Kannur Rajan (24 June 1940 – 7 April 1995) was a musiccomposer fromKerala,^[1]India. Though his songs are less in numbers, they are noted as emotional andnostalgic in theMalayalam film songs.^[2] He was the father-in-law of celebrated music director,Sharreth.

Rajan was born in a poor family in Kakkad nearKannur. He enteredMalayalam cinema in 1974 with his first music composition for the filmMister 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 massiveheart attack while composing for a film titledKokkarakko on 7 April 1995, aged 55. Malayalam film directorK. K. Haridas was his brother-in-law.

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

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