P. Jayachandran

Paliyath Jayachandrakuttan is an Indian playback singer and actor from Kerala. He has worked with many composers including G. Devarajan, M. S. Baburaj, V. Dakshinamoorthy, K. Raghavan, M. K. Arjunan, M. S. Viswanathan, Ilaiyaraaja, Koti, Shyam, A. R. Rahman, M. M. Keeravani, Vidyasagar and M Jayachandran. He has sung more than 10000 songs in total in different languages. He also acted in few films.

For the Indian Music Director Jayachandran, see M. Jayachandran.

P. Jayachandran
Jayachandran performing at Kollam
Background information
Birth namePaliyath Jayachandrakuttan
Born (1944-03-03) 3 March 1944
Kochi, Kerala, India
GenresPlayback singing
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1965–present
Websitewww.jayachandransite.com

In 1986, he won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer and also won Kerala State Film Award five times. In 2020, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel Award, the highest award in Malayalam cinema, for his outstanding contributions to Malayalam cinema. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest expression singer in South India. He also won 2 Tamil Nadu state film awards .

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