M. Jayachandran | |
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 M Jayachandran Nair | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | M J Sir |
| Born | Jayachandran Madhusoodanan Nair (1971-06-14)14 June 1971 (age 54) |
| Origin | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
| Occupation(s) | Music director, playback singer |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Madhusoodanan Jayachandran Nair (born 14 June 1971) is an Indiancomposer, singer, and musician. He has won theKerala State Film Award for Best Music Director a record number of nine times. In 2005, he also won the state award for best male singer. In 2015, he won theNational Film Award for Best Music Direction for the filmEnnu Ninte Moideen. He has composed music for 126 films.
Jayachandran was born on 14 June 1971, atThiruvananthapuram.[1][2] He began learningCarnatic music at the age of 5 under Attingal Harihara Iyer and later underPerumbavoor G. Raveendranath.[3] Thereafter, he was a student of Neyyattinkara Mohanachandran for 18 years.[3] He won the Carnatic vocal competition at the Kerala University youth festival four times in a row from 1987 to 1990.[3]
Jayachandran began his career in the film industry as a playback singer for the movieVasudha in 1992 and then became an assistant to Malayalam music directorG. Devarajan.[3] In 1995, he became an independent music director through the filmChantha.[3]
Jayachandran is the younger among the two sons of late Madhusoodanan Nair (d. 2014) and late Vijaya Nair (d. 2009), born on 14 June 1971. He has an elder brother named Prakash Chandran. He worked atAsianet before taking up full-time music direction.[3] He married Priya on 12 November 1995, and has two sons Nandagopal and Karthik Gopal.[4] He has been on the judging panel of musical reality shows in Malayalam television.
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Honorary
Kerala Film Critics Association Awards
Asianet Television Awards
Mazhavil Mango Award
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