Vijay Bulganin
Biography
Gorthi Vijai Bulganin (born as Gorthi Vijay) is an Indian composer and singer who works in Telugu cinema. He has produced a few independent music videos and later continued as a composer in Telugu films. He received wider recognition for his work in the film Baby (2023), for which he received the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu.
Bulganin was born as Gorthi Vijay in Vedurupaka, Andhra Pradesh in a Telugu family. Later, he changed his stage name to Vijai Bulganin. Around 2014, he moved to Hyderabad to pursue a career in music and cinema. Vaaradhi (2015) was his first film as a music composer.
Speaking to Cinema Express, Vijai said that Baby album is "a homage to the Ilaiyaraaja genre of music". 123telugu in their review of the film mentioned that "music by Vijay is a major asset for Baby". Film Companion cited him as "the strongest pillar of Baby". Songs from the film were commercially successful, thus getting him wide recognition.
