Santosh Naik (born 30 August 1991) is an Indian screenwriter and lyricist, popular amongst the regional audience for his work in movies like "Prarambha (2020)" , "Kalachakra (2020)" , "Rambo 2 (2018)" , "Hebbuli (2017)" , "Villain (2012)" , "Prem Kahani (2009)" and many more.. He is known for his major involvement in Kannada music, TV series, short films, and Sandalwood movies. Santosh has been a prominent part of the Indian film industry for more than ten years now. He is known for his songs "o thavare kendavere", " bittogbeda nanna", "Mathanadi mayavade" , "Bari neene neene and hode nee hode", "Enne beku anna and sundari sundari", "Giliya mariyondu goodu bittide", "Thakita thakita", "Gelathi nanninda doorade eke", "Jiddige jiddajiddi nagini" , "nanna mana palayana" , "thakita thakita" and "tharegela samsara". The first song he wrote was ‘O Thavare Kendavare …’ for the movie ‘Yuva’ in the music direction of Guru Kiran.

Santosh Naik was born Gherusoppa, Honnavar taluk on 30 August 1991 , Uttara Kannada district. He completed his Master’s Degree from Mangalore University. From an early age he was interested in literature. Although he had no literary background, at a young age he had a ‘touch’ of Yakshagaana art. He was practicing Yakshagaana in childhood. There is a norm in Yakshagaana where halegannada is translated to hosagannada and at that time there were old and new words formed which completely accumulated in my word repository. Then I became curious about Kannada literature and other genres. He started writing in high school and while he was in college he was awarded the ‘Best Youth Poet’ award at the state level competition conducted by the Department of Literature in Dharwad.