Kannur Rajan
Born(1940-06-24)24 June 1940
Kakkad, Malabar District, Madras Presidency, British India
(present day Kannur, Kerala, India)
Died7 April 1995(1995-04-07) (aged 54)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationMusic Composer
Years active1974–1995
Known forChithram (1988)
SpouseSwarnalatha
Children3
Relatives

Kannur Rajan (24 June 1940 – 7 April 1995) was a music composer from Kerala,[1] India. Though his songs are less in numbers, they are noted as emotional and nostalgic in the Malayalam film songs.[2] He was the father-in-law of celebrated music director, Sharreth.

Early life

Rajan was born in a poor family in Kakkad Kakkad near Kannur. He entered Malayalam cinema 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 3 sons in the first marriage with Swarnalatha. Then he married Vilasini and had three children. He died suddenly due to a massive heart attack 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

YearMovieLyrics
1974Mister SundariVayalar Ramavarma
1976AbhinandanamSreekumaran Thampi
1977PallaviP. Bhaskaran
1977ChoondakkariMonu
1977Oru Jathi Oru MathamS Babu
1978PadakkuthiraMankombu Gopalakrishnan
1978BeenaBichu Thirumala
1978SoundaryamYusuf Ali Kecheri
1978KshethramBharanikkavu Sivakumar
1983Karyam NissaramKonniyoor Bhas
1984AppunniBichu Thirumala
1984Swantham SharikaP Bhaskaran
1985Akkare Ninnoru MaranPriyadarshan
1985KirathamBharanikkavu Sivakumar
1985PaaraIlanthoor Vijayakumar
1985Ente Ammu Ninte Thulasi Avarude ChakkiO.N.V. Kurup
1985-Ushasse UnarooPoovachal Khader
1985BheekararathriIlanthoor Vijayakumar
1986SurabhiyamangalMadhu Alappuzha
1986Bharya Oru ManthriPappanamkodu Lakshmanan
1986Ninnishtam EnnishtamBichu Thirumala
1986Katturumbinu KathukuthuPanthalam Sudakaran
1986AhalyaK. Jayakumar
1988Onninu Purake MattonnuPuvachal Khader
1988ChithramShibu Chakravarthy
1989Ayiram Chirakulla MohamGeorge Thomas
1989Omale AromaleMankombu Gopalakrishnan
1987Puzhayorathoru PujariThikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
1990Shankaran Kuttikku Pennu VenamPadmanabhan
1990ThaalamMankombu Gopalakrishnan
1993Kanyakumariyil Oru KavithaChunakkara Ramankutty
1994Vardhakya PuranamS. Rameshan Nair, IS Kundoor
1994Vadhu DoctoranuGireesh Puthenchery
1994KadalponnuGireesh Puthenchery
1995KokkarakkoGireesh Puthenchery

Albums

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

References

  1. ↑ "All Great Music".
  2. ↑ "Kannur Rajan". IMDB database.


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