Their combination resulted in acclaimed Tamil language melodic songs like Malare and Padu Padu.įrom 1996 to 2001 Vidyasagar mainly concentrated on Malayalam films. In 1994–95, Vidyasagar was approached by Tamil actor-director Arjun, with whom he worked for many musical films like Jai Hind, Karna and Subash.

He shifted base to Telugu cinema in 1989. Vidyasagar started his music career with a Tamil film, he gained recognition good in the Tamil music industry at a later stage. Vidyasagar became an independent film composer with the song En Anbe in the 1989 Tamil movie Poomanam. He underwent carnatic vocals training first and then started taking classical guitar classes in Chennai from Master Dhanraj along with A. He was named after the 19th century social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.

Vidyasagar was born to Ramachandra Rao, a musician, and Sooryakantham in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh.