Biju Narayanan

Biju Narayanan
Background information
Occupation(s) Playback singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1993–present

Biju Narayanan (Malayalam: ബിജു നാരായണൻ) is an Indian playback singer active mainly in Malayalam films.[1] He has rendered more than 400 songs in various South Indian languages.

Career

Born into a musical family, Biju Narayanan trained in Carnatic music under Aryanad Sadasivan for eight years. He began his music career singing tracks for P. Jayachandran, Unni Menon and KG Markose. He got his first opportunity to sing in a devotional album in 1992, while he was a pre-degree student. He was the winner in the light music category at the M. G. University youth festival and this was a turning point in his career. He began his playback singing career with the song "Pathu Veluppinu" from the 1993 movie Venkalam composed by Raveendran. He was adjudged the best male singer in the State drama awards in 1996.[2]

Family

He is married to Sreelatha, who was his classmate in Maharajas College, Eranakulam. The couple has two sons, Siddharth who is in 9th grade and Surya in 3rd grade.[3]

Popular works

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/06/19/stories/2006061901200100.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.amritatv.com/st/bijunarayanan.html
  3. ↑ http://www.mangalam.com/life-style/success/77720

External links

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