Jayachandran
Paliyath Jayachandrakuttan, popularly known as P. Jayachandran, is a South Indian playback singer from Kerala. Jayachandran is best known for his captivating sound which gave him the title Bhava Gayakan by the music fraternity of Kerala.
Early life
Jayachandran was born in Bhadralayam, Ravipuram, Ernakulam, on 3 March 1944 (during the Second World War) and his family later moved to Irinjalakkuda.
Jayachandran married Lalitha from Thrissur in May 1973. They have a daughter and a son.
Career
Jayachandran graduated from Christ College, Irinjalakuda. He was a student of the Irinjalakuda National School, from where he received many prestigious prizes for playing the mridangam and light music in the State School Youth Festival. Jayachandran met Yesudas in 1958 when he participated in the state youth festival. Yesudas won the Best Classical Singer award and Jayachandran got the best mridamgist award in the same year.
Jayachandran has won one National Award, four Kerala State Awards and four Tamil Nadu State Awards. He has recorded songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi.
