M. K. Arjunan

Master music composer M K Arjunan who gave Malayalam hundreds of melodies in a career spanning over half-a-decade died in Kochi in the wee hours of Monday.

The composer, in conversation with Kochi Times

K N Vijayarajan master was felicitated at Changampuzha Park

Sidharth Siva’s 101 Chodyangal is by no means a musical

He plays the song ‘Maanasa Sancharare’ on the instrument as a tribute

Playback singer Lata Mangeshkar has been selected for the Dakshina moorthy Na dapuraskaram award for her life-time contributions to the field of music.

A. R. Rahman lost his father, R.K. Shekhar, at nine, marking the darkest phase of his life. He supported his family by working full-time, renting out his father's music equipment, and starting his music career with just Rs 50. His journey began with composing jingles before landing his first film, 'Roja'.

Says the singer, who lost out in the award race because of the perception that he copied the legendary singer’s style

The film is titled Nari

The movie was screened at Savitha Theatre, Kochi

Noted South Indian film music director Shyam has been selected for the 14th Kamukara Award, instituted in memory of eminent singer Kamukara Purushothaman.

Chief Justice of Kerala Jasti Chelameswar felicitated the prolific Malayalam author Perumpadavam Sreedharan, president, Kerala sahitya academy on the occasion of Sreedharan’s book release at high court auditorium.

The film is based on two chapters from Thakazhi's novel Kayar.

'Devaragotsavam 2011', a musical evening to celebrate the 84th birthday of the great musician of Malayalam theatre and cinema field, Devarajan Master, will be held at the Tagore Centenary Hall here on September 27.

Playback singer Radhika Thilak (45) died in Kochi on Sunday. Radhika, who was admitted to a private hospital in Kochi in the evening, was declared dead at around 8 pm. Radhika, who succumbed to cancer after a two-and-a-half year battle, had sung 70 film songs during her career. Her funeral will take place on Monday.

KOCHI: Protesting against the hike in toll over the new Mattancherry bridge, most of the councillors of the Kochi corporation, led by city mayor, C M Dinesh Mani, on Friday staged a day-long hunger strike on the bridge.

Having mastered the keyboard instrument at a very young age - his father R.K. Shekhar being a composer and conductor - A.R.R. came on the show (in the year 1980) as the kid who could not one but four keyboards at the same time!

'Ottamuri Velicham' is the best movie and it's directed by Rahul G Nair

The passing of hugely popular singer Vani Jayaram has come as a shock to the Malayalam film industry as hers was a much-loved voice in the state, she having sung more than 600 songs in a career that took off in 1973.

Manifestos of LDF and UDF for Kochi corporation elections is almost a compilation of proposals in various budgets presented by both the fronts in the past one-and-a-half decades

Neelakuyil, the film which became a milestone in the Malayalam film history, can now be seen enacted on the stage.

The oldest theatre organization in the State is all set to stage its 57th drama 'Shudhikalasham', on Thursday.

Singers Kalyani Menon and Latha Raju, and danseuse Gopika Verma, all from Chennai, are among the recipients of the prestigious Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi awards for the year 2008.