MUSICIANS OF KERALA

SUMBITTED TO : MR. JIWAN LAL CHOUDHARY

SUMBITTED BY : SAARTHIKA
1. K.S. CHITHRA
 KRISHNAN NAIR SHANTAKUMARI • SHE IS ALSO KNOWN FOR HER EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF
CHITHRA (BORN 27 JULY 1963) COLLABORATION IN THE SONGS WITH MUSIC COMPOSERS
CREDITED AS K. S. CHITHRA OR A.R. RAHMAN, ILAIYARAJA AND WITH THE PLAYBACK SINGERS
CHITHRA IS AN INDIAN PLAYBACK SP BALASUBRAHMANYAM AND K J YESUDAS OVER THE YEARS.
SINGER AND CARNATIC MUSICIAN. SHE IS ALSO KNOWN MOSTLY FOR HER SWEET AND
SHE HAS RECORDED MORE THAN
MELODIOUS VOICE FOR WHICH SHE IS FONDLY CALLED AS
25,000 SONGS IN VARIOUS INDIAN
MELODY QUEEN AND NIGHTINGALE OF SOUTH INDIA.
LANGUAGES INCLUDING
MALAYALAM, TELUGU, TAMIL,
KANNADA, HINDI, BENGALI, ORIYA,
PUNJABI, GUJARATI, TULU, • CHITHRA IS A RECIPIENT OF SIX NATIONAL FILM AWARDS,
RAJASTHANI, URDU, SANSKRIT, EIGHT FILMFARE AWARDS SOUTH AND 36 DIFFERENT STATE
AND BADAGA AS WELL AS FOREIGN FILM AWARDS. SHE HAS WON FOUR SOUTH INDIAN STATE FILM
LANGUAGES SUCH AS MALAY, AWARDS.[4][5][6] SHE WAS AWARDED INDIA'S THIRD
LATIN, ARABIC, SINHALESE, HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR PADMA BHUSHAN IN 2021 AND
ENGLISH AND FRENCH. PADMA SHRI IN 2005 FOR HER VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
TOWARDS THE INDIAN MUSICAL FRATERNITY.
2. K.J. YESUDAS
KATTASSERY JOSEPH YESUDAS (BORN
10 JANUARY 1940) CREDITED AND ALSO YESUDAS WON THE NATIONAL AWARD FOR THE BEST MALE
KNOWN AS K. J. YESUDAS OR JESUDAS
IS AN INDIAN PLAYBACK SINGER AND PLAYBACK SINGER RECORD EIGHT TIMES, THE FILMFARE AWARDS
MUSICIAN WHO SINGS INDIAN SOUTH FIVE TIMES, AND THE STATE AWARD FOR THE BEST
CLASSICAL, DEVOTIONAL AND FILM PLAYBACK SINGER FORTY-THREE TIMES, INCLUDING AWARDS
SONGS. YESUDAS HAS RECORDED GIVEN BY THE STATE GOVERNMENTS OF KERALA, TAMIL NADU,
MORE THAN 50,000 SONGS,IN A ANDHRA PRADESH, KARNATAKA, AND WEST BENGAL.[6] HE WAS
NUMBER OF INDIAN LANGUAGES, AWARDED THE PADMA SHRI.IN 1975, THE PADMA BHUSHAN IN
INCLUDING MALAYALAM, TAMIL, 2002, AND THE PADMA VIBHUSHAN (SECOND-HIGHEST CIVILIAN
TELUGU, HINDI, KANNADA, BENGALI, AWARD) IN 2017 BY THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA FOR HIS
ODIA AS WELL AS ARABIC, ENGLISH, CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE ARTS. IN 2011 YESUDAS WAS
LATIN, AND RUSSIAN, DURING A
CAREER SPANNING MORE THAN FIVE HONOURED WITH THE CNN-IBN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
DECADES. HE IS MOSTLY KNOWN FOR AWARD FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE MUSIC FIELD. HE HAS
HIS CELESTIAL VOICE WHICH IS WHY RECORDED MORE THAN 50,000 SONGS IN A SIX-DECADE
HE IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS CAREER.[1] IN 2006, HE SANG 16 FILM SONGS IN FOUR SOUTH
GAANAGANDHARVAN (THE CELESTIAL INDIAN LANGUAGES ON THE SAME DAY AT AVM STUDIO,
SINGER). HE IS A HIGHLY REGARDED CHENNAI.[9] AS A RESULT OF ALL THESE ACCOLADES AND
SINGER IN SOUTH INDIA. RECOGNITION, HE IS WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST
SINGERS IN THE HISTORY OF INDIAN MUSIC.
3. M.S. VISHWANATHAN
 MANAYANGATH SUBRAMANIAN VISWANATHAN (24 JUNE 1928 – 14 JULY 2015), ALSO KNOWN AS M.S.V., WAS AN
INDIAN MUSIC DIRECTOR, SINGER AND ACTOR WHO PREDOMINANTLY WORKED IN TAMIL FILM INDUSTRY. HE WAS
POPULARLY KNOWN AS MELLISAI MANNAR (TAMIL FOR "MELODY KING"). HE COMPOSED SONGS FOR MORE THAN 800
INDIAN FILMS AND VARIOUS ALBUMS. ACROSS LANGUAGES PRIMARILY IN TAMIL, MALAYALAM AND TELUGU FILMS.
HE HAS ALSO ACTED AND SUNG IN A FEW TAMIL FILMS.[4][5] THE CHIEF MINISTER OF TAMIL NADU J JAYALALITHAA
CONFERRED THE THIRAI ISAI CHAKRAVARTHY (TAMIL FOR "THE EMPEROR OF CINE MUSIC") TITLE ON HIM IN AUGUST
2012[6] AND PRESENTED HIM WITH 60 GOLD COINS AND A NEW CAR.VISWANATHAN COMPOSED FILM MUSIC
TOGETHER WITH COMPOSER AND VIOLINIST T. K. RAMAMOORTHY FROM THE 1950S TO 1965, AS VISWANATHAN–
RAMAMOORTHY[9] FOR 100 FILMS.HE INDEPENDENTLY COMPOSED FOR 700 FILMS FROM 1965 TO 2015.

