Raveendran

M. Raveendran (born Kulathupuzha, Kollam, 9 November 1941 – died Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 3 March 2005) fondly known as "Raveendran Master", was a popular South Indian music composer and playback singer from Kerala. He was referred to as the aristocratic music director of Malayalam who had a distinctive style of his own. He composed more than 150 films primarily for the Malayalam and Tamil film industries. He also composed a few albums, including Vasantha Geethangal.

Musical career

He began his career as a playback singer with the song "Parvanarajanithan" from a Malayalam film, Velliyazhcha. He then became a master and associated with many Malayalam composers. He also dubbed voices for films during this time.

The famous playback singer K. J. Yesudas, a former classmate, altered the course of Raveendran's life by persuading him to compose songs and thus he become a music director.

Director J. Sasikumar, commissioned Raveendran to score the music for Choola (1979). The song "Tharake Mizhiyithalil Kannerumayi ...", sung by Yesudas, became a hit. Ever since, Raveendran led Malayalam film music with several hit songs.

Raveendran discography

This is a discography of film composer and music director Raveendran.

Raveendran began his career as a playback singer through the song "Parvanarajanithan" from a Malayalam film, Velliyazhcha. Later he associated many composers and meanwhile served as a dubbing artist for films. Primarily wished to become a playback singer, his destiny was changed by K. J. Yesudas, who realised him his ability to create tunes which eventually lead to his first movie Choola in 1979.

Film scores

Raveendran's film music composing career starts from the J. Sasikumar directed 1979 movie Choola, from which the song Taarake mizhiyithalil kanneerumayi, rendered by his music college friend K. J. Yesudas, became superhit. In a career spanning 26 years, until his death in 2005, he composed music for about 148 movies (including unreleased movies) and about 30 studio albums.

1970's

1980's

1990's

2000's

Uncategorised

Studio albums

1980's

List Incomplete/Editing Pending

Reused tunes

The following films had tunes reused from previous Raveendran soundtracks:

Raveendran (disambiguation)

Raveendran was an Indian music director. Raveendran or Ravindran may also refer to: