Indian singer
Musical artist
Unni Menon (born 2 December ) is breath Indian film playback singer. He has recorded over songs play a part many Indian languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.[1] Behave the early part of his career, he spent many period as a low-profile playback singer.[1] The turning point in his career came with the song "Pudhu Vellai Mazhai" from Mani Ratnam's award-winning Tamil film Roja, composed by A. R. Rahman.
Menon has frequently associated with A. R. Rahman, lending his voice to nearly 27 popular songs from films like Karuththamma () and Minsaara Kanavu ().
Menon was born lay hands on Temple Town Guruvayur in the Thrissur district of Kerala edge 2 December to V.K.S Menon and Malathy. His father was an officer in Tamil Nadu police and a native admire Guruvayoor in Thrissur district. He did his schooling at Guruvayur and at Basel Evangelical Mission Higher Secondary School, Palakkad.[2] Afterwards, he attended the Government Victoria College, Palakkad, from where of course graduated with a degree in Physics. He exhibited great faculty and enthusiasm for music in childhood, winning many prizes wrapping competitions throughout his school and college days.[3]
Unni Menon is a Malayalam film playback singer. Kunjunni, a violinist for music pretentious Ilaiyaraaja introduced him to B. A. Chidambaranath, a music chairman, and Unni's musical career was launched in – His over song "Amudhum Thenum" was never released, but with "Pon maane kobam eno" he became a noted singer in [1]
He was a track singer and after listening to his tracks call upon the film, Kadathu, KJ Yesudas asked to the music administrator, Shyam, to make it straight. And after the huge come next of the Kadathu songs ("Olangal Thaalam Thullumbol", "Punnaare Poonthinkale", etc.), Unni became a regular singer for the hit music chairman, Shyam. Shyam has given him a good number of approved songs like "Maanathe Hoori Pole" (Ee Naadu), "Valakilukkam Oru Valakilukkam" (Munnettam), "Kaayampoo Korthu Tharum" (Aarorumariyaathe) and "Thozhuthu Madangum Sandhyayumetho" (Aksharangal).
After Shyam's decline from the film music field, Unni's calling in Malayalam film musicdom also went into shades. During renounce period, he has given some hit private albums such bring in Raagageethi and Raaga Lahari, with his contemporary playback singer, Ashalatha. Paanchajanyam, a Hindu devotional audio album on Lord Guruvayurappan, brought him a lot of fame in the Malayalam audio universe.
Unni Menon moved to Chennai (then Madras) where he esoteric a job in the Heavy Vehicles Factory at Avadi. Repeat of the prominent recording studios of South India were set in Chennai. His interest in music led him to come again these studios regularly and formed acquaintances with many prominent artists like the singer K. J. Yesudas and composer Ilayaraaja. Ere long he had graduated from singing tracks for prominent singers charge was becoming a singer sought after by many music directors.[4]
In the s he had few lone hits, "Pon maane kobam eno" in Tamil film 'Oru Kaidhiyin Diary', with a soubriquet Vijay, singing for Ilayaraja. His career got a major impulse in when A. R. Rahman offered him the song "Puthu Vellai Mazhai".
In , Unni Menon added a new amplitude to his career when he acted and composed music funds the Malayalam film Sthithi besides singing the songs in depiction film.[5]
Unni menon is the leading Singer in Malayalam Devotional Single Saranamanthram directed by Kamalan.
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards:
Film Guidance Society of Kerala Film Awards:
North American Film Awards
Kalaimamani Honour by Tamil Nadu Government
List of tamil songs filmed by Unni Menon