Vidhyadharan Master

Vidyadharan Master is a Malayalam music composer who began his career in the 1980s. He has, so far, given music composition for nearly 125 popular songs in Malayalam cinema. Many veteran singers like S. Janaki, K. S. Chithra, K. J. Yesudas, Jency, Vani Jairam Vani Jairam is a South Indian playback singer in I >> Read More... , Sujatha Mohan Sujatha Mohan (Sujatha or Baby Sujatha) is one of >> Read More... , and M. G. Sreekumar have given voice to notes that he composed in the movies. His first break came in the movie ' Aagamanam Aagamanam is a Telugu television family drama that >> Read More... '.

His next project was in the year 1983, when he bagged contract for two movies, 'Ashtapadi', and 'Veenapoovu'. In the year 1984, the Malayalam movie 'Ente Gramam' released. The film had musical score by Vidyadharan. In the year 1987, he composed music for four Malayalam movies. In those days, there used to be maximum four to five songs in a film, and hence, the music composer managed to compose only two or four songs in the project he received. He had never compromised on quality, and his songs were very classical. The composition was also of very high standards. Although the composer did not compose music for many movies in Malayalam cinema, he strengthened South Indian classical music by composing songs for devotional albums.

He has given music for the maximum number of devotional songs, which were mostly private albums. Some of the compositions of his songs in movies were high-standard and it required master voices of Yesudas, S. Janaki, K. S. Chithra, and even M. G. Sreekumar. He belonged to the old traditional style of music and has even composed music for folk songs. If one hears a couple of songs sung by veteran playback singer Yesudas, one can easily feel that his standards in this music industry are of high quality.

His songs, 'Chandanam Manakkunna', 'Nashta Swargangale Ningalenikkoru', and 'Kalpantha Kalatholam' were all high-pitched songs, and only Yesudas has matched the scale. The music composer has composed music in Noolappam' (2016), and 'Ithinumappuram' (2015).

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P.S. Vidhyadharan is a music composer and playback singer. He generally works in Malayalam cinema. He was born on 12 Apr1945 and was also known as Vidyadharan master. He was born to Sankaran and Thankamma in Arattupuzha, Thrissur. He has six siblings, and he is the elder one. His wife’s name is Leela. Natesh Shankar, the famous music director and singer, is the youngest sibling of Vidhyadharan. As a passionate music enthusiast, he learned classical music from his grandfather, Kochakkan Assan. He also trained under Sankaranarayana Bhagvathar, Irinjalakkuda Govindankutty Panicker, and R Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar. He always wanted to become a playback singer, and to fulfill his desire, he later moved to Chennai, where he met music director G. Devarajan.

In the film Odayil Ninnu in 1965, he got to sing the song “Oh Rikshaavaala”. After that, he returned home to pursue his studies and started singing for stage dramas. He had two children: a daughter, Sangeetha and a son, Sanjith, and four grandchildren. In 1984, he made his debut as a film music director with the movie Ente Gramam, directed by Sreemoolanagaram Vijayan. He began his journey as an independent music director with the stage drama Baliyaadukal. His famous compositions are Kalpantha Kalatholam from Ente Gramam, Chandanam Manakkunna from Achuvettante Veedu, Thaloam Paithal from Ezhuthappurangal, Ambalamillathe from Padamudra, Paduvanay Vannu ninte from Ezhuthappurangal, Aaru nee en Vazhi from Akashaparavakal, and Nrithyathi Nrithyathi from Radha Madhavam.

After his debut as a film music director, he worked on many projects like Ashtapadi in 1983, Veenapoovu in 1983, Aagamanam in 1980, and many more. As a result of his hard work and passion, he received many awards as appreciation over time. Vidhyadharan received the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award in 2004, the G. Devarajan Master award in 2017, the Ranjith Kandaran Award, the Mookambika Souparnikamrutham Award, and the Sarga Sangeetha Prathibha Award. In 2016, Vidhyadharan received the Dakshinamoorthy Sangeetha Sumeru Award, and in 2022, he received the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship. His passion for music made him a popular name in music industry, and in his initial days, he won his first Kerala State Film Award for Best Playback Singer.