Vidyasagar was born into a
Telugu-speaking family to Upadrasta Ramachandra Rao, a musician, and Suryakantham in
Vizianagaram,
Andhra Pradesh. His grandfather was a court
vidwan in
Bobbili Samsthanam. 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. 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". 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. 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 made a comeback into the scene with the
Lal Jose directorial
Neelathamara, scripted by
M.T. Vasudevan Nair, with the song "Anuraga Vilochananaayi" becoming a favorite. 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 Vidyasagar for his next 2 films,
Ennum Eppozhum (released in 2015) and
Jomonte Suvisheshangal (released in 2017). ==Discography==