Madhu Balakrishnan

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Madhu Balakrishnan
Madhu Balakrishnan
Country	India
Years active	1996–present
Genres	playback singing, carnatic music, bhajan
Website(s)	http://www.madhubalakrishnanonline.com

Madhu Balakrishnan born on 24.06.1974 is an Indian playback singer who sings in all south Indian languages namely Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. He is from Tripunithura, Cochin, Kerala in India. A Graded artist in All India Radio and Doordarshan, he has also given musical performances out of India in countries like UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. He has also performed with all major playback singers in Kerala like K.J. Yesudas, Jayachandran, M.G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chitra, Sujatha Mohan, Madhuri and P. Susheela. He is a Life member of the MACTA (Malayalam Cine Technicians Association).

He performs regularly in the "Swaralaya Dance & Music Festival" held at Palakkad and "Chembai Sangeethootsavam" at Guruvayur and also appears in popular T.V programs on the south Indian Television channels like Doordarshan, Kairali TV, Asianet and Amrita TV frequently.

He is the brother in law of Indian Test cricket and One day cricket Player Sreesanth .

1 Education and Training
2 Singing Career
3 Awards
4 See also
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Education and Training

He holds a degree in music from the “Academy of Indian Music and Arts” Chennai. He started training in carnatic music from his childhood under Sreedevi, Chandran Narayanan Namboothiri, and later had the able guidance of stalwarts like T.V Gopalakrishnan, Manikrishna Swami and Vedavalli of Chennai.

[edit] Singing Career

He shot into fame with the song “Amme Amme” from the film “Vaalkannadi” in 2002 which got him a Kerala Government State Award. After that he has not turned back, and has sung around 88 Malayalam film songs, 63 Kannada film songs, 45 Telugu film songs, & 65 Tamil film songs. He has rendered almost 10,000 songs for albums including devotionals. Some of his hits include “Kuttanadan Punchayile” from “Kazcha” in Malayalam , “Konchaneram Konchaneram” a duet with “Asha Bhosle” from “Chandramukhi” the “Rajnikanth” starrer, “Kanakandenadi” from “Parthibakanavu” in Tamil. He has also lent his voice for the much acclaimed Ilayaraja album, Thiruvasagam.

[edit] Awards

2000:Soma Award for Best Male Play back singer
2001:Drisya Award for Best Male Play back singer(Television)
2002:Kerala State Film Award for the song "Amme Amme" from the film "Vaalkannadi"
2002:Mahatma Gandhi Educational Foundation Award
2002:Solar Award
2002:Junior Chamber Award
2003:Kerala Film Critics Award
2004:Kerala Film Critics Award
2004:LPR Award
2004:Best Melody Singer(Virtuosa Award–Tamil Films)