M. S. VISWANATHAN HAS WON MANY AWARDS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

1. FILMFARE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – SOUTH

2. PBS PURASKAR AWARD PRESENTED BY ARUNA NITHYA GOPAL FOUNDATION AWARDED ON 29 SEPTEMBER 2013 AT RAVINDRA BHARATI
3. HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM TIRUNELVELI-BASED MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY (MSU) ON 3 JANUARY 2013
4. PARAMACHARYA AWARD, MEANING 'THE ULTIMATE GURU' IN 2006.
5. DOCTORATE CONFERRED BY SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY IN 2006.
6. WON GOLD REMI AWARD FOR THE BEST MUSIC SCORE FOR MOVIE VISHWA THULASI IN 2005. AND MANY MORE.
4. ROOPA REVATHI
ROOPA REVATHI ,ALSO KNOWN AS ROOPA K.R., IS AN INDIAN PLAYBACK
SINGER AND VIOLINIST FROM KERALA. SHE STARTED HER CAREER AS A
PLAYBACK SINGER IN THE MALAYALAM MOVIE MADAMPI IN 2008. SHE
HAS ALSO RECORDED SONGS FOR TAMIL AND KANNADA FILMS. SHE WAS
THE WINNER OF THE REALITY SHOW AMRITA TV SUPER STAR GLOBAL, A
MUSICAL TALENT HUNT SHOW HOSTED BY AMRITA TV. ROOPA DEBUTED AWARDS
AS A PLAYBACK SINGER IN 2008 WITH THE SONG "ENTE SHARIKE" IN B.
UNNIKRISHNAN'S MALAYALAM FILM MADAMPI UNDER MUSIC DIRECTOR • 2005 – NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP TO
M. JAYACHANDRAN. YOUNG ARTIST IN THE FIELD OF
ONE OF THE FEW WOMEN FUSION VIOLIN PLAYERS IN KERALA, WHO HAS INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC
A TREMENDOUS FOLLOWING ON SOCIAL MEDIA TOO, ROOPA HAS BEEN
SHARING STAGES WITH K S CHITHRA FOR YEARS. SHE OFTEN PERFORMS
• 2002 – AUGUSTINE JOSEPH
WITH HER BAND, COMPOSED OF MANY GIFTED MUSICIANS, PLAYS FOR MEMORIAL AWARD
MOVIES, HAS BROUGHT OUT ALBUMS AND HAS TAKEN HERSELF TO NEW
HEIGHTS WITH THE INSTRUMENT.[4] IN 2011, SHE DEBUTED AS A • 2002 – KAIRALI SWARALAYA
VIOLINIST IN THE MALAYALAM FILM INDUSTRY THROUGH THE YESUDAS AWARD FOR THE BEST
PRITHVIRAJ SUKUMARAN-STARRER URUMI. DEEPAK DEV WAS THE UPCOMING FEMALE VOICE (SENIOR)
COMPOSER OF THE FILM. ROOPA, WHO HAS A POPULAR YOUTUBE
CHANNEL IN HER NAME, MOSTLY PERFORMS WITH RENOWNED
INDEPENDENT ARTISTES SUCH A KEYBOARDIST SUMESH ANAND,
DRUMMER JAFFER HANEEFA AND GUITARISTS JUSTINE AND JACKSON
SEBASTIAN.
5. M.G. SREEKUMAR
MALABAR GOPALAN NAIR SREEKUMAR (BORN 25 MAY 1957), POPULARLY KNOWN AS M. G.
SREEKUMAR, IS AN INDIAN PLAYBACK SINGER, COMPOSER, MUSIC PRODUCER, TELEVISION
PRESENTER AND FILM PRODUCER, WHO WORKS PREDOMINANTLY IN MALAYALAM CINEMA AND
TELEVISION. HE HAS SUNG MORE THAN 20000 SONGS IN MALAYALAM, TAMIL, TELUGU, KANNADA
AND HINDI LANGUAGES. HE OWNS A MUSIC COMPANY NAMED KMG MUSICS AND ALSO
SAREGAMA SCHOOL OF MUSIC IN THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. SREEKUMAR HAS WON SEVERAL
AWARDS, INCLUDING TWO NATIONAL FILM AWARDS, THREE KERALA STATE FILM AWARDS AND A
FILMFARE AWARDS SOUTH. HE WAS ALSO HONOURED WITH THE HARIVARASANAM AWARD BY
THE GOVERNMENT OF KERALA IN 2016.
AWARDS
NATIONAL FILM AWARDS:
1990 – BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER – HIS HIGHNESS ABDULLAH (SONG: "NADHA ROOPINI")
1999 – BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER – VASANTHIYUM LAKSHMIYUM PINNE NJANUM (SONG: "CHANTHU
POTTUM")