Biju Narayanan () is an Indian playback singer active mainly in

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

films.

Career

Biju Narayanan trained in Carnatic music under Aryanad Sadasivan for eight years. He began his music career singing tracks for P. Jayachandran,

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and KG Markose. He got his first opportunity to sing in a devotional album in 1992, while he was a pre-degree student. He was the winner in the light music category at the M. G. University youth festival and this was a turning point in his career. He began his playback singing career with the song "Pathu Veluppinu" from the 1993 movie ''

Venkalam ''Venkalam'' is a 1993 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Bharathan and written by A. K. Lohithadas. The movie features Murali, Manoj K. Jayan and Urvashi in the lead roles. The film deals with the issue of Polyandry, a prevalent tradi ...

'' composed by

Raveendran Madhavan Raveendran ( ml, മാധവൻ രവീന്ദ്രൻ ), (born Kulathupuzha, Kollam, 9 November 1943 – died Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 3 March 2005), fondly known as ''Raveendran Master'', was a popular South Indian music composer a ...

. He was adjudged the best male singer in the State drama awards in 1996.

Family

He married Sreelatha on 23 January 1998 after 21 years together. Aged 44, Sreelatha died after a battle with cancer on 13 August 2019. Sreelatha was his classmate in Maharajas College, Eranakulam. The couple has two sons, Sidharth Narayanan& Suryaa Naarayan.

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* Living people Indian male playback singers Malayalam playback singers 20th-century Indian singers Singers from Kochi 20th-century Indian male singers 1970 births {{India-singer-stub