Kannur Rajan (24 June 1940 – 7 April 1995) was a music

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from

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

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. Though his songs are less in numbers, they are noted as emotional and

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in the

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

film songs. He was the father-in-law of currently famous music director / singer,

Sharreth Sujith Vasudevan I (born 3 October 1969), professionally credited as Sharreth, is an Indian music director and singer. He predominantly composes film scores and songs for Malayalam films, but has gone on to compose for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi fil ...

Early life

Kannur Rajan was born in a poor family in Kakkad near Kannur. He entered

Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ''Elippathayam' ...

in 1974 with his first music composition for the film ''Mister Sundary''. He then composed films for around 50 films, working with all major lyricists and singers of Malayalam film industry. He was married twice. He had 2 sons in the first marriage. Then he married Vilasini and had three children. He died suddenly due to a massive

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while composing for a film titled 'Kokkarakko' on 7 April 1995, aged 55. Malayalam film director K. K. Haridas was his brother in law.

Filmography

Albums

* Hridayanjali (1983) * Ragaveena (1984) * Swathanthrya Samara Gatha (1985) -Two songs * Karvarnan (1992) * Sreerama Ganamrutham (1992) * Sruthilaya Tharangini (1993) * Krishnanamam (1995)

External links

raaga.com

References

Malayalam film score composers Musicians from Kannur 1995 deaths 1937 births Film musicians from Kerala 20th-century Indian composers {{India-musician-stub