Kanhangad Ramachandran

rdf:langString Kanhangad Ramachandran

rdf:langString DR KANHANGAD RAMACHANDRAN

rdf:langString DR KANHANGAD RAMACHANDRAN

rdf:langString Harmonium, violin, guitar, flute, jazz drum, keyboard, veena, tabala, mridangam

rdf:langString Singer, music director

rdf:langString Cherukunnu, Kannur, Kerala

rdf:langString Kanhangad Ramachandran is an Indian Singer and Music Director from Kannur, Kerala. He was born to Shri. C. K Panicker bhagavathar, an exponent of Classical Music in the Carnatic tradition of South India, and Smt. Naniyamma. He had started learning Carnatic Music at an early age and trained under the tutelage of his father, who was a Musician of North Malabar and a regular stage performer. Ramachandran grew up in an environment conducive to shape his musical interests. He was considered as the prodigy of Music after performing at the Muneeswaran kovil, continuously for three hours, when he was nine years old. His performance earned him many admirers, and T. R. Mahalingam, a musician who had come there to perform, conferred his tampura to Ramachandran. Soon after the debut performance, he became one of the leading Carnatic vocalists. He completed his schooling at Government High School, Cherukunnu and went to Nehru college, Kanhangad for higher studies. During those days he had won several competitions. He made his debut as a Playback Singer after being invited by the music director K. V. Mahadevan to record a song for the Malayalam film 'Padmatheertham'. His playback debut song "kaarum karutha vaavum" was recorded when he was twenty. After the instant success in film industry, he began composing and singing more songs for movies such as 'Daliyapookkal', 'Shreeragam', 'Valayam', 'Pedithondan', 'Chuzhalikkaattu', 'Dhanayathra', 'Nilavariyathe', and 'Vellaram kannukal'. Theyyam, one of the traditional art forms of Kerala, and he conserve this heritage by adapting the musical notations of the "thottam pattu" and its rhythm into his compositions. He has composed numerous devotional songs for renowned temples inside as well as outside Kerala. Ramachandran became having a lot of students after the service as a music teacher around 30 years at Durga High school, Kanhangad. He is credited with light music compositions which had won several prizes in youth festivals.