K. Raghavan

Born: 2 December 1913

Died: 19 October 2013

He also fondly called Raghavan Master, was a Malayalam music composer.
Along with G. Devarajan, V. Dakshinamoorthy and Baburaj, he 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.
He 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.
He set a new trend in Malayalam film music with the release of the 1954 movie Neelakuyil.
Renowned lyricist and his friend P. Bhaskaran had penned the songs in Neelakkuyil.
He himself has rendered his voice for one of the songs in Neelakkuyil.
The song Kayalarikathu valayerinjappol went on to become an instant hit.