Known For
Sound
Born
Jan 10, 1940
Place of Birth
Ernakulam, Kerala, India
Credits
154 titles
K. J. Yesudas
Biography
Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian Carnatic musician and film playback singer. Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional and cinematic songs. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in a number of Indian languages as well as Russian, Arabic, Latin and English during a career spanning more than five decades. He has performed in most Indian languages except Assamese, Konkani and Kashmiri. He also composed a number of Malayalam film songs in the 1970s and 1980s. Yesudas is fondly called Gana Gandharvan (The Celestial Singer). He is considered to be a cultural icon of the Malayalam language - as well as of its ethnic group spread across the world - due largely to the fact that his songs have been profoundly ingrained into the minds of Malayalam speaking people for five decades. Yesudas has won the National Award for the Best Male Playback Singer seven times, the Filmfare Awards five times, and the State Award for the Best Playback Singer forty-three times, which consists of awards by the state governments of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and West Bengal. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1975, the Padma Bhushan in 2002, and the Padma Vibhushan (second-highest civilian award) in 2017 by the Government of India for his contributions towards the arts. In 2011 Yesudas was honoured with the CNN-IBN outstanding achievement award having recorded over 20,000 songs in a five-decade career. In 2006, he sang 16 film songs in four South Indian languages on the same day at AVM Studio, Chennai
Known For
Filmography
Tamilarasan
Playback Singer
Jothi
Playback Singer
Keshu Ee Veedinte Nadhan
Playback Singer
Mamangam
Playback Singer
Villain
Playback Singer
10 Kalpanakal
Playback Singer
Pulimurugan
Playback Singer
Action Hero Biju
Playback Singer
Kaththi
Playback Singer
Mithunam
Playback Singer
Ordinary
Playback Singer
Nandalala
Playback Singer
Pramani
Playback Singer
Gulmohar
Playback Singer
Madhuchandralekha
Playback Singer
Boyy Friennd
Himself
December
Playback Singer
Raam
Playback Singer
Jalolsavam
Playback Singer
Swapnakoodu
Playback Singer
Chronic Bachelor
Playback Singer
Nammal
Playback Singer
Nandanam
Himself
Kaiyethum Doorath
Playback Singer
Mazhathullikkilukkam
Playback Singer
Ravanaprabhu
Playback Singer
Joker
Playback Singer
Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal
Playback Singer
Darling Darling
Playback Singer
Narasimham
Songs
Millennium Stars
Playback Singer
Summer in Bethlehem
Playback Singer
Colours of Love
Vocals
Gramapanchayath
Playback Singer
Ratchagan
Playback Singer
Daud
Playback Singer
Indian
Playback Singer
Duet
Playback Singer
Sethupathi I.P.S
Playback Singer
Manichitrathazhu
Playback Singer
Uzhavan
Playback Singer
Kilipetchu Ketkava
Playback Singer
Gandharvam
Playback Singer
Porutham
Playback Singer
Chenkol
Playback Singer
Kadalora Kadhal
Playback Singer
Bandhukkal Sathrukkal
Vocals
Meera
Playback Singer
Yoddha
Playback Singer
Amaran
Playback Singer