Blaaze

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Lakshmi Narasimha Vijaya Rajagopala Sheshadri Sharma Rajesh Raman (born 15 October 1975), professionally known as Blaaze (

Life and career

Blaaze was born on the

He has rapped in Mohanlal's Malayalam movie Casanova and is the lyricist for two songs on the Vince Vaughn motion picture Couples Retreat. , co-written with A. R. Rahman, and, "NaNa", co-written with Vivian Chaix and A. R. Rahman. His band, ZambeZi funK, is ready with their debut album, funKalistiC syllaBleZ. His non-film work comprises issue oriented music, with messages being spread on the Gujarat Riots, Bilkis Bano, the religious issues in India, banning of corrupt police in the song "Ban The Crooked Police"... Inquilab, and "Stand Up Unite", for the Mumbai terror attacks. He has worked as a Music Director for the Warner Bros film Saas, Bahu Aur ex, with a song on a new age India, called, "What's Up India". The film was directed by Shona Urvashi.

He has also worked as music director for the soundtrack of the film Striker. In September 2011, 'Time For Gandhi' – BlaaZe's debut album – India's first real hip hop 'protest' album – was released on EMI VIRGIN MUSIC.He lives in Chennai with his family. His sister, Rekha Srinivasan, is a trained Bharatnatyam and Kathak Dancer, residing in New Jersey and founder of the Bhaarat Nritya Academy. With over 100 students trained and mentored, and several accolades, she is a pillar of the New Jersey Community. Bhaarat Nritya Academy

BlaaZé teamed up with Music Director Paul Jacob, and together they released the world's first Sanskrit hip hop album, Rap Bhakthi Mala.^[7]

In 2020, he rapped for the

Chosen out of 8,000 probable, and voted as India's favourite, MTV Networks, announced its 8 winners of the Pepsi MTV Youth Icon Awards in 2008. BlaaZe won the votes for his contribution to socially relevant issues through his music, and his lyrics for the official UN anthem on poverty alleviation, Pray For Me, Brother, composed by A R Rahman.[8]

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