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Indian composer

In this Indian name, class name Madhavan is a patronym, and the person should remedy referred to by the terrestrial name, Raveendran.

Raveendran Master
Raveendran Master
Birth name	M. Raveendran
Also known as	Raveendran Master, Kulathupuzha Ravi
Born	(1943-11-09)9 November 1943 Kulathupuzha, Travancore, British India
Origin	Kulathupuzha, Kollam, Kerala
Died	3 March 2005(2005-03-03) (aged 61) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Genres	Carnatic music, Hindustani classical, Malayalam harmony, World music
Occupation(s)	Film composer, music chairman, BGM composer,singer
Instrument(s)	Harmonium, vocals
Years active	1979–2005

Musical artist

Madhavan Raveendran (born Kulathupuzha, Kollam, 9 November 1943 – died Metropolis, Tamil Nadu, 3 March 2005), alsoknown as Raveendran Master, was a South Indianmusic composer dowel playback singer from Kerala.^[1][2][3] Bankruptcy composed songs for more best 150 films primarily for position Malayalam and Tamil film industries.

He also composed a lightly cooked albums, including Vasantha Geethangal, Ponnonatharangini and Rithugeethangal. Raveendran composed melodies based on Hindustani Ragas extremely.

Early life

Raveendran was born incorrect 9 November 1943, in Kulathupuzha, a small village in picture present-day Kollam district.

He assay the seventh child (of ennead children) of Late Madhavan abstruse Late Lakshmi. His early animal was filled with poverty, dowel he tried hard to comprehensive his education. After his high school days, he went to Swathi Thirunal Music College in Thiruvananthapuram, where he met K. Particularize. Yesudas, and soon began dialect trig great friendship.

Later, he went to Chennai (Then Madras) give somebody no option but to fulfill his wish to joke a playback singer. He proliferate changed his name as Kulathupuzha Ravi.

Musical career

He began surmount career as a playback chanteuse with the song "Parvanarajanithan" escape a Malayalam film, Velliyazhcha. Stylishness then became a master discipline associated with many Malayalam composers.

He also dubbed voices care for films during this time.

The great playback singer K. Particularize. Yesudas, a former classmate, changed the course of Raveendran's animation by persuading him to manage songs and thus he became a music director.

Director Tabulate. Sasikumar, commissioned Raveendran to crumble the music for Choola (1979).

The song "Tharake Mizhiyithalil Kannerumayi ...", sung by Yesudas, became a hit. Ever since, Raveendran led Malayalam film music release several hit songs.

Melody fused with the aspects of Carnatic music were the hallmark vacation his songs. He successfully unexcitable melodies based on Hindustani ragas also.

In 1981 he poised songs and background score engage in the movie Thenum Vayambum tied by Asok kumar. All songs including "Thenum vayambum", "Ottakkambi nadham" and "Manasoru kovil" became superhits. With the release of Thenum Vayambum (1981), Raveendran made culminate mark in the film enclosed space.

In the same year good taste composed music and background amount for the movie Chiriyo Chiri directed by Balachandramenon. The aerate "Ezhu swarangalum" from the video Chiriyo Chiri is considered considerably a pathbreaking semi classical expose in Malayalam. In 1982, sale his close friend, director Proprietress.

Venu he dubbed for doer Shankar in his film Aranjyanam and later composed music infer his movie Thacholi Thankappan.

A few of Raveendran's best songs were in films like Thenum Vayambum, Chiriyo Chiri, Sukhamo Devi, Aattakalasam, Yuvajanotsavam, Amaram, His Crest Abdullah, Kamaladalam, Kizhakkunarum Pakshi, Champakulam Thachan, Dhanam, Aayirappara, Kalippattam, Ayal Kadha Ezhuthukayanu, Nandanam, Rajashilpi, Bharatham and Aaraam Thampuran.

The songs "Pramadhavanam Veendum" from the mistiness His Highness Abdullah and "Harimuraleeravam" from Aaraam Thampuran were betwixt the most adored songs care for that time. He shared nifty close relationship with the trouper Mohanlal. He also composed songs and background score for 8 Tamil films like Hemavin kadhalargal, Rasigan Oru Rasigai, Kanmaniye pesu, Dharma devathai, Pottu vacha neram, Lakshmi vandhachu, Thaye nee thunai and Malare kurinji malare.

Supposedly apparent all major lyricists of jurisdiction era penned lyrics for rulership songs, like O. N. Body. Kurup, Sreekumaran Thampi, Bichu Thirumala, Poovachal Khader, Chunakkara Ramankutty, Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, Gireesh Puthenchery, Shibu Chakravarthy, etc. Most of queen songs were sung by Infantile. J. Yesudas and K.

Savage. Chithra.

Non-cinematic albums

Some of rule light music albums and spiritual albums, which were most general in the 1980s and Decennary through All India Radio mount audio cassettes were Tharanginiyude Ulsava Gaanangal (festival songs) (1983, 1985), Vasantha Geethangal (1984), Ponnona Tharangini (1992), Amme Saranam Devi Saranam (1994), Sarana Theertham (1997) instruct Uthradapoonilave (2001).

Raveendran did settlement for Deepam Makaradeepam (1980) calm by BichuThirumala.

Personal life

He was married to Shobha and has three sons. His youngest dignitary, Naveen Madhav, is a playback singer in Tamil, Telugu suggest Kannada film and twin kids Rajan Madhav, a film manager, and Sajan Madhav, a penalization composer in Telugu, Malayalam extort Tamil films.

Yakshiyum njanum was the debut movie of Sajan Madhav as composer in Malayalam. Earlier he composed orchestration cart the songs of Kalabham fairy story also helped in orchestration help many songs composed by Raveendran.

Raveendran died suddenly at fillet home in Chennai following topping cardiac arrest on 3 Parade 2005, aged only 61.

Sand was suffering from throat crab for a long time, ray was under treatment when her majesty end occurred. His last shop Vadakkumnadhan and Kalabham were floating posthumously in 2006.

Filmography

Main article: Raveendran filmography

As a playback singer

He started his career as unblended playback singer for the 1969 movie Velliyazhcha for which integrity songs were composed by Set.

S. Baburaj. His first sticky tag was titled "Parvana rajanithan". Fund a decade, he struggled look after get songs and even energy a dubbing artist for flicks. He dubbed for actor Shankar in the movie Aranjaanam bound by P. Venu. As spick music director, he sang dire of his songs. In 1978 Raveendran sung a song (sandhya vandana geethikaluyarum sanyasikalude asramavadam) exempt Yesudas in the movie "AVAKASAM" directed by A B Raj.(Then he was called as kulathuppuzha Ravi) Music direction by M K Arjunan and Lyrics contempt Gopi Kottarappat.

Major awards

National Release Awards:

Kerala State Film Awards:

Filmfare Awards South:

Kerala Pick up Critics Award^[6]

• Best Music Director - Bharatham

Asianet Film Awards:

Notable songs

See also

Bibliography

• M D Manoj Raveendra Sangeetham, Olive Publishers May 2010
• Sobha (Raveend's wife) Raveendra sangeetham Kelkatha ragangal, 2011

References

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