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


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About K. Raghavan

  • 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.

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