# Damodar Raao

Damodar Raao (born 21 August 1977) is an Indian composer, singer, record producer, and live performer. His music genre is about acoustic folk with some traces of Indian classical music.

## Career

In 2000, Raao got his first break as a singer in the Hindi film Shaitan Tantrik, which was composed by Nikhil Vinay with lyrics by Vinay Bihari.
In 2007 Raao moved with his family to Mumbai.
In 2008, he composed the music for the low-budget Hindi film Once More, aka Gorakh Dhandha.
Raao has composed more than 75 films in Bhojpuri language, including Dil Ho Gail Qurban, Teri Meri Ashiqui, Sargana Kushi Nagar Rangdari Tax, Gunday (Bhojpuri), Bagi Ishq, Inspector Chandani, Jungal Raj, Dil Aur Deewar, The Power of Dahshat, Sajan Ki Bahon Me (Bhojpuri), Majnu Motorwala, and Baap Re Baap.
The musical film Teri Meri Ashqui was praised by critics.

## Awards and honors

In 2014 Raao received the award for Best Music Director of the Year 2012 by Darshnik Mumbai Press Media Award. He was also honoured by the Aapki Awaz Foundation for Best Music Director & Mumbai Gaurav Award of the year 2014 for the Bhojpuri film Majnu Motorwala. Raao was given the Chhatrapati Shivaji Gaurav Award in 2016 by Darshnik newspaper and Evershine Mitramandal in Mumbai.
In October 2016, Raao reached a record of making 50 filmy albums and devotional albums of various singers.

## Discography
### Films

| Year | Film | Language | Singer | Actor | Notes |
| 2012 | Majnu Motorwala | Bhojpuri | Vinod Rathod, Roop Kumar Rathod, Indu Sonali, Mohan Rathore, Alok Kumar, Khushboo Jain, Kalpana Patowary, Damodar Raao | Kunal Tiwari, Kajal Raghwani, Aaditya Ojha, Rajat Mani, Seema Singh, Ajay Suryavanshi, Ranjan Kumar, Sanjay Pandey, Manoj Tiger, Ratnesh Barnwal | Winner, Darshnik Mumbai Press Media Award for Best Music Director |
| 2013 | Dhundh Lenge Manjil Hum | Hindi | Shahid Mallya, Sanchiti Sakat, etc. | Kalyanji Jana, Dharmendra Singh | Released in 2013 in some theatres. |
| 2014 | Dream City Mumbai | Hindi | Udit Narayan, Shahid Mallya, Alok Kumar, Shabab Sabri, Manoj Mishra, Bhavesh Bhanushali, Sanchiti Sakat, Khushboo Jain, Pamela Jain, Kalyanji Jana, Sonu Rao, Damodar Raao | Kalyanji Jana, Rashika Sinha, Ramesh Goyal, Akhil Nayak, Dharmendra Singh, Sapna Khatik, Damodar Raao | |
| 2014 | Sajan Ki Bahon Mein | Bhojpuri | Indu Sonali, Mohan Rathore, Damodar Raao, Rupesh Mishra, Khushboo Jain, Lali Mishra, Manoj Mishra | Rs Tiwari, Renuja Singh, Rita Ray, Chandan Rajput, Riya Rastogi, Brijesh Tripathi, Vishnushankar Belu, Damodar Raao, Anoop Arora, Ritu Pandey, Pappu Tiwari | Also actor |
| 2014 | Teri Meri Ashiqui | Bhojpuri | Alok Kumar, Indu Sonali, Mamta Raut, Khushboo Jain, Kumar Alam, Khushbu Uttam, Manohar Singh, Santosh Puri, Sajan Dubey, Khushboo Uttam | Sujeet Puri, Tanushree, Abhishek Giri, Rajkapoor Shahi | Co-composer: Sujeet Puri |
| 2015 | Maai Ke Karz | Bhojpuri | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Sadhna Sargam, Khushboo Jain, Manoj Mishra, Indu Sonali, Damodar Raao, Alok Kumar, Sumeet Baba, Priyanka Singh, Pamela Jain, Jaydev | Rani Chatterjee, Vinay Anand, Roshan Kumar, Akshara Singh, Bipin Singh, Sanjay Pandey, Partibha Pandey, Seema Singh, Maya Yadav, Prakash Jais, Rukhsar, Damodar Raao, Ratnesh Barnwal, Jai Prakas Singh | Co-composers: Rajesh Mishra, Amresh Shahabadi |
| 2015 | Ye Hai Yuva Aandolan | Hindi | Udit Narayan, Shahid Mallya, Alok Kumar, Vinod Rathod, Manoj Mishra, Bhavesh Bhanushali, Sanchiti Sakat, Khushboo Jain, Pamela Jain, Sonu Rao, Damodar Raao | Kalyanji Jana, Rashika Sinha, Ramesh Goyal, Akhil Nayak, Dharmendra Singh, Sapna Khatik, Damodar Raao | |
| 2016 | Baap Re Baap | Bhojpuri | Alok Kumar, Mohan Rathore, Mamta Raut, Indu Sonali, Gaurav Jha, Poonam Pandey, Alka Jha | Gaurav Jha, Aanchal Soni, Cp Bhatt, Ritu Pandey, Glori Mahanta, Umesh Singh, Sonu Jha | Director: G J Rock |
| 2016 | Bagi Ishq | | | | |
| 2016 | Gunday | | | | |
| 2016 | The Power of Dahshat | Bhojpuri | Udit Narayan, Alok Kumar, Mamta Raut, Madan Ray, Vicky Babua, Damodar Raao, Manoj Mishra, Indu Sonali, Mohan Rathore, Pamela Jain, Khushboo Jain | Viraj Bhatt, Baleshwar Singh, Monalisa Satyendra Singh, Priyanka Pandit | |
| 2017 | Parivar Ke Babu | Bhojpuri | Kalpana Patowary, Indu Sonali, Alok Kumar, Khushboo Jain, Pamela Jain | Aditya Mohan, Seema Singh | Director: Dhananjay Pratap Singh |
| 2017 | The Power of Dahashat | Bhojpuri | Udit Narayan, Pamela Jain Manoj Mishra, Rupesh Mishra, Mamta Raut | Satendra Singh, Priyanka Pandit | Director: Sanjay Srivastava |
| 2017 | Shaheed E Azam - Ek Ankahi Kahani | Hindi | Yash Wadali, Vinod Rathod, Manoj Mishra, Rupesh Mishra, Mamta Raut | Nikhil Singh, Rahul, Sibu Giri | Director: Arun Kumar Pathak |
| 2019 | Keep Safe Distance | | | | Unreleased |

### Music albums

| Year | Non-filmy albums | Language | Singer | Notes |
| 2016 | Sabse Badhiya Aapan Bihar | Hindi/Bhojpuri | Udit Narayan, Pamela Jain, Khushboo Jain, Amod Kumar | Telefilm |
| 2016 | Hasratein | Hindi | Sanchiti Sakat, Sonu Rao | Unreleased |