Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath | |
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Born | Perumbavoor, Ernakulam, Kerala | 5 January 1944
Occupation | music director |
Years active | 1987-present |
Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath (Malayalam: പെരുമ്പാവൂർ ജി. രവീന്ദ്രനാഥ്) is an Indian musician from Kerala. He is well known as a carnatic musician as well as a composer. He lives in Thiruvananthapuram now, though hails from Perumbavoor, Ernakulam. His works always have the deep-rooted carnatic touch in it.[1]
Composer
[edit]Raveendranath has rendered music to many films in Malayalam such as Innale, Sneham, and Thoovanathumbikal.[2] He won the Kerala State Film Award for the best music director for the Padmarajan directed movie Innale.[3] He teamed up with K. J. Yesudas for Tharangani studio to create some of the best devotional albums in Malayalam. His album Thrimadhuram is one such album.
Early life
[edit]Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath was born to Adv. V. R. Gopalapillai and Bhargaviamma in the town of Perumbavoor in the present-day Ernakulam district on 5 January 1944, as their youngest son. He lost his father when he was one and a half years old. He has completed his bachelor's in chemistry from Sree Sankara College Kalady. He is married to Shobha Menon and has got 2 children.[citation needed]
Filmography
[edit]- Thoovanathumbikal 1987
- Vadakagunda 1988
- Panchali 1989
- Innale 1990
- Bharathi Nagar May-9 1990
- Post Box No. 27 1991
- Vasudha 1992
- Ayalathe Adheham 1992
- Alanchery Thambrakkal 1995
- Aksharam 1995
- Chitrasalabham 1998
- Sneham 1998
- Sayahnam 2000
- Thandavam 2002
- Vasantha Malika 2003
- Vasanthathinte Kanal Vazhikalil 2014
- Randam Yaamam Uncategorized
- Poomaram 2018
Awards
[edit]- 1990 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director - Innale
- 1994 - Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award[4]
- 2017 - Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "I have my own style of rendering". The Hindu. 11 July 2008. Archived from the original on 15 July 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
- ^ "Malayalam Songs Composer - Perumbavoor G Ravindranath". Malayalasangeetham.info. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
- ^ "Kerala State Film Awards". The Information & Public Relations Department of Kerala. Archived from the original on 19 November 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
- ^ "Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award: Light Music". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Sangeetha Nataka Akademi awards announced". The Hindu. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
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