Deepankuran Kannadimana (born 14 December 1982), popularly known as Deepankuran Kaithapram, is an Indian musician who has often composed tunes for Mollywood projects. He is the son of popular malayalam lyricist and musician

Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri Padma Shri Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, popularly known as Kaithapram, is a Malayalam lyricist, poet, music director, actor, singer, screenwriter, music therapist and performer of Carnatic music. He debuted with the movie Ennennum Kannet ...

.He is also the Grandson of

Unnikrishnan Namboothiri Korom Pulleri Vadhayarillathu Unnikrishnan Namboothiri (19 October 1923 20 January 2021) was an Indian actor in Malayalam movies. He mainly handled comedy roles and grandfather roles. His role as Dileep's grand father in the Malayalam movie K ...

who is a noted actor in Malayalam movies.

Personal life

Deepankuran was born to Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri and Devi Antharjanam in Kaithapram village in

Kannur Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city and commercial hu ...

, District of Kerala and is currently residing in Vaduthala in Ernakulam District. He is the eldest son of

Kaithapram Damodaran Padma Shri Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, popularly known as Kaithapram, is a Malayalam lyricist, poet, music director, actor, singer, screenwriter, music therapist and performer of Carnatic music. He debuted with the movie Ennennum Kannet ...

Namboothiri. He has a brother named Devadarshan Kannadi, who is a doctor and a singer too. He is married to Devi Saranya who is the daughter of Parameswara Prasad Nampoothiri and Usha Antharjanam; they have one child named Devang. Deepankuran is also in the Director board of Swathi thirunal Kala Kendram (

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) at

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and Ernakulam, which caters to more than 500 music students and aimed to create well being through music therapy and practice. Deepankuran's paternal grandfather, Kannadi Illath Kesavan Namboothiri, was a folk singer, a Carnatic musician and a violinist. Meanwhile, Deepankuran is a maternal grandson of

. Deepankuran is a singer who has sung for various films including ''

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'', has hundreds of

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, a lot of movie music directions, short films and lot of Devotional albums to his credit. In 1996, Deepankuran made his debut as playback singer in ''

'' under the guidance of his father who was the music director of the film.

Career

Deepankuran started learning music when he was 6 years old and he got his Veda education from known Gurus (Teachers). He continued his education under well-known Music teachers including Sri. R.K.Ramdas, a well known musician in

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, and got the privilege to learn music from the great musicians like Kumara Kerala Varma,

Neyveli Santhanagopalan Neyveli Santhanagopalan (born 1963) is an Indian Carnatic vocalist and teacher. He has learned from masters such as Shri Thanjavur Sankara Iyer, Shri Maharajapuram Santhanam, and Shri TN Seshagopalan. He has distinguished himself with numer ...

, Seetharam Sharma, Kaithapram Vishwanathan Nambudiri, Madurai Ranganatha Sharma, Ajay Namboothiri, Thamarakkad Krishnan Namboothiri, S.V.S.Vijayam, Yogesh Sharma, Sri. Chenkotta Harihara Subrahmaniam, Naveen Namboothiri, and Jayaprakash (

Hindustani classical music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, si ...

). Deepankuran obtained a diploma in

Carnatic music Carnatic music, known as or in the South Indian languages, is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and Sri Lanka. It is ...

at Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal. He got his

Masters in Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accoun ...

(MBA) in 2010, and he completed a Masters course in Music Production at

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. He won the top ten positions of the Sonopedia Sound Design Competition, a worldwide online

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competition. He has the experience of being a

sound engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproductio ...

for three years in

home studio Home recording is the practice of recording sound in a private home instead of a professional recording studio. A studio set up for home recording is called a home studio or project studio. Home recording is widely practiced by voice actors, narrat ...

. There are many advertisements, albums, devotional albums,

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s, short films, theme music works and feature films in his credit as a singer and music director. He has done hundreds of

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with his father and his own as a Carnatic Vocalist. He has also participated in many of the

Music Therapy Music therapy, an allied health profession, "is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music t ...

(an emerging concept in medical field) sessions all over India with the team of Swathi Thirunal Kalakendram Trust,

. He also does online teaching also for Carnatic Vocal students. Deepankuran's mentor is Director

Jayaraj Jayarajan Rajasekharan Nair, professionally credited as Jayaraj, is an Indian filmmaker, who predominantly works in Malayalam film industry. He has won many awards, including Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Golden ...

. He started his career by singing "Naava Mukunda Hare" alongside Manju Menon in the film ''

.'' In 2013, Deepankuran reunited with his regular collaborator, Director

, for the film '' Camel Safari''. Deepankuran took the responsibilities of the music director. He composed songs such as "Suruma," "Afreen," "Kannum Kannum," and others. Deepankuran also lent his voice to the

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Lulu Celebrate. In 2015, Deepankuran was the composer in his father's directorial venture ''

Mazhavillinattam Vare ''Mazhavillinattam Vare'' ( ml, മഴവില്ലിനറ്റം വരെ; translation: ''Till the End of the Rainbow'') is a Malayalam–language sports and musical film co-written and directed by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri. The ...

'' which revolves around a Pakistani cricketer who meets his admirer during his visit to

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. He got an opportunity to do signature music for the 2011 International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in

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Filmography

Awards and achievements

Deepankuran has got special jury award for

television award 2017 for Music, for the programme ''Ragasootram.''

References

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