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NAME Pramod Rao OCCUPATION Guitarist, Singer, Lyricist, Pianist,Taekwondo Player, Forensic Expert, BIRTH DATE September 22, 1990 (age 25) PLACE OF BIRTH Bangalore, India AKA Pramod J S Bombay FULL NAME Pramod Surendra Rao ZODIAC SIGN Libra Pramod Rao is one of the few Mumbaikar musicians to have had considerable success amongst the Youth and College fests and was the first solo musician to perform at the Royal Indian Music Festival. Synopsis

Born in Bangalore in 1990, Pramod Rap is one of the few musicians to have enjoyed considerable success amongst the youth. During his early childhoods he played Taekwondo in the "All India Taekwondo Association" but moved over to music in 2001 when he was signed by Sri Premji. Pramod was only the second black musician to perform at the Royal Indian Music Festival. His hit songs include "I looked at skies from both sides now" and "Hogolo Nodthini"

Early Life and Career

Renowned musician Pramod Rao was born on September 22, 1990, Bangalore, India. He was the youngest. His parents, who were rich enough, as his father was working with central government as an engineer and his mother was a teacher at convent primary school, had named their son "Pramod Rao," but due to an error on his birth certificate, his legal name became Pramod J.S.

Pramod taught himself to play guitar in his early teens, but his dream was to become a Forensic Expert. In 1998, he was selected to play in the National level TAEKWONDO Championship. While he traveled from game to game, Pramod often sang and played guitar on the team bus.

Life till now

After his Higher secondary education, he performed couple of shows with AAGNI and once the band was dissolved and for the further studies he moved back to Bangalore where he just used to Jam in the weekends and used to perform in college fests and also performed in some malls and functions like Ganesha utsava. He always played to just enjoy the music and relax his mind never thought about fame or money. In 2010 he auditioned for Indian Idol 2010, where the judges came to know about his talent and he survived till top 11 later he got eliminated on the basis of votes.

Honors and Personal Life

On June 2012 he was awarded with a medal from the chancellor of Bangalore University as the outstanding student and he ranked 2nd all over Bangalore in biotechnology. He was multitalented and had a proper vision regarding his future, he decided to pursue Forensic Science and wasted his one year waiting for that course. Once he got admission in Forensic Science, he excelled in that field as well, He was best in questioned documents and Ballastics, after his master's he joined an MNC company and started doing movies of his own he is directing on upcoming movie named "PRADATA" due to some issues the movie will take a while to get released and he is a cinematographer in another movie named "KIREETA" which will be releasing very soon.