K. J. Yesudas

Known for SoundBorn 1940-01-10 (age 86)Ernakulam, Kerala, India

Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian Carnatic musician and film playback singer. Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional and cinematic songs. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in a number of Indian languages as well as Russian, Arabic, Latin and English during a career spanning more than five decades. He has performed in most Indian languages except Assamese, Konkani and Kashmiri. He also composed a number of Malayalam film songs in the 1970s and 1980s. Yesudas is fondly called Gana Gandharvan (The Celestial Singer). He is considered to be a cultural icon of the Malayalam language - as well as of its ethnic group spread across the world - due largely to the fact that his songs have been profoundly ingrained into the minds of Malayalam speaking people for five decades. Yesudas has won the National Award for the Best Male Playback Singer seven times, the Filmfare Awards five times, and the State Award for the Best Playback Singer forty-three times, which consists of awards by the state governments of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and West Bengal. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1975, the Padma Bhushan in 2002, and the Padma Vibhushan (second-highest civilian award) in 2017 by the Government of India for his contributions towards the arts. In 2011 Yesudas was honoured with the CNN-IBN outstanding achievement award having recorded over 20,000 songs in a five-decade career. In 2006, he sang 16 film songs in four South Indian languages on the same day at AVM Studio, ChennaiRead more

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Gramapanchayath

Champakkulam Thachan

Vetta

Kilikkonchel

Himavahini

Njan Onnu Parayatte

Dhruvasangamam

Charandas

Siva Thaandavam

Rajaankanam

Manchi Kutumbam

Padunna Puzha

Kilipetchu Ketkava

Nandalala

Katha Ithuvare

Njan Piranna Naattil

Naalai Unathu Naal

Itha Innu Muthal

Aadhipathyam

Bhookambam

Njattadi

Madhuram Thirumadhuram

Sooryavamsham

Postmane Kananilla

Vivahitha

Moodalmanju

Ezhuthatha Katha

Kayamkulam Kochunni

Bommai

Sethupathi I.P.S

Alaap

Ponnapuram Kotta

Raam

Thalapathi

Galiyon Ka Badshah

Omanikkan Ormavaikkan

Pachani Kapuram

Vanitha Police

Thavalam

Engane Nee Marakkum

Hello Madras Girl

Veena Poovu

Aa Divasam

Kaaliya Mardhanam

Hasyarathna Ramakrishna

Attimari

Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu

Aval Appadithan