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P. Jayachandran
Paliyath Jayachandran (3 March 1944 – 9 January 2025) was an Indian playback singer and actor. He collaborated with composers, G. Devarajan, M. S. Baburaj, V. Dakshinamoorthy, K. Raghavan, M. K. Arjunan, M. S. Viswanathan, Vijaya Bhaskar, Ilaiyaraaja, Koti, Shyam, A. R. Rahman, M. M. Keeravani, Vidyasagar and M Jayachandran. Over the course of his career, he recorded more than 16,000 songs in multiple languages and appeared in a few films.
In 1986, he won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer and also won Kerala State Film Award five times. In 2020, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel Award, the highest award in Malayalam cinema, for his outstanding contribution to Malayalam cinema. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest expression singers in South India. He also won 2 Tamil Nadu state film awards.
Jayachandran died from liver cancer in Thrissur, Kerala, on 9 January 2025, at the age of 80. He was cremated with full state honours at his ancestral home in Chendamangalam, North Paravur, Kerala on 11 January 2025.
Jayachandran was born in Paliyath palace at Ravipuram, Kochi, on 3rd March 1944, and his family later moved to Irinjalakuda in Thrissur District. He is the third of five children of the late Ravivarma Kochaniyan Thampuran, a member of the Cochin royal family, who was himself a musician, though never a professional singer, and the late Paliyath Subhadrakkunjamma, and also the second of their three sons. His siblings were late Sudhakaran (1940–1990), late Sarasija (1942–2018), Krishnakumar (born 1946) and Jayanthi (born 1948).
Jayachandran was a student of the National High School, Irinjalakuda, from where he received many prizes for playing the mridangam and light music in the State School Youth Festival. He then studied at the Christ College, Irinjalakuda, completing his degree in Zoology.
Jayachandran married Lalitha from Thrissur in May 1973. They have a daughter named Lakshmi and a son named Dinanath, who also sang for films.
Jayachandran met K. J. Yesudas in 1958 when he participated in the state youth festival. Yesudas won the Best Classical Singer award, and Jayachandran won the Best Mridangist award in the same year.
Jayachandran won a National Award, five Kerala State Awards and four Tamil Nadu State Awards. He recorded songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi.
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P. Jayachandran
Paliyath Jayachandran (3 March 1944 – 9 January 2025) was an Indian playback singer and actor. He collaborated with composers, G. Devarajan, M. S. Baburaj, V. Dakshinamoorthy, K. Raghavan, M. K. Arjunan, M. S. Viswanathan, Vijaya Bhaskar, Ilaiyaraaja, Koti, Shyam, A. R. Rahman, M. M. Keeravani, Vidyasagar and M Jayachandran. Over the course of his career, he recorded more than 16,000 songs in multiple languages and appeared in a few films.
In 1986, he won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer and also won Kerala State Film Award five times. In 2020, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel Award, the highest award in Malayalam cinema, for his outstanding contribution to Malayalam cinema. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest expression singers in South India. He also won 2 Tamil Nadu state film awards.
Jayachandran died from liver cancer in Thrissur, Kerala, on 9 January 2025, at the age of 80. He was cremated with full state honours at his ancestral home in Chendamangalam, North Paravur, Kerala on 11 January 2025.
Jayachandran was born in Paliyath palace at Ravipuram, Kochi, on 3rd March 1944, and his family later moved to Irinjalakuda in Thrissur District. He is the third of five children of the late Ravivarma Kochaniyan Thampuran, a member of the Cochin royal family, who was himself a musician, though never a professional singer, and the late Paliyath Subhadrakkunjamma, and also the second of their three sons. His siblings were late Sudhakaran (1940–1990), late Sarasija (1942–2018), Krishnakumar (born 1946) and Jayanthi (born 1948).
Jayachandran was a student of the National High School, Irinjalakuda, from where he received many prizes for playing the mridangam and light music in the State School Youth Festival. He then studied at the Christ College, Irinjalakuda, completing his degree in Zoology.
Jayachandran married Lalitha from Thrissur in May 1973. They have a daughter named Lakshmi and a son named Dinanath, who also sang for films.
Jayachandran met K. J. Yesudas in 1958 when he participated in the state youth festival. Yesudas won the Best Classical Singer award, and Jayachandran won the Best Mridangist award in the same year.
Jayachandran won a National Award, five Kerala State Awards and four Tamil Nadu State Awards. He recorded songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi.