Malayalam Songs And Music

Pulloottupadathu Bhaskaran better known as P. Bhaskaran is a Malayalam poet lyricist, director and actor. His father was a poet, lawyer, journalist and Indian freedom fighter. He inherited father’s talent and started to write poems when he was studying in 7th standard. During his college years he fell in love with literature and communism. He [...]

Indian violinist, composer and record producer Balabhaskar has certainly earned a place for himself in the world of music. He has composed more than a dozen albums and music scores for three Malayalam movies, ‘Mangalya Pallak,’ `Kannadikkadavathu’ and ‘Moksham’. He was introduced to the world of instrumental music at a tender age of three, by [...]

O. N. V. Kurup (Ottaplavil Neelakandan Velu Kurup) is one of the most renowned Malayalam poets. Though he grew up in a village in Chavara, Kollam and went to a Government school, he made sure that he attained the best education. After completing his graduation in Economics, he did his Masters in Malayalam literature.
His high [...]

Dr. Kattassery Joseph Yesudas has a divine voice that is so over powering that will mesmerize anyone. This classical musician and a playback singer has won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer seven times; which is the most by any Male Playback Singer.
His first guru was his father, who was a well-known [...]

Vidhu Prathap is a fairly new Malayalam playback singer. Though neither of his parents were singers, he took up music from the age of three along with his elder sister.
He made his film debut as a singer when he was only in class IV in the movie Paadamudra.  He gained more recognition when he was [...]

The legendary six times National award winning singer has made a huge mark in the Indian film music playback industry. K. S. Chithra, a Malayalee, has lent her voice to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese and Bengali films. Born into a family of musicians, Chithra’s talent was recognized and nurtured from an early [...]

This Malayali playback singer sings in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada besides in his mother tongue. Madhu Balakrishnan is from Tripunithura, Cochin. He use to air on All India Radio and Doordarshan before he got into play back singing. He holds a degree in music from the “Academy of Indian Music and Arts”, Chennai.
He [...]

National award winning Malayalam playback singer P. Jayachandran is a monumental figure in the Malayalam film industry. Born into the Cochin Royal Family, he learned music at a young age with the encouragement of his mother who was a great music lover. With her support he also master the percussion instrument; the Mridangam.
During his school [...]

Vayalar Rama Varma who is often called as just Vayalar was a prestigeous Malayalam poet and lyricist. He was born in the village of Vayalar, in Alappuzha district, Kerala. Though he belonged to an aristocratic family, inspired by revolutionary ideals, he became a poet. He was associated with the leftist political movement in Kerala [...]

M.G. Sreekumar comes from a family of musicians. His father was a harmonist and a classical vocalist during the post-independence era of the 50s and mother, a music teacher. MG Sreekumar has received the musical backdrop from his father and mother himself. His brother, M. G. Radha Krishnan, is a Senior Music Director who has [...]