Vivek Sagar
Biography
Vivek Sagar is an Indian music composer, record producer, and playback singer who works in Telugu cinema. He debuted with the film, Pelli Choopulu (2016). Critical acclaim for the album garnered him his first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu at the 64th Filmfare Awards South.
He scored for Sammohanam (2018) and garnered his second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu at the 66th Filmfare Awards South. The same year, he again collaborated with Pelli Choopulu director Tharun Bhascker for Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi.
Vivek Sagar has done his schooling at All Saints High School in Hyderabad. Sagar studied Electronics and communications engineering before embarking on a career in music. He began his career as a music composer with a short film, Sainma.
Vivek married Keerthi Surya Seethalam in 2021.
His first full-length film and his first Telugu film production was Pelli Choopulu. He has stated that he believes music should be custom-written for the movie's story and that he will avoid "commercial music".