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.
Rajan was born in a poor family in 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 2 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.
kannur, rajan, june, 1940, april, 1995, music, composer, from, kerala, india, though, songs, less, numbers, they, noted, emotional, nostalgic, malayalam, film, songs, father, celebrated, music, director, sharreth, born, 1940, june, 1940kakkad, malabar, distric. 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 Kannur RajanBorn 1940 06 24 24 June 1940Kakkad Malabar District Madras Presidency British India present day Kannur Kerala India Died7 April 1995 1995 04 07 aged 54 Chennai Tamil Nadu IndiaNationalityIndianOccupationMusic ComposerYears active1974 1995Known forChithram 1988 SpouseSwarnalathaChildren3RelativesSharreth son in law K K Haridas brother in law Contents 1 Early life 2 Filmography 3 Albums 4 External links 5 ReferencesEarly life EditRajan was born in a poor family in 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 2 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 EditYear Movie Lyrics1974 Mister Sundari Vayalar Ramavarma1976 Abhinandanam Sreekumaran Thampi1977 Pallavi P Bhaskaran1977 Choondakkari Monu1977 Oru Jathi Oru Matham S Babu1978 Padakkuthira Mankombu Gopalakrishnan1978 Beena Bichu Thirumala1978 Soundaryam Yusuf Ali Kecheri1978 Kshethram Bharanikkavu Sivakumar1983 Karyam Nissaram Konniyoor Bhas1984 Appunni Bichu Thirumala1984 Swantham Sharika P Bhaskaran1985 Akkare Ninnoru Maran Priyadarshan1985 Kiratham Bharanikkavu Sivakumar1985 Paara Ilanthoor Vijayakumar1985 Ente Ammu Ninte Thulasi Avarude Chakki O N V Kurup1985 Ushasse Unaroo Poovachal Khader1985 Bheekararathri Ilanthoor Vijayakumar1986 Surabhiyamangal Madhu Alappuzha1986 Bharya Oru Manthri Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan1986 Ninnishtam Ennishtam Bichu Thirumala1986 Katturumbinu Kathukuthu Panthalam Sudakaran1986 Ahalya K Jayakumar1988 Onninu Purake Mattonnu Puvachal Khader1988 Chithram Shibu Chakravarthy1989 Ayiram Chirakulla Moham George Thomas1989 Omale Aromale Mankombu Gopalakrishnan1987 Puzhayorathoru Pujari Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair1990 Shankaran Kuttikku Pennu Venam Padmanabhan1990 Thaalam Mankombu Gopalakrishnan1993 Kanyakumariyil Oru Kavitha Chunakkara Ramankutty1994 Vardhakya Puranam S Rameshan Nair IS Kundoor1994 Vadhu Doctoranu Gireesh Puthenchery1994 Kadalponnu Gireesh Puthenchery1995 Kokkarakko Gireesh PuthencheryAlbums EditHridayanjali 1983 Ragaveena 1984 Swathanthrya Samara Gatha 1985 Two songs Karvarnan 1992 Sreerama Ganamrutham 1992 Sruthilaya Tharangini 1993 Krishnanamam 1995 External links Editraaga comReferences Edit All Great Music Kannur Rajan IMDB database nbsp This Indian music related biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kannur Rajan amp oldid 1172983134, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
