K. Raghavan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

K. Raghavan

Indian composer

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1913

Place of Birth: Thalassery, Kerala, India

Date of Death: 19-Oct-2013

Profession: composer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

K.
Raghavan (2 December 1913 – 19 October 2013), also fondly called Raghavan Master, was a Malayalam music composer.
Along with G.
Devarajan, V.
Dakshinamoorthy and Baburaj, Raghavan was often credited for the renaissance of Malayalam film music.
He was the pioneer in contributing Malayalam film songs with its own tunes and styles.
Till then, Malayalam film songs were in the tunes of popular Hindi and Tamil film songs and old classical kritis.
Raghavan gave a new direction and identity to Malayalam film music.
He composed around 400 songs in Malayalam cinema and was active in the Malayalam film industry for nearly four decades.