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K.Raghavan Master

Raghavan Master
Born 2 December 1913
ThalasseryMalabar districtBritish India
Died 19 October 2013 (aged 99)
Thalassery, Kerala, India
Genres Indian classicallight musicmappila songs
Occupation(s) Musician, composer
Instruments Tabla, keyboards, thambura, drums, vocals
Years active (1951–2000)
(2007–2010)
Labels HMV India

 

K. Raghavan (Malayalamകെ. രാഘവന്‍) (2 December 1913 – 19 October 2013), popularly known as Raghavan Master, was a Malayalam music composer. Along with G. DevarajanV. 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.[1]

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