The king of blending Carnatic ragas into film music.

Features the iconic "Manjal Prasadavum."

| Fact | Song / Artist | |------|----------------| | | “Mazhathullikal” – Raveendran (1985) | | Longest‑running Malayalam song on All India Radio | “Thalolam” (1983) – aired for over 10 years consecutively. | | First Malayalam playback singer to win a National Film Award (1978), but dominated the 80s | K. J. Yesyes (won for “Kadavu” in 1986). | | The only Malayalam movie soundtrack entirely composed by a South Indian classical violinist | M. G. Radhakrishnan for “Aaroodam” (1981). | | First Malayalam film song recorded abroad | “Oru Madhurakinaavin” – recorded at Abbey Road Studios (though later mixed in India). |