K.RAGHAVAN ,MALAYALAM MUSIC DIRECTOR LIVED 100 YEARS BORN 1913 DECEMBER 2 -2013 OCTOBER 19

 

K.RAGHAVAN ,MALAYALAM MUSIC 

DIRECTOR LIVED 100 YEARS BORN 

1913 DECEMBER 2 -2013 OCTOBER 19

K. Raghavan (Malayalam: കെ. രാഘവന്‍) (2 December 1913 – 19 October 2013), popularly known as Raghavan Master, was a Malayalam music composer. Along with G. Devarajan, V. Dakshinamoorthy and Baburaj, Raghavan was often credited for the renaissance of Malayalam film music. He was the pioneer in contributing Malayalam film songs with its own tunes and styles. Till then, Malayalam film songs were in the tunes of popular Hindi and Tamil film songs and old classical kritis. Raghavan gave a new direction and identity to Malayalam film music. He composed around 400 songs in Malayalam cinema and was active in the Malayalam film industry for nearly four decades.[1]
Personal life[edit source]

Raghavan was born to folk singer M Krishnan and Narayani in Thalassery on 2 December 1913.[2] He was married to (late) Yashoda and had five children, including three daughters and two sons. He died at the age of 99 on 19 October 2013 in Thalassery.[3]
Early life[edit source]
Raghavan was born in Thalassery, Kannur in the Indian state of Kerala to M. Krishnan and Narayani in 1913. He started studying classical music from his childhood and was also a good football player. His professional career was started as a tambura player in All India Radio, Chennai. In 1950 he got transferred to Kozhikode and there he got involved with film artists.[4]
Career[edit source]

Raghavan set a new trend in Malayalam film music with the release of the 1954 movie Neelakuyil. Renowned lyricist and Raghavan's friend P. Bhaskaran had penned the songs in Neelakkuyil. Raghavan himself has rendered his voice for one of the songs in Neelakkuyil. The song Kayalarikathu valayerinjappol went on to become an instant hit.[5]
Music career[edit source]
In a career spanning over four decades, he has scored music for more than sixty Malayalam films and many of his compositions remain ever green classics in Malayalam.[6] Raghavan infused the folk element into Malayalam film music and his rustic melodies replaced the then prevailing trend of imitations of popular Hindi tunes of the day. He also composed songs for plays like Kerala People's Arts Club and All India Radio. And he dared try out a variety of voices to Malayalam film music, many of them were new.

Mehboob, K. P. Brahmanandan, Balamuralikrishna, M. L. Vasanthakumari, A. P. Komala, Gayathri Srikrishnan, Santha P. Nair, A. M. Rajah, K. P. Udayabhanu, M.G. Radhakrishnan, P. B. Sreenivas, Vani Jayaram, Jikki, V. T. Murali, and G. Venugopal... they have all sung for him.
As a musician[edit source]
First Movie Pullimaan in (1951).
Number of Movies 65
Number of Songs 405
State Awards 2
Songs[edit source]

Kayalarikathu...
Ellarum chollanu...
Nazhiyuripalu kondu...
Hrudaythin romancham...
Ekantha Kaamuka Ninte Manoratham ...
Shyamasundara pushpame...
Aattinakkareyakkare...
Poornendumukhiyodambalathil...
Nalikerathinte nattilenikkoru...
Manjani poonilavil...
Kathu sookshichoru...
Appozhe paranjille...
Manathe Mazhamukil malakale...
Anuragakkalariyil angathinu vannavale...
Pambukalkku maalamundu... (KPAC drama song)
Thalayku meethe... (KPAC drama song)
Awards[edit source]
Civilian Awards by Govt. of India
2010 – Padma Shri[7]
Kerala State Film Awards
1973 – Best Music Director
1977 – Best Music Director – Poojakedukkatha Pookkal.[8]
1997 – J. C. Daniel Award from the Government of Kerala
Other Awards
2000 – Best Lifetime Achievement Award
2006 – Swaralaya Yesudas Award
2011 – M. G. Radhakrishnan Award[9]

திருவனந்தபுரம்: முதுபெரும் இசைஅமைப்பாளர் கே.ராகவன் இறுதிசடங்கில் மலையாள நடிகர்கள்,

இயக்குனர்கள் யாரும் பங்கேற்காமல் புறக்கணித்ததை

இசை அமைப்பாளர் மகன் கண்டித்துள்ளார்.மலையாளத்தில் 400க்கும் மேற்பட்ட படங்களுக்கு இசை அமைத்தவர் கே.ராகவன் (99). கடந்த ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை இறந்தார். அவரது மறைவுக்கு இறுதி அஞ்சலி செலுத்த மலையாள நடிகர்கள் ஒருவர்கூட வரவில்லை. இதை அவரது மகன் கண்டித்துள்ளார். இது பற்றி ராகவனின் மகன் முரளிதரன் கூறியது: என் தந்தைக்கு 99 வயது. பழம்பெரும் இசை அமைப்பாளரான அவரது மறைவுக்கு அஞ்சலி செலுத்த மம்மூட்டி, மோகன்லால் உள்ளிட்ட மலையாள நடிகர்களோ, இயக்குனர்களோ ஒருவர்கூட வரவில்லை. இது எங்கள் குடும்பத்தினருக்கு மிகுந்த வருத்தம் அளித்திருக்கிறது.

இதுபோன்ற அவமரியாதை என் தந்தைக்கு ஏற்பட்டிருக்கக்கூடாது. இது மன்னிக்க முடியாத போக்கு. மாநில அரசு அவரது உடலுக்கு இறுதி மரியாதை அளித்தது. ஏராளமான அரசியல்வாதிகள் வந்து அஞ்சலி செலுத்தினார்கள். அந்த உணர்வு திரையுலகினரிடம் இல்லாமல்போனது ஏன் என்று தெரியவில்லை.