Pratyush Prakash

Pratyush Prakash (born December 14, 1991 in Odisha, India) is an Indian lyricist and poet. He writes songs for Bollywood Movies. He is better known for being featured under the 'Best Original Song' category in the Oscar Contention List 2014 for Kamasutra 3D.

Pratyush was born in Odisha to a middle-class family. His father works as a Foreman in Mahanadi Coalfield Limited and his mother is a homemaker. He carried out his schooling in Odisha. He attended D.A.V. Public School, M.C.L. Kalinga Area (1995-2009) and studied Automobile Engineering at Bharath University, Chennai (2009–2013). After completing his graduation, he went to work for an e-Learning company as an Instructional Designer.

Pratyush wrote his first album at the age of 18. Later he went on writing songs for short movies and albums. The big break in his career happened when he debuted in Bollywood at the age of 22, with one of the most awaited movie, Kamasutra 3D. He wrote two songs for the movie.

After the success of Kamasutra 3D, he wrote for the Rajat Kapoor and Huma Qureshi starrer movie, "X", slated to release in 2014. Apart from Bollywood, he has written songs for social causes as well. His lyrics for the song, "Mujhe Roshni Nahi Dekhni" was highly appreciated by the masses.

He has penned the lyrics for an online album "E-11". The song, "Dada's Anthem" from the album was featured as a tribute to the cricket legend, Sourav Ganguly on the official website of Sourav Ganguly's leading fan-club.

Pratyush has also worked as a writer on non-fiction shows like Dance Plus 3, Dil Hai Hindustani, Rising Star, Dance Champions, High Fever, Dance plus 4, The Voice, Dance India Dance-Battle of the champions.

Pratyush currently lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra.