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music in Kerala.

Once a well-known football journalist, Menon's latest book Mozhikalil Sangeethamayi

(Music in Verses), a work on Indian film music is into its second edition, within two-and-
a-half months of its release in last December, a rare phenomenon in the state's
publication industry these days.

"The demand for the book points to Keralite's growing love towards music and nostalgia",
Ravi Menon told PTI here.

The book contains well-researched articles on music directors of Malayalam cinema

belonging to different eras, ranging from K Raghavan to Vidyasagar.

'It is an attempt to chronicle the rise and development of playback music in general, even
though the focus is on the composers, Menon said.

'There is indeed a niche readership for anything on popular music in Kerala. However,
the demand for the latest book has surpassed even my expectation, said Menon, who
has authored five books on Malayalam and Hindi film music, beginning with Soja RECENT IN BOOKS
Rajkumari in 2005, which is into its third edition.
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books authoried by Menon. 'My focus has always been on the unsung heroes of film
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music world, singers and composers who have faded into oblivion even after making
worthy contributions', Menon said. Bibliofile
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M S Baburaj, G Devarajan, M S Viswanathan, M B Sreenivasan, Johnson, K J Joy, Sonali Kulkarni: Sonali Kulkarni
Ravindran, A T Ummer and S P Venkitesh are a few of the other music directors who
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'Whenever I have a doubt on film music, be it even about my own songs, I often look to
Ravi for a clarification. I have found him to be an encyclopedia of popular music', K S
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Chithra, leding playback singer had said on Menon, during the release of the book in
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Bollywood music is another area of interest for Menon, who remains an avid fan of
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Apart from the life sketches of film music personalities, the book also provides Book on Article 370 Released by V K Chopra
interesting insights into the musical careers of singers like Mohammed Rafi, Kishore
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Most of the pieces are based on interviews with the Artists and people who were close
to them, Menon said.
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'I am lucky to have good relationships with most of the leading names in film music, past
and present. Besides, music has always been a passion for me, Menon, said.
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