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Mechery Louis Ouseppachan (born 13 September 1955), knownmononymously asOuseppachan, is an Indianfilm composer and singer who primarily works inMalayalam films.^[1] He is a recipient ofNational Film Award,Filmfare Award andKerala State Film Awards for his numerous film soundtrack albums and background scores.

Ouseppachan was born to Mathiri Paliakkara and Louis of the Mechery house on 13 September 1955 inOllur,Thrissur, Kerala, India.^[2]

He started his music career as violinist in some music troupes including Voice of Trichur. Later he got the chance to be the violinist in concerts of renowned playback singer Madhuri. He later became the violinist under music director Paravoor Devarajan master.^[2]

His first work in the film industry was the filmEenam, for which he set the background score. He also composed additional background music for the filmAaravam (1979) in which he also played the role of a fiddle player, howeverKathodu Kathoram (1985), directed byBharathan is considered as his debut. Ouseppachan's work was noted for the film and three songs from the film became super hits. These songs were noted also for the immense use of violin. This may be attributed to the facts that Ousephachan himself is a violinist and that theprotagonist of the film played byMammootty is also a violinist.^[2]

Ousephachan then went on to compose music for over 120 films.^[3] He also composed songs for the non-commercial Hindi filmFreaky Chakra, directed by V.K. Prakash and background scores for various other Hindi films, notably directed byPriyadarshan. His non-film songs include popular albums like Onapoothalam, Vasanthageetangal and many Christian devotional songs. Aside from music direction, he had taken up a spot as a judge for Asianet'sIdea Star Singer 2008 and also as a judge forKairali TV's Gandharva Sangeetham 2012.^[4]

National Film Awards:

• 2007 –Best Music Direction:Ore Kadal

Filmfare Awards South:

• 2007 –Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Malayalam:Ore Kadal

Kerala State Film Awards:

• 1987 –Best Music Director:Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam
• 2007 –Best Background Music:Ore Kadal
• 2013 –Best Music Director:Nadan

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• 1954 births
• Living people
• Musicians from Thrissur
• Kerala State Film Award winners
• Malayalam film score composers
• St. Thomas College, Thrissur alumni
• Filmfare Awards South winners
• Best Music Direction National Film Award winners
• Film musicians from Kerala
• 20th-century Indian composers
• 21st-century Indian composers
• People from Thrissur
• Male actors from Thrissur
• Male actors in Malayalam cinema
• Indian male film actors
• Violinists from Kerala

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