and then started taking classical guitar classes in Chennai from Master Dhanraj and then later piano.[5]

Vidyasagar became an independent film composer with the song En Anbe in the 1989 Tamil movie Poomanam. Vidyasagar started his music career with a Tamil film, he gained recognition good in the Tamil music industry at a later stage.[5] He also started composing for Telugu Films in 1989.

In 1993–94, Vidya Sagar was approached by Tamil actor-director Arjun, with whom he worked for many musical films like Jai Hind, Karna and Subash. Their combination resulted in acclaimed Tamil language melodic songs like Malare and Paadu .. Paadu.

From 1996 to 2001 Vidyasagar mainly concentrated on Malayalam films.[6] During this period, Vidyasagar also composed for a few Tamil movies like Nilaave Vaa and Uyirodu Uyiraga. He won three Kerala State Film Awards. About his stint in the Malayalam Cinema, Vidyasagar was quoted saying "I believe that it was a God sent opportunity for me to work in one of the finest film industries".[6]

From the year 2001, he started composing soundtracks for Dhil, Run, Dhool (ithunondu muthathile), Ghilli etc. in Tamil and Summer in Bethlehem, Meesha Madhavan, Kilichundan Mampazham, Pattalam, C.I.D. Moosa etc. in Malayalam. His Bollywood venture Hulchul directed by Priyadarshan was a box-office blockbuster, but the songs only became nominal hits, not bringing him the acclaim he was usually used to in Tamil and Malayalam films.

During this period, Vidya Sagar became the first South Indian Composer to have composed for an English language feature, Beyond The Soul, an Indo American film directed by Rajiv Anchal.

Between 2003 and 2005, he composed songs for several notable films like Anbe Sivam, Madhurey, Kochi Rajavu, Ji and Chandrolsavam in 2004–05. The year 2005 saw Vidyasagar receiving his first National Film Awards for his music in the Telugu film Swarabhishekam directed by K. Vishwanath. The music in the film was predominantly Carnatic.[7] The same year, he composed music for the film Chandramukhi.

In 2007, Vidyasagar was signed by Prakash Raj for his production venture Mozhi starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Jyothika. The film directed by Radha Mohan had critically acclaimed melodies like Kaatrin Mozhiye and Sevvanam. The songs of Mozhi had the distinction of being completely devoid of duets. The only female voice was of Sujatha Mohan in Katrin Mozhi. In 2008 Vidyasagar's notable releases were Vijay's Kuruvi and the Priyadarshan directed Mere Baap Pehle Aap in Hindi.

After his brief dull phase in Malayalam, he bounced back into the scene with the Lal Jose directorial Neelathamara, scripted by M.T. Vasudevan Nair, with the song Anuraga Vilochananaayi becoming a cult favourite. He followed it up with hits in Apoorva Ragam and Makeup Man. Meanwhile, in Tamil, he delivered hits with Karthi's Siruthai and Vijay's Kaavalan.

In 2012, Vidyasagar had three releases in Malayalam with Diamond Necklace, Thappana and Ordinary.

In 2013, Priyadarshan signed him in for his film, Geethaanjali in Malayalam with Mohanlal in the lead role. Lal Jose's Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum and Jannal Oram, the Tamil remake of Ordinary were his other releases of the year. The end of veteran filmmaker Sathyan Anthikkad's 10-film long collaboration with composer Ilaiyaraaja saw him collaborate with Vidyasagar for the film Oru Indian Pranayakatha. Sathyan Anthikad continued his collaboration with Vidya Sagar for his next 2 films, Ennum Eppozhum (released in 2015) and Jomonte Suvisheshangal[8] (released in 2017).

Discography

[edit]
Main article: Vidyasagar discography

Awards

[edit]
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Vidyasagar

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "Events – Vidyasagar: Music Matters". IndiaGlitz.com. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Vidya Sagar felicitated". The Hindu. 15 February 2006.
  3. ^ a b c d K. Pradeep (7 February 2019). "Weaving magic with music". The Hindu.
  4. ^ "Vidyasagar: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday | eTimes". The Times of India. Times of India.
  5. ^ a b "An informal chat with Vidyasagar". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 5 April 2005. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Welcome to Sify.com". sify.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015.
  7. ^ Chandramukhi Review. Vidaysagar on Chandramukhi
  8. ^ Kumar, P. k Ajith (11 September 2019). "Master of melodies Vidyasagar is back". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
